The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-27
THE STALWA ARTS.
How the Fight is Progress
ing.
ConkIing and his chances
for reelection.
The Latest News From Albany.
coNKLING,s cHANcEs.

they say. will reduce the party to mob,
without head, tail, or organization, and
viii be broken up $50 completely as to ne
cessitate reorganization. Their argument
is that the Republican party in this State
owes all it is to machinery, it is now in an
extremity, and to break it is to turn the
state over to Democracy, and for many years
to come. The usual recess till Monday
night will be taken by the legislature and
the Conklingites hope in the interval to
effect what they have in view, by securing
the requisite number of signers to call Ow
ing to absence by sickness, of Carpenter of
Duchess county, there are only 105 Repub-
lican legislators; these are said to be dlvld-
ed AZ for Conkling and AZ against him
leaving II doubtful.
The majority of 105 is SO, and the Con k
lngites
NEED SIX MORE
to make that majority 1t is said they
will get those and call cancus for Mon
day night Then if the administrationists
will not go into caucus they will have to
take the responsibility of turning against
the party of the State, and the Conkling
ties win have to devote themselves to the
breaking of the deadlock but how this is
to be done is too soon now to indicate.
The usual resolution for for recess to
Monday evening was offered in the assem-
bly, but at the request of speaker Sharp,
was laid aside as he said there ought to be
some consultation before action. At II 80
the resolution was called up again. Rains
suggested that it would be better to ad-
journ to Tuesday morning. Speaker Sharp
said that it would require concurrent
resolution and the senate had
objected to such resolution.
H A resolution to adjourn to Monday was
adopted. 1t is understood the house will
then meet and Immediately adjourn until
next morning.
Several petitions were presented in the
Senate from various towns and countie S
against the reelection of Conkling and
Platt.
Mills presented one petition of citizens
of Ida county, asking for the reelection OF
the ex-Senators, also petition from the
same county, calling upon the legislature
to sustain the administration.
ALBANY, May .26-In the Senate to-day
Woodin presented a demonstration against
the reelection of Conkling and Platt and
made long speech in its support. He
said: Presumably the reasons publicly
announced by Conkling and Platt for their
designations are the best and all that can
be given, and if so, history viii award to
them the credit of having committed the
most stupendous blunder of modern times:
which charity awards on account of mis-
take or error of judgement; it evinces
neither wit nor wisdom, nor sense or cum
ming; though not altogether a thoughtless
act it is absolutely barren of statesmanlike
purpose; stripped of all immaterial mat
tiers with which the resigned Senators have
si1illfully invested the subject, the case may
be stated with absolute truth as follows:
The President in the exercise of his
nominated for the office of collector of
the port of New York distinguished citi
zen of this State without first consulting
Conkling and Platt; the power AMI duty
of the President in respect to nominations
is not a divided one. He cannot, with due
regard to his official oath, share with an
other, it must be his act, and his alone;
and such is the true intent of the COnstitu-
ton, The act of confirmation or rejection
is an act of the senate alone: that right
the President has exercised, that duty he
has performed, fearlessly, Independently,
and with proper regard for the official
oath which he must observe. Our Sena-
tors would have done their whole duty
had thev remained at their posts and voted
conscientiously to confirm or reject; that
duty thus performed would have paralysed
all criticism and they would have stood be-
fore their constituents justified and honor
ed for their courage and their 1ndepend-
ence.
Mr. Woodin ridiculed the idea that prop
er sef-respect demanded the reslgnatlons,
and inquired why it did not occur to the
senior senator that self-respect required
him to desert his post when President
Haves appointed Evarts as a member Of
his cabinet and removed Merritt No one
or two men are essential to the Republican
party. No man or set of men own it.
Woodin made an eloquent plea against the
return of the two senators, saying that to
send them back is to say we justify and
defend you in your indictments OF the
President. Woodin concluded as follows:
These remonstrances are but faint ex-
preston of the popular voice which speaks
under inspiration, which led to the brilliant
achievement at Chicago. 1t viii not, can
not be suppressed; neither principalities,
nor powers, nor things present nor things
to come, nor heights, nor depths, nor any
other creature or thing shall be able to
disrupt the Republican organization or de
pose it."
Conkling, Arthur and their associates
continued their levees at the Delavan
House to-day and its said not few mem
bers OF the Legislature received notes read
ing as follow:
THURSDAY, May &C.
~ DCU' OUT WOlllQ Ii&E q 1CW
utes conversation with you as soon as may
De. at time and place of your convenience
VIII you let me hear from you?
Cordially yours,
Roscoe CoNKLING.
This note, it is said, was sent to such
members who had not already called on
Conkling or were known to be unwilling to
give expression to their sentiments The
ulVlsion remains tonight as for the past
twenty four hours, and there is not the
least chance of it changing before the day
t " elecuon-next Tuesday. The rumor that
~ .ne democrats will assist the Conklingites
Il they viii vote for Democrat was re-
ne"eo' put again, Democrats point to the
tact that they haYe called a caucus as suffi-
clent denial.
SO some ne torty-seven members agreed to
tosn;oht eo; M - o4nKling t in friendly conference
the hour of arrived but half t'iIa the nnmber s
TTesponded resi- and the conference was not held. |
Inc Administration men Iearning If f'1l the