The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-15

President, with whose agent he was
dealing. He knew him through and
through, and he neither liked him nor
trusted him. But he would have been
content to accept the administratiOn's
terms. He naturally wanted more than
was rendered to him, and he did not like
the restriction that the AttOrney-Gen
eral made as to the granting Of proper
requests. He resented the implication
that he would make improper requests,
and long arguments and explanations
followed, all four Of the parties present
taking part in the conversation. 1t was
o'clock in the morning when Mac
Veagh and James left the house.
At the last COnkliDg was cheerful,
and 1t was evident to Garfeld's negOtia-
tors that peace between the New York
Senator and the administration had
heen secured. 1t remained only for the
President to keep his word, and Mac
Veagh at that time had no doubt that
he would. Mr.. COnkling said at parting
that he would call at the White House
on the following Sunday evening, and
while there he would again urge Mac
DOugalls appointment on the President.
This consent to see Garfield had been
fairly wrung from him by MacVeagh,
who in this had been assisted by both
Arthur and James.
On Sunday night Mr.. COnkling, ac-
cOmpanied by Vice President Arthur and
POstmaster-GeneTal James, called at the
White House. Mr.. Garfield was prOfuse
in his prOtestatlOns of friendship.
Mr.. Garfield assured Mr.. COnkling aud
the others that there was nothing he
would not do to please the Stalwarts of
New York. He insisted only that Rob
ertsOn and his friends, whose break
from the instructions of the Star Con-
VentiOn had made his nomination pos
sible, should not be punished. Mr..
COnkling was not deferred by the Presi-
dents evident liking for Robertson from
expressing his opinion of him, and OF
what he denounced as his treachery and
infamy in refusing to vote for General
Grant, and in perslsting in voting for
"that man Blaine" Garfield excited
COnkling's suspicious by alluding to the
possibility of giving Robertson the Col
IectOrship; but his (Garfield's) attention
was at once called to the pledge that
Wayne MacVeagh had given in his name,
and he abandoned his apparent purpose
to insist on a change in the programme
laid down on the previous Friday even
ing. Perhaps he had been approached
by adverse influences. If he had, he had
evidently consented to yield to them.
At least that seemed to be Mr.. COnk-
ling's conviction, for he launched into
a fresh TRADE against Robertson. and
showed plainly that there could be no
friendship between himself and the ad-
ministTatiOn If the COllectOrship should
be given to the man selected by Mr..
Blaine. Garfield therefore hastily and
even apOlOgetically retreated, and began
looking about for another place for the
present Collectors place that would
satisfy the demands made by Whitelaw
Reid and others Of Blaine's friends and
supporters in New York. Finally he
suggested that he might give Robertson
the District AttOrneyship. COnkling,
however, was opposed to giving his en-
emy anything at all. He saw that the
President was determined that Robert
son should have an appointment of some
Importance, and he placed too high
value on peaceful relations with the
new administration to treat with it on
a District AttOrneyship. Garfield had
granted MacDOugalPs appointment, and
COnkling gave his promise not to oppose
RObertsOn's confirmation for the District
AttOrneyship in the famous remark:
"Well, Mr.. President, suppose L can go
out into the lobby and hold my nose
while the Senate Is voting on the nOmi-
nation"
The interview ended pleasantly
enough. Garfield repeated the assur-
ances that MacVeagh had given that he
would not make any change in the Gus
tom House until the three men then
with him had been consulted. He was
so happy that he walked to the door of
the White House with his guests, repeat
ing his assurances of eternal friendship.
Arthur and James we're pleasantly i'm
pressed with the interview, but COnk-
ling made no manifestations of friend
ship for the man whom he had begun to
despise. He walked back to his rooms
in Fourteenth street, silent and moody.
When the three entered his parlOr,
the other two we're cheerful, but Mr..
COnkling was gloomy. Arthur and
James Congratulated themselves and
their party friends In New York, that
once more they were to be in accord
with the Federal Administration.
Finally one of them said to Mr.. COnk-
ling:
Senator. Don't you think that the Presi-
dent will keep his wOrdp"
II trust that he will" said he; "but
there is no peredy Of which l think him
incapable"
The next day came the first nOmina-
tiOns, and, on the next, RObertsOn's.
The President had broken his word.
Neither Mr.. Arthur nor Mr.. COnkling
had been notified OF the intended ap-
pointment. The first intimatiOn that
the Vice President had was when he
opened the envelope containing the
nominations, which the Presidents sec
retsry had brought to the Capitol. He
sent the paper at once to Mr.. COnkling,
who read it, made no sign, handed 1t
back to the page, and felt that his pre-
mOnitiOn had been verified.
XIV.
What had caused this violation of
agreementP 1t was the remOrseless evil
dence Of one of the bargains that made
Republican success possible. Mr.. Blaine,
through VIM. X. Chandler, in the winter
of 1890, had successfully engineered a
movement in New York that unques.
| tiOnably prevented the nomination OF
| Grant. It was done through Judge Rob-
ertsOn, then q member of the New York
State Senate. As Garfield's intimate
| friend afterwards expressed 1t, Judge
Robertson was the man who made Gar
| fields nomination pOssibleS Mr.. Blaine
and his friends in New York were de-
| termined that Judge Robertson should
receive the same reward that he would
have received in case Blaine had been
nominated and elected. The President,
tortured by the pitiless consequences OF
| those agreements into which he entered
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