The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-10-20
WHY CoNKLINa DID NOT SPEAK.
NEW CHAPTER OF THE SECRET HISTORY
OF THE GREAT FRAUD OF 1876.
New York Sun. Ootober 5.

condoned the Yilliany by which the Presi-
dency was stolen in 1876 are now likely
e. suffer for forgeries aud frauds perpe-
trated in the interest of their chosen
candidates by purchased convention.
That is to say, they used the very in
struments Mt Saratoga which they profess
sed to condemn in Louisiana six years |
ago.
That Mr.. Tilden was elected President |
by great majority of the popular vote,
white aud black, ard by decided ma
iority in the Electoral Colleges, is sn |
historical fact established by undoubied |
proofs. From the hour that the result
was announced to the world, conspira-
cy was organized to cheat him out of the
election. 1t wan engineered in part by
William E. Chandler. present Secretary
OF the Navy by john Sherman, by james
A. Garfield, by Justice Stanley Matthews,
by Justice j. M. Harlan, by Index Noy-
es, late munster to France, by Lewis
Wallace, present minister to Turkey,
aud by many others whose names are
familiar. All Of them were paid with
Offices Or with patronage for their servi-
ces and their completely in the infamous
work,
Roscoe Conkling was then a Senator
from New York. He knew that the
votes Of Louisiana and South Carolina
were stolen outright, and had been haw-
ke1 about by agents Of Wells and his
confederates for sale IN public market,
like common merchandise seeking the
highest bidder. One electoral vote de-
termined the election.
1t was no secret then that Mr.. Conk-
ling reyolted at the methods employed
for stealing Louisiana,a and that lie would
make his opposition effective when that
State came i'll review before the joint
convention Of tie Senate md House Of
Representatives. And here a new pas
sage of the secret history of that time
may be disclosed with advantage.
Mr., Conkling was a member OF the
committee that framed the electoral bill
LIN fact he was one of the original in
ventors of that scheme; but it became
known that he expressed strong opini-
ons regarding the fraud in Louisiana,
which were made known to Hayes and
his keepers at Columbus, probably
through john Sherman, then Senator
Hayes telegraphed to the managers Of his
cnse at Washington to keep Conkhng
off the Electoral Commission for fear Of
,beyed the order. Morton was substitu.
, ted as being sufficiently Inscriptions.
Although thus degraded IN the house
of his friends, Mr.. Conkling was still
, powerful and he had tue power to pre-
vent the inauguration Of Hayes. Ferry,
, Of Michigan, WHO, in the most arbitrary
, manner, had helped the fraud all
, through the stages OF its progress to
- o,,.I .,,l.. I,n.,lr fNr
, repairs the irregular certificate Of cleo
, .ors for Louisiana, which was returned
with three forged names on it. was then
, President pro lem. OF tue Senate.
, Henry Wilson having died. Ferry was
within one etcp of the White House
! should vacancy occur.
Now, il Louisiana hnd been thrown
out. there would have been no election,
( and the President Of the Senate woHld
f, have succeeded Grant until new cleo
tion could have been ordered. In this
q state Of affairs, 1t was believed that Mr.
/ Conkling would bring his forces, as he
/ could easily do. in favor OF the rejection
J.. of Louisiana. Indeed, 1t is said he hal
i prepared an elaborate aud conclusive
!. speech for that purpose. His friends
! saw great opportunity for advancing
him by this means, the first movemen
4 being to elect him President pro tenn. t
n the Senate, in place or Ferry.
r That project was engineered by Sena
n tor tones Of Nevada, aud it was aided b,
i a sufficient number OF carpet-baggers
IS who were more than suspicious of Haye
n on sccount of the bargains made b,
v Stanley Matthews. With the help .
It the Democrats they could have mad
n the scheme successful. The secret leak
j. ed out aud came to the ears Of Senate
/. Morton, who at once appealed to tn
I. carpet .baggers for their Yotes in case O
Il change in the presidency of tue Senate
{. upon the gronud that he had uniforml
n been their champion, had fought thei
battles inside aud outside the party
1t and was fairly entitled to their SUP
it port.
g. This unexpected attack on the fan
le broke Conkliug's column on the very ev
of the vote on Louisiana. The next da
m the galleries, the corridors, and the ante
e. chambers OF the Senate we're thronge
le with an espectant multitude eager
10 hear Conklipg, for the rumor had gon
IN abroad that he was to spenk against th
De fraud in Louisiana. The hour OF mee
IN ing came, aud be did not appear. Th
er plan to make him president Of the Ser
y ate, and to put him in the White Hous'
lg with hope OF four years tenure by ant
ther election, bad failed. He went
lie Baltimore. He let the great fraud slid'
th His name is unrecorded.
er Aud now the extraordinary spectac'
y is presented to the people Of New Yor
Of candidates sor its highest Offices au
'e- donors nominated by the most glarin
n, forgeries, frauds aud bribery, who al
~ the personal and the political friends
er Mr.. Cunkling and 81 the administr
nc ton.
IN IN It was Roscoe Conkling g fault that Il
great frand trinmphed in 1877. 1t vi
n, be the fault of nearly a million OF vote
~ ~ in New York if they fail to put the stan
NJ, of their reprobatjon on the fraudule