The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-03-07
WHAr CorKLrHa's ssSHlNaLE'' has

WHAT CoNKLrHe's ssSHiNaLE" HAS
DONE FOR HIM.--Say what you will,
there Is . magnetism about q great,
competent, traihei scholar and orator,
whose ability has been tried that 10 sure
to captlvate. When such 3 man Is
snuhbed and denounced By thCss who
formerly fiAttered and fawned around
him, there are always found these who
having witnessed his great ability are
ready to give him their aid and sym
patty.
IL ls an unquastioned fact that the
late President and bis admirers Of the
Republican party had little hope for
his election until they have secured the
assurance Of Mr.. Conkllng's aid In the
campaign. Mr.. Garfisld's mission 10
New York, was IS good smile OF
Mahome.'s visit to the mountain Is was
ever cited. But even then the spirits OF
the anti-third termers we're heavy.
Conkling, who had refused to 60 TO
Mentor, would not even deign to visit
Fifth Avenue, and hence the assembled
leaders, like those Of old before the
walls of Troy, were disheartened be-
cause Achilles would not leave bis tent.
There is scarcely doubt that Mr..
Cenkllng's active work in New 7 ork and
Indiana gave the necessary weight that
TUNED the scale. For had ConkliDg not
gone forth IN his own State and Indiana
thcss States would ~ certainly have
gone for Gen. Hancock and the Demo-
Gratis; nor could the Radicals ever have
effected their trade with Kelly and his
traitorous crew, had Coukllng not been
an active participant In the campaign
in New York for Garfield. A few
months afterward and the Half-bl esds
declared there is none so lost to honor
and character as Conkllng, and this
same Conkling, under these clrcum.
stances wIthdrAws apparently from pol
itics and places bis "shingle" upon the
side Of an office in Broadway. What
the "shingle" has done for him we leave
Tor his friend Plat to tell. The story
will be none the worse, 'ceming as 1t
does, from paper that is thoroughly
Republican, yet the bitter enemy of
Conkling, and bis appointment to the
Jnstlceship of the Supreme Ctutt,
which be has since declined:
The President, the senate, Mr.. Conk-
ling, and the O. untry ali knew that Mr..
CoukliLR was appointed and oondrme 4,
not because of such peculisr ntn,s. ~
alone could have justified his nomination
and bis confirmation, but for other rea-
soIs, not 10 defeDsIble. But the nomina-
ton a. bseD made and confirmed and
Rescue Coukhng can, 10 be- so please
write himself to-day Justice OF the Su-
preme Court Of the United Stats. All
things considered, 1t Is doubtful II there
IL among all the hundred thousand
Federal offices-gifts of the people to
favored and honored citlzens-Any one
of more real honor and distinction tina a
that which the President has conferred
npon his oil friend and political mentor
Mr.. Conkllng.
Whether President Arthur conferred
lt for the purpose of securing on the
White House hearth Of AN afternoon the
sage counsellor.Of his yCuti who should
direet him ! a the way hs should 20 IL
order to be elected President, or whether
he merely wanted to silence the ciAmol
of impatient StalWatts for recognition
BY recognizing the first of them all, OIL
I ia h. 1g HnI HuL L..
70 tehaollitate In place of honor anC
trust an old friend grown rather seedy
ana out at elbows as to reputation ant
iall Into the seer anu yellow leaf of fame
tue one qutsaou now 10 not whether the
reason t.r appointing him was q gooC
one, but whether he will accept the ap
pOintment.
That most faithful heuchmen, Mr.. Ton
Platt, declares that Mr.. Oonkhnk vii
not accept tnis prize he b as tossed hin
from the wheel of the lottery of assassina
ton, although 1t be a hIst-clAss prize
Tor bis Legal practice Is already so eDor
nous that he cannot afford To DO 1t. Mr.
Conkling's Single has adorned tn,
Intel OF mis- New York office just Ithrs
months, and In that time, says n. Piatt
his august chief, Mr.. Gonkltng, has re
oelVed retaining fees Amounting T. $50,
UOO, and business repre- santinR fees 81
come tqaal to 100000. Ii these frs
three months be multiplied by four /
will be perceived that Mr.. Conklipn'
legal venture has bssn the greatest sffor
of his life, for Ia the nIst year at III
same l2uo, he will have received 500, 90
In retaihers alone which will ultimaLel
grow to S400 900. That for single wear
ana the hrst year of practice In o, to hin
strange CITY, is doing very well, aud Nj
Conkling Is to % Congratulated upon hi
phenomenal success.