Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-15
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WASHINGTON, d, G., June 6, 1881
The Post today prints the following
New York correspondence
81 just caught the Hon. Lewis Law
renee, of Utica-reporcd TO bo the
wealthiost man Of that ilk and known
TO bo Conkling' most devout worship
Grand by a dexterous twist at bis
egregious vanity, | managed to secure
u good interview from the gentleman.
Mr.. Lawrence said
"'You know that | know all about
Conkling. was with him at Wash.
ington all the Winter of 1877, during
the Electoral Commission, and dined
with HIM daily Oar intetcourso was
Of the most intimate character, and lot
me tell you that we learned most
heartily TO despiso the Republican
ring.masters who hustled Hayes into
an office to which he had never been
elected ! knew as well as Conkling
did that Hayes had never been elected,
and always enjoyed his jokes about
the spineless statesmen who were push.
ing him into office, One night | was
with him in his room silently smoking
while Conklng walked up and down
like raging lion AT last he broke
out: Lawrence, ! can't keep company
with this rilT.raff any longer They
are rotten with corruption, and, after
having taken everything else, they are
bound TO steal the Presidency. Sher-
man reoks with plunder Wheeler is
a virtuous log.roller. Stanley Mat.
thews would sell his soul for office.
As for Hayes, he is simply n pious
sneak, ready to give money to the Pres.
ident, and to drop on bis knees in tears
il caught at IT, have great mind
to get up in the Senate and denounce
tho whole thing tomorrow, and call
on honest Republicans to give the elcc-
tion to Tilden, to whom you as well
as / know it belongs l told him it
would drive him into the Democratic
party, and he said, Let it drive there
are more gentlemen and fewer hogs
than with us These were just his
words, and as | happened to think of
Gov. Seymour just then | thought so,
too. Tom Spriggs came in soon after,
and he said the same thing, too-ask
Spriggs about it--and we thought the
work was all done. But another influ.
ence which we could not reach then
q lady, I'm afraid-turned the Senator
into Il neutral, Now, let me tell you,
Mr.. Reporter, that a similar deal is
going on now. I've been talking with
Conk to-day, and he has been damning
the Republican party up hill and down.
He says-and it's true-that be crea
ted the Republican party IN this State,
and himself alone carried the last four
Presidential elections by his good work
at disputed points, and now they have
no gratitude for him. They ought 10
have reelected him unanimously, and
now they hoggle over him like dogs
over bone. He said to me: Law.
renee, if these ours don't come down
and crawl at my feet, as they always
have done, III accept the offer Of Dem
ocratic votes and become an independ
ent with David Davis, and, mark my
words, that will carry with it the Dem.
ocratic Presidential nomination for
1884. What will that be by way Of
revenge% told him to do il. He
has more friends to-day among the
Democrats than the Republicans Ho.
ratio Seymour IS his brother in law,
and every influential Democrat in
Central New York will be delighted
to receive him into the party. know
that the community will be startled in
few days by the announcement that
the Democrats have joined forces with
the Stalwarts and returned Conkling
and Herman to the Senate. 1t will be
a Democratic team practically Put
that down for the next sensation