The Rock Island Argus., 1882-08-23
CORNELL AND CON Killing.

Over twenty years ago Mr.. Conkling left
his home in Utica to represent Oneida
county in congress. He remained in
Washington. going from the lower house
to the senate. During at least ten of these
twenty odd years he has been one of the
CONSPICUOUS public men of the country
But whatever faults he may haye had, it
has never hitherto been charged that a
single act, even a single 'indiscretion'
such as dabbng in the Credit Mobilier
stock-ever compromised his integrity.
OF all public men of state he has stood
out as an extraordinary exception in this
regard. James g. Blaine went to Wash
ington contemporaneOusly with Mr.. Conk-
ling and drew the same salary. Mr.. Blaine
is to-day credited with being the possessor
of $10,000,000. while Conkline, who
is not man of extravagant t
tastes, is understood to have left Washing
ton as poor, if not poorer, in purse than
he was in 1860. The New York senator
Stunned the opportunities which the smart
man from Maine eagerly grasped. 1t is
phenominal kind of boldness then, which
has prompted Governor Cornell to attack
the integrity of a private citizen, who, as
public man. n man of fruitful Opportuni
ties, preserved an unsullied reputation dur
ing his whole career in Washington. AS
things stand to day, Governor Cornelrs
word will be as worthless as a cipher when
aimed ut Mr.. Conkling's honesty. 1t will
not be believed that the latter is guilty of
of the implications contained in the jour
mats INSPIRED" article. Cornells charges
will recoil upon himself unless they are
proved; and the people must be very few
and far between who believe that any
proofs are at the Governors command.
Rochester Post -Express.l
According to the story Mr. Conkling had
already, in his effort to regain the Sc nator-
ship. besought the governor to threaten the
use of the veto power to disappoint the
hopes of such members of the legislature as
refused to vote for the return of Conkling
and Platt Rebuked at that time, we are
to believe that Conkling again tempts the
governors honesty; tempts it even third
time The earlier denial must have been
weak, indeed. not to have discouraged the
suppliant. The virtue that exposes itself
to such frequent assaults is not of the most
satisfactory kind. The charges against
Mr.. Conkling will probably produce all the
excitement that was hoped. But it is not
likely to be of just the kind or take just
the direction that was expected by the
authors. ~
buffalo Courier.1
But, even if the charges are true, they
ought not to help Cornell in his canvass.
Certainly gouernor who could twice be
approached with offers of a bribe by one
who knew him for years could not be re-
garded as man above reproach and sus
picion. Nor would the exposure of Conk-
ling by one of his old lieutenants be re-
garded as the performance of painful
duty on the governors ! part but rather as
selfish attempt to strike down former
friend and benefactor for the purpose of
saving his own political position. In
either event, therefore, these disclosures
should put an end to Cornells canvass for
denomination.
lLockport Daily Union
The bitter controversy in W hich the Re-
publican press is now engaged over the
charge made by the Albany journal, and
reiterated in the New York Times, that ex-