New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-03

port of an interview with General Arthur, which
bore all the marks Of revision by himself In this
he denied In the most positive manner that there
had been any conference of his house on inc prc''
| GUS Sunday. He said,
During the whole Of last Sunday only elk genteinen
who called ut my house found me at home. ana teo VI
them were social visitors from out Of town. presume
that there are few persons of largo social acquaintance
In NewYOrk who would not receive a. many, OF oav
friends coming to the city after oonsderaoo ~ pp
sence There was conference at my house Oh poi'
Cal nature or OF any other nature 800
The conversation reported did not end WIN
this denial but included also the following question
and answer;
Then the editorial articles in the NewYork press
prodcaed upon the assumption Of such SUNDAY cor
ference and the published remarks OF certain @ @
upon the subject did you gross injustice Miis yo
pardon me or asking why you do not expose 'hen i"
hood or mistake ~
| AZ am not very communicative person, as perhaps
you know" answered General Arthur. " In my rea,,
lions with press my habit to let tales OF
the class to which these belong take OF themselves
have found by experience that the public generaly
reaches correct apprehension OF the truth at i5t Ia
matters of serious and 10 0tncr matters their
| own triyiaity soon dsposes of them"
AT later date General Arthur seemed to think IL
desirable to clinch this denial, the following ex-
| tract from the columns of The Nep- lork Tunes OF
June -, 1881, will show:
reporter of The Times was ushered into the paror
OF VcePresident Arthurs residence last evening Cen
eral Arthur cordially received nun, anu asked ms ms
SION When the reporter sad that IL was rhoreu Ih'
conference mad been held there during the day be
|
something like cloud passed over the Generals smiling
cOuntcnance. A conference, ELI - ne replied, Win
snap that riyited the reporters attention. CahhQt
| being reported from one end or the land
TO the other that conference IS being held in the wee
| PTcsdcnts house IL reported everywhere III the
newspapers that conference was heldhere on sunday
| short time ago Now, You know me- ana wneh say
that conference held IN this house on That day
you believe mel Two or three gentlemen We're here IL
dent Of the United states desecacs the Sabbath by nav
ing political conferences on That day tel yOu thee
| were no conferences here"
General Arthur took pains on other occasions also
to deny the correctness OF the published statements
| that such conference was held. Now come num-
| Der of the Stalwart friends of General Arthur and
| Mr.. Conkling and say over their own signatures
| that such conference was actually held at the
| time and place mentioned and that they were pre-
sent. Here is the testimony of Mr. Platt as pub
lished in Tile Herald yesterday.
NEw.YoRK, May 81, 1882.
inquiry beg say that did participate IN the CON
ference of your friends at the 4ou5e OF 4Hen) wee
| year. at which General George II. Sharpe was
Hon. Roscoe Conkling. I. {. PLArr
| The same issue of The Herald contained letters
from Senator Jones, john I. Smyth, Louis F. Payn,
| G. NJ. Dennson. A. B. Johnson and Police Commits
sOner French all of whom say that they were pres
| ent at such conference. Can they have been mis-
| takenl Was there no conference, after allf Is 1t
not IN order for President Arthur to enhghten
| beWIldered publicf He said last year that there
was no conference Mr. Platt and his feowStal-
warts say that there was. Which Of them Is
telling the TRUTH and which is trying to lie out
That is the real question of veracty raised and the
only one of consequence. II makes little difference
now whether Mr. Conlling Mr.. Sharpe Is
trihing with the truth. The public mas
ceased to care for either Of them. But it Is
of interest to know whether the present acting
President OF the United States held political con-
ference few months ago at his house on Sunday,
got frightened at the scandal 1t raised ana
denied it; or whether Thomas {. Piatt, John
| p. Jones. John f. Smyth, Louis f. Payn. e. Nj.
Dennison, A. i. Johnson and stephen b. French
are grossly sandering him in saying that he did.
This is ~ paltry question about the word Of Conk-
ling and Sharpe Ii IS the word OF the President OF
the United States that is squarely called III ques-
ton, and Thomas c. Platt John K. Smyth, " Lou
| Payn, Steve French and A. b. johnson are the
men that do it, What is the public to believe I