The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-19

ssmes are familiar. Ail N them we're raid
altb offices on with patronage f0f their scr.
vices and their completely IN The Infamous
tloseoo Conkiing was then q senator from
Nov YORK fie knew that the votes Uf |
t,onlsiana and Florida and South Carolina |
were stolen outright, and had been hawked |
about by agents of Wells and his confedef-
ates Tor sale In public market, like common
merchandise seeking the highest bidder
ono electoral vote determined the election.
Il Was no secret then that Mr. Conkling
reyoted at the methods employed for steal
inc Louisiana, and that he would make his
opposition effective when that state came
I'm review before the Joint convention OF the
senate and house Of representatives. Ana
here q new passage of the secret history OF
that time may be disclosed with adyan-
| tage. 1900.
Mr.. Conkling was member of the COM
mittee that framed the electoral bill-in
| fact he was one of the original inventors OF
| that scheme; but it became known that he
expressed strong opinions regarding the
fraud in Louisiana, which were made
known TO HAY es and his keepers at Column
bus, probably through John sherman then
a senator Hayes telegraphed to the man
ayers Of his case at Washington TO keep
Conkling off the electoral commission Tor
q
caucus obeyed the order. Morton was sub
stituted as being sufficiently INSCRIPTIONS.
| Although thus degraded in the house OF
his friends, Mr. Conkling was still power
fl, and had the power to prevent the m
auguration of Hayes. Ferry, OF Michigan.
who, in the most arbitrary manner, had
helped the fraud all through the stages OF
lis progress to final passage, and who sent
back for repairs the irregular certificate OF
electors for Louisiana, which was returned
with three forged names on it, was then
president pro tempore OF the senate. Henry
Wilson having died. Ferry was within one
step of the White House should a vacancy
occur.
Now, if Louisiana had been thrown out,
there would have been no election, and the
president OF the senate would have sue
ceeded Grant until new election could
have been ordered. In this state OF affairs,
it was believed that Mr.. Conkling would
bring his forces, as he could easily DO, III
favor of the rejection of Louisiana, In
deed, it is said he had prepared =, an
elaborate and conclusive speech for that
purpose. His friends saw a great OPP
portunlty for advancing him by this
means, the first move being to elect him
president pro TEN of the senate, in place OF
Ferry.
THAT project was engineered by Senator
Jones, Of Nevada, and it was aided by suf-
| nclenC NUMB Ol Cdrpet-DuSSc4si WIZ wa .
more than suspicious OF Hayes on account
of the bargains made by Stanley Matthews.
With the help of the democrats they could
have made the scheme successful. Inc
secret leaked out and came to the ears OF
| Senator Morton, who at once appealed to
| the carpet. baggers for their votes III case OF
change in the presidency. of the senate,
upon the ground that he had uniformly
| been their champion. had fought their bat
Ties inside and outside the party, and was
| fairly entitled to their support.
This unexpected attack on the flank
broke Conkling's column on the very eve OF
the vote on Louisiana. The next day the
galleries, the corridors, and the ante-cham-
| bers of the senate were thronged with
an expectant multitude eager to hear Conk-
| ling, for the rumor had gone abroad
that he was to speak against the fraud IN
/ Louisiana. The hour of meeting came,
and he did not appear. The plan 70 make
| him president OF the senate, and to put
him in the White house, with hope OF
| four years tenure by another election, had
failed. He went to Baltimore He let the
great fraud slide. His name is unrecorded.
And now the extraordinary spectacle is
presented to the people OF New 1orK of
candidates for its highest offices ana honors
nominated by the most glazing forgerles,
frauds and bribery who are the personal
and the political friends of Mr.. Conkling
and of the administration.
1t was Roscoe Conkling's fault that the
great fraud triumphed in 1877. 1t will be the
| fault of nearly million voters in New
York if they fail to put the stamp OF their
reprobation on the fraudulent ticket made at
Saratoga. -TNew York Sun.