St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-17
BLAINE IND CONKLING.

There is strange wonder W0rkynge'' 60
ing on among the Republican leaders in re-
gard to Presidential nomination. Gossip
is rife, rumors are sensational, factions are
active, and there is general connection
along the whole line. The following passage
in a letter of the New York CORES pondent of
the Philadelphia Record has unusual sgnif-
canoe.
There is no doubt that Conkling will throw the
whole weight of his name against Arthur, Lin
coin, Edmunds, or any friend of the Administra-
tion and there is as little doubt that he is at
work with Platt and Robertson to run the New
York delegation at Chicago, and, if possible, to
upon it that there is something more than mere
gossip in this talk that links together the names
of Roscoe Conkling and james G. Blaine.
Is it possible that Conkling, though he may
not hate Blaine less, now hates Arthur more?
Robertson, of the New York Custom Hou Sc,
is the friend of Blaine. Garfield appointed
him to his present position, with the advice
of Blaine, and in opposition to the wishes of
Conkling. Can it be possible that the latter
is now cooperating with Robertson, and
Platt, his co-resigning associate Senator
against Arthur aud in favor of Blaine?
A pointer in that direction is the signifi-
can't fact that unpledged, or anti-Arthur
delegates to the Chicago convention are be-
ing elected in hitherto considered stalwart
strongholds. Conkling's wrath against Ar
thur must be without limit, if he prefers
Blaine to him.
1t may be that ancient feud between Conk-
ling and Blaine is mellowing down; that
tho fires of hatred burn less holly, that even
the smoldering embers of bitterness between
them are dying out. Should this be so, it
will be wise and manly for them both
Their relentless hostility has served only to
damage them both, and to seriously affect
and weaken the party of which they were
the acknowledged, pre-eminent leaders.
Out of their personal hostility grew party
feuds and factions, leading to results upon
which the GLOBE has heretofore commented,
but is not disposed to stop here to recapitu-
late.
Should they now rise superior to the i'm
pulses of human passion, and strike hard
over the grave of a martyred President, it
would be an act of personal manliness, high
above mere political considerations, and
there is no right minded Democrat who
would not rejoice at the subsistence of per-
s0nal bitterness so long existing and known
to the world, between two eminent Ameri-
can citizens, bitterness which has detracted
from personal character, and produced de-
plorable results. Political difference is one
thing, personal hate is quite another. The
one may exist consistently with personal
amenity, the other only arouses and keeps
alive passions that 30 no credit to human ma
ture.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia
Record hints at, and leaves for inference
more than he expresses. But If the way is
preparing for the future cooperation of the
two great Republican leaders, while it may be,
and ought to be commenced on personal
grounds, politically it is too late for that,
or any other legitimate influence to pluck up
the locks of a drowning party submerged in
a flood of misdeeds and corruption.
The people sternly will, that the predomi-
nant executive power, and its abuses too
long endured, must come to an end, and
above all they viii, that the present dynasty,
the product of foulest assassination, must not
be pcrpetuated by the election of Chester A.
Arthur