Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-19
Saturday Morning, August 19, 1882.
CONKLING AND CORNELL,

The latest attack upon ex-Senator Conk-
 ling will not add sweetness to the political
 contest in New York. It was generally known
 that Governor Cornell had displeased Conk-
 ling and that Conkling would ;not favor his
 renomination. According to a writer in the
 Albany Journal, who appears tlo have been
 ''inspired,' the Governor excited Conkling's
 F'profound indignation" by advising him not
 to oppose two New York nominations sent in
 by MT. Hayes shortly before the close of his
 term Then he gave fresh offence by endeav-
 bring to dssuade the New York Senators
 from making war upon President Garfield
 Then he refused to join in their protest
 against the appointment of Collector Rob-
 ertson This refusal filled the senior Sena-
 tor with uncomfortable wrath.'' After they
 resigned their seats-a step taken without
 consulting him-he sent on messenger to
 tell them that it was & mistake, and that
 neither of them could be elected. Final
 ly, when Mr. Conkling arrived in Albany,
 Governor Cornell met him at once and told
 him that his success in the canvass was out
 of the question; the objections of members could not be overcome. At this unwelcome intelligence, Mir. Conkling "gave expression
 to his anger, more emphatic than polite.'' These acts of Governor Cornell were suf- icient to excite the profound indignation of even greater man than Cmakling, but they were not all. According to the writer in the Journal, Governor Cornell has been guilty of doing his duty as Governor without regard to
 what Conkling, as the representative of Jay
 Gould, wanted him to do. One of the charges is that, acting as the paid attorney of Jay Gould, Conkling requested the signature of the governor to bill relieving the Pacific Mail Steamship company of from $9O, GOO to $1OO, 900 of back taxes, that he put that re- quest not on the basis of any merit pos ssssed by the measure in question, but repre-, sented it as act of personal favor to him. self, in whose profitable results he engaged to see that the governor would, in political sense, participate. Another charge is made, as follows, by the Journal writer:
 Our readers will remember the Elevated railroad tax exemption swindle, to which we had occasion to frequently refer last winter The purpose of that bill was to exempt the company from the payment of an assessed tax of more than S25O, 900. It was adroitly worked through the Legislature regardless of expense,' and was expected to be worked through Guo 64eGutlVe cLAs1upoE Dy some equally effective process. The governor was told that he could make that bill not only the instrument by which to close the breach be- tween himself and MT. Conkling, but a lever by which his renomination could be made easy and his election secure. He was even told that as soon as his sig nature was attached to the bill large block of new stock would be issued, which would be placed in the hands of parties named, and that the Governor himself would not be for gotten in the distribution and further, that as the stock would immediately advance $3C \ share, an interest in the ''divide' would l enable the fortunate holder to turn hand some penny without risk or inconvenience ] The answer of the governor to these glitter ! ing proffers was given in his veto of the bill which, if he had signed, old friendships l might have been renewed, old breaches would ] have been healed, renomination would have been secured, and a handsome sum would
 have been guaranteed, to make his calling ! and election sure.
 If these charges are true, the question ii ! from whom did they come except from Gov l ernor Cornell himself, who has abundan ! reason for not meekly submitting to the at
 tack made upon him by Conkling. ConkIinI ! professes to think it incredible" that Gov
 ernor Cornell could have been privy to tn publication of this ''scandalous story" bu I until the Governor says that the ''scandalou
 story" did not come from him many will be
 lieve that it did, and that though he has hi \ his proud enemy hard blow it is irstifi \ able one.