The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-03-25

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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
lnteresting Topics from the Great Me.
trUpolis-The Gariield.C Chase.Rose.
Grams Letter-What Is said and
thought about 1.-THE inner
History Of .Conkling's
Nomination, etc.
From dur regular Correspondent.
New YoRK, NJ rch nth, 1882.
"A letter which appeared In one OF our
daily paper yesterday, porporting to have
been written BY General Garfield to Secre.
tary Chase In July, 1863, has caused much
surprise and comment General Garfield
ut that time was chief Of staff to Gen. Rose.
Grams, who commanded the army OF the
CunIttrland. The letter critcizes the pol.
ICY Of Gen. Rosecrans as one Of incxcus.
able procrastinalion, and the writer ex.
presses his intention, ii the inaction con.
ttnued much longer, to ask to b. sent some.
where where he could be part oi work
Ing army. Gen. R0secrans, who is now
s,,e,nbsr Of the House tio,n California, and
who IS now In the civ, said to day that he
very much regretted the appearance Of
such letter, that It was mixture OF un.
truths and misrepresentation, Il piece ri
the hlackest trcacl,erv, and he said ii he
had any idea that he was harbo, ing ;'er.
ss'n capable Of such talsene<s and double.
dealing there would have been !, ccurtmar.
t'al ut once. There appears to b. little II
any doubt Of the ggnu;nne>s ot the letter,
and the friends ot the late President are
not pleased that 1t has been made public.
He Is not here u defend or .xI.l..in. aud tho
inevitable result, Of the publication will
he to stir up bad feeling and to give
currency to gossip, idle and other
wise, which cannot add to the respect Of
his memory. Already gossip on the sub.
ject has commenced, and Il Is asserted that
ut the time Of Gen. Rosecrans' re,nova.
from the command of the army OF the
Cumberland Gen. Garfield, who had then
come to Washington to take his seat in
Congress, expressed great regret, and was
loud In praise Of Rosecr;lns as an able mil
itary chieffain. Afterwards, il is alleged.
President Lincoln when informed oi Gen.
Garfield's expressions remarked With much
surprise that it was principally on account
Of Gen. Garfeld's statements and repre-.
sentations that GAn Rosvcraus had been
removed.
The refusal of Mr. Conk.ing 10 accept
the position OF Associate Justice has
created no surprise here aud The inner his
tory Of the appointment may b. interesting
Some two weeks before Mr.. COnkliny was
nominated bv the President AS Associate
Justice, Vice-presid"nt Davis called on
President Arthur and urged him to offer
the position to Senator Edmuneis. lie took
occasion to inform the President that it
would be very gratifi, ing to the Senators
on both sides OF the chamber, a~ also to the
Supreme Bench. The President asked
Mr.. Davis IL Senator Ednunds would az.
cept the position. tie replied that he had
suggested 1t. Judge Davis left the Presi.
dent under the impression that Ed,nunds'
name would De sent tn the Senate in few
days. When Conkling's name Was com.
,nunicated u the Senate Mr.. Davis and all
the Senators were very much surprised at
the Presidents action, as they did not
believe, and SCI stated al the time, that
Conkling would accept. They did not re-.
gard the Presidents action Us sincere, and
thought 1t was more tor effect than any
thing else. Accordingly, not only the oI,-
NncntS, but the real friends of Conklirg
were indignant. The same sort Of feeling
and dissatisfaction prevailed among Ed.
mu"d' iri.n Is. 1t appears that the Presi.
dent was fully aware Of the tact that Mr..
Conkling would under no circumstances
accept. As soon ms he had received the
official notification which came to hand on
Monday morning 1t is understood the
President then rendered the position to
udgr Edmunds. But ii appears that both he
and his friends, not king the manner in
which this important position had been
hawked about, determined to decline II.
Had Judge Edmands' name been sent to
the Senate, as it was agreed It should be,
prior to the Conkling iiasco, he would un-
douhtclly have accepted it. Now that the
position has been rendered to Senator Ed.
mund. he has positively declined to accept
it and under no circumstances will he con.
sent
1t was pretty openly declared on Wall
street to-day that Gen. Grant, who has been
loaded up with variety Of stocks ever
since the break Of las. mouth, prominent
among which are Wabash, Pacific aud
Denver and Rio Grantie, "laid down" o,,
disposed To make good his dssi1ated mar.
gins. The steadily accommodating losses
which he has been Obliged to submit to is
what led him to deed his Long Brancl,
property to Mrs. Grant a week or two ago.
At present it is declared the general il
without any personal income worth speak
ing Of 1t is even reported that the $2So,-
600 raised for him by George Jones, was
all invested in Wabash securities which
have fallen from par to fifty cents on the
dollar This is doubtful, however, as by
the terms OF the subscription Mr.. Jones
was made the trustee OF the fund and
would not have been likely tc invest it in a
shifting stock like Wabash. Nothing that
General Grant has gone into lately has
been very successful and his name has at
last ceased to be Of much importance to
big enterprises, In other words he is no
longer drawing card on Wall street. His
son, "Buck," however, is said to have made
a pretty big pile. AUGrsr.
Experience the Best Guide.