New-York tribune., 1882-09-30
a man to be found in the State Of Now-York


than he.
The Rochester paper is particularly happy III
describing how Perry took the miscIeant Blame
by both ears, slowly and deliberately mast-
Gated him, and contemptuously expectorateu
the fragments of him upon the commlttee-roohi
floor "Mr. Blaine says this veraclous author-
ity was called as q witness before the commit
atec, made up in majority OF his partisans ana
friends for the purpose Of whltewashlnR MN,
Wand with characteristic effrOntery ana men,
"dacity undertook to evade, preyaricate M IL
"prevent the truth from coming out. Mt. Del
smont took the would-be bulldozer in hand,
land by a series of searching cross-questlohs
"spitted and roasted him and made him squirm
auntil he turned inside out The handling that
Conkling gave Blaine on the hoor OF the
House of Representatives nearly score OF
"years ago was nothing compared to the twist
q Belmont nut upOn him before the comm ttee
that investigated the guano statesman dlp-
"lomatic performances in South America iasC
"yearn There has been no such delicious olC
of descriptive writing az this since Johh
Phoenix described his holding the Judge down
over him by inserting his nose in the Judges
mouth The comparison of BelmOnts twist
with Conkling's handling" is singularly apt
and felcitous. We have no doubt that Conkllng
loves to dwell in memory upon the "handllng
he gave Blaine Just about as well "a Belmont
does upon his "twist" In the "twist ana
- @spittingD and "roastng" and turning in
side ont thus graphically described we may
find Blaine's reasons for entering into the con-
spiracy to defeat Perry Belmonts return to
Congress The miserable malefactor Is afraid
of Perry.
To compass Perry's defeat he Is seeking to
induce various Democrats on Long Island to
run as Independent candidates, and is Offering
money right and left in the most reckless pro-
fusion. That pure and incOrrupube states
man ex-senator James VI. Oakley cOnfesses
that he has been offered $40, 900 and his cam
palgn expenses if he will run a stump can
didate against Perry, with the promise OF
$4,000 more in case he defeats him. And
what did Oakley say 2 81 promptly refused, OF
course he says, :" to lend myself to any such
dishonorable scheme" Whoever doubts that
Oakley did refuse would be wild enough to
doubt that such an offer ever was made mat
beautiful and confdng newspaper Ihe U0rtd
learns that "similar Oyerturcs and oilers OIL
I" large sums of money have been also made TO
"Other Democrats in the lst congressional
District" so there can be no doubt that
Blaine is conspring with all his maeiic energy
and enormous wealth against Perry return
Ii is fearful to think Of the existence OF such Il
conspiracy, and the mind shrinks with horror
from contemplating the possibility OF It's sue
cess. Let the Long Islanders be On their
guard particularly Long Island Democrats
Let them be on their guard against gray
bearded man with a wicked eye carrying car
petbag in each hand. It's Blaine, loaded down
.th money, searching for a Democrat whom
he can corrupt. Let every Democrat who Is
offered thirty OF forty thousand dollars to run
against Perry Belmont do as the incorruptiblc
Oakley did-run. AS for Oakley, he ought to
be exhibited under glass. He is the most re-
marlabc curiosity Long Island has yet pro-
duced,