Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-01

Ne1o York Correspondence PFiLG. Ledger.
You will see by the highly choleric tone of
the Republican morning journals that the
Conkling nomination is the liveliest political
sensation New York has experienced since
the resignation of that gentleman of his
place ~ the United States Senate last sum-
mer. In former letter it was stated that
the half breeds especially received the news
with a feeling akin to CONSERVATION, but
that word scarcely expresses the full meas
ure of the wrath which is coming from that
quarter. The Tri6une'S leader on the sub
ject, however, comes well up to the mark.
"Guiteau," it says, ''has made a Supreme
Judge as well as a President, and he is not
hung yet. There is not a human being in
the country so ignorant as to believe that Mr..
Roscoe Conkling would have been awarded
the highest Judicial Office in the gift of the
President, If cold blooded assassin had not
first murdered the President whom the
people elected" "It is a bIunder which
will make the nation tremble." The Times,
which is certainly not a half breed, and
which has all along shown liberal dispos'-
tion towards the President, is scarcely less
enamored OF his course. It says: ''Without
prejudice 1t will have to be conceded that
the appointment is cOnspicuOuslv one unfit
to be made" and then 1t proceeds to show
that his qualifications for the place are of
no account. Even the Commercial. which has
been "stalwart" from the beginning and
whose editor, rumor says, is about to be
nominated TO an important foreign mission)
is moved to declare that, ''undsr all the cir
cumstances 1t was not the part of wisdo
to nominate Mr.. Conkling for an Office he
did not wish, and which no true
friend would advise him to accept.
y We regret the Presidents mistake;
we had hoped for better things" It is
Al
as an expositor of Republican feeling be
cause party ties sit so lightly on that jour
nal that it seems to bind, and to be bound
by nobody in the party. The point of It's
criticism, however, is that the appointment
is calculated TO bring the Supreme Court into
contempt. These utterances of the leading
Republican journals here are worth quoting,
because they sssuredly foreshadow the re-
opening OF the bitter factional strife within
the party which preceded the assassination of
President Garfield, with results which, in all
probability, will reach far into the future.
President Arthur, as everybody knows, has
long had a reputation for standing by his
friends. In this instance his friendship for
Mr. Conkling has stirred up a storm through
which it will be necessary for his friends in
turn to stand by him, II he is to pull
through"
AS some evidence Of the excitement that
eXlsIS among Ine opponents OF the aumlnls-
tration in the Republican camp with refer
ence to this matter, 1t may be mentioned
that at one Of the uptown clubs last night
1t was urged that IL public meeting were
at once held at Cooper Institute or The Aca-
denny of Music to demonstrate against it,
the Senate might refuse to confirm. But
when it came TO the question of persuading
some prominent Republican to preside, the
whole thing was indefinitely postponed. In
- 81 foks Ho
Guilty whatever in procuring an anti CoDk-
great body of the city Republicans are "stal-
warts" it would be hard matter to per-
suade even Collector Robertson to come
forward in a movement of this kind. It
might cost him his position, and he is
shrewd enough to comprehend the fact.