New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-03
FO1GER AND THE MACHINE.


GROWING CONVICTION THAT THE ELECTION OF
THE HEAD OF THE TICKET is NOT DESIRED
CAUSE OF Combines HOSTILITY.
lFRoMA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
ROCHESTER. Oct. 31.-The suspicion that Secre-
tary folgers election Governor is not desired by
the Administration members of the Re-
puohcan State Committee is growing stronger
in the Western part of the State. Some of
Secretary Folger's close personal friends en-
tertain this suspicion One of them, ex-State AS
SCISSOR Hadley who was in this city to-day, frankly
said that he did not believe the State Committee
was attempting to elect Mr.. Folger. Mr.. Hadley
lives at Waterloo, few miles distant from Secre-
tary Folgers home in Geneva and for many years
has been an intimate friend of the Secretary's. Dur
ing the present month lie has received several let
ters from Mr. Folger in regard to the events of the
campaign.
Just as soon as they had persuaded him to accept
the nomination they stopped working" said Mr.
Hadley to THE TRIRUNEs correspondent, in reply
to question in regard to the relations of Mr.. Fol-
ger with the State Committee. By the term
" state Committee" every politician now under
stands writer to the little clique of Admins
tration Republicans-John f. Smyth, George II.
Sharpe, Dewitt c. Wheeler and Stephen B. French
who have absorbed all the powers both of the Re-
publican State Committee and of its Executive
Committee.
"Do you think that Secretary Folger is aware Of
this neglect of the State Committee to work for
him p asked the correspondents
He understands the situation perfectly. He
knows just what has been going on Why, they
forced Smyth on the committee as its chairman in
the face of his protest"
4" 1 have understood that he desired that B. Platt
Carpenter should be continued as chairman of the
committee"
That's just what he did desire. and Mr.. Smyth
knew It. The day before the committee to
meet for the first time, when it expected that
they would elect their chairman, Mr.. Smyth came
10 his room and said Judge, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor you have right
10 press preference for the election of one
man as chairman of the State Committee. inasmuch
as the Committee is 70 manage your canvass The
Judge replied: Well, Mr.. Smyth, think we had
better let things go along as they are now, with
Mr.. Carpenter as chairman. 1t would cause less of
jar Smyths head dropped and he didn't say
word more the subject. Perhaps the Judge had
spoken too quickly for him. The next day friend
of the Judge came to him and asked: Judge,
what have you been saying to Smyth
and Tom Plattl They are acting like
two schooboys, going around cursing and
wearing about you. Then the Judge told him of
the talk he had had with Smyth the day before.
But you know they went ahead aud made Smyth
chairman despite the Judges protest. But the
Judge understands it all"
"If the Judge Is defeated for Governor will he
retain his Office as Secretary of the Treasury
He wll.p
"Will not the Administration attempt then to
force him out of the Cabinet"
"They may; butthey will have to give their reasons
in writing. Mr. Folger will not take any hints. He
understands his position and their position pre-
clsey If they longer desire dis presence IN the
language And then he Will have some
letters which have passed between hlm
ard them 10 give out r for t publication pnth1a.t
think. by everyone. 1t is an awful shame that he
is going to be sacrificed. He isn't like them. Ii
he should be elected elected he would try
kinds of Republicans a voice in the State Govern
ment as Garfield gave all Repu6licans a voice IN
the National Administration. Dld you ever near
when was that Conkling first expressed dislike of
FOlger /"
81 never did"
well, il was this way: One day COnkling
had 10 make an argument before the Court
of Appeals Naturally there was a certain time set
down for the hearing Of the argument Conkhng
wasn't there at the moment. So the Attorney ten
eral got up and SAID that Mr.. COnkilng was IN the
city and would surely be present IN a few moments.
So the Court waited for lullv ten minutes; Inc
AttOrney-General made further excuses. tInauy
Cunkling came but he waited outside OF the bar
talking with everyone that came along. Inc judges
became very impatient. Then when COnklng dld
come inside he bar he went Oh talking wltn some.
one. Al asJ 1t actually became question whether
Coukllug TO run the entire COurL or Appears OF
the Court was to run itself. Then FOger spoke out
decidedly. lie said that If the counsel ana not pro-
ceed with the argument the Court would at once
proceed TO hear another Ihat settled tne mat
ter. COnklng began making his argument Dut
the next week Foger heard from New-iork that
COnkllng was talking against hln' ana Since lnAt
he has never talked any Otner way