New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-01
EDMUNDS AND PHELPS.
,rrrrp copREspoNDENCE MADE PUBLIC.
MR.. EpNUNps IN BAD TEMPER - CoM"'-,' ,,,v
wAsHINGroN-THE ASSAULT UPON Mn D1'-'
ley TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIHUNN

@b;s afternoon of the correspondence oeV"O0Ni A'F
resentative Phelps and Senator Edmun"s
csived with good deal of amusement " l'ienuS
80 ,he Vermont Senator had been going about town
O. che last twenty-four hours declaring loudly
that their champion would annihlate the de'enuei
of Mr. Blaines reputation and prove him TO be nor
,,raIv mistaken in the statement OF his facts Win
rsoard 70 Mr. Edmunds's relation TO the Burlington
ord Missouri Railroad Company, but also guilty I'D
nil probability of wilful and malicious preVarloS-
tion They openly charged HIM with having
dragged Mr.. Edmundss name INTO the controversy
for no other purpose than that OF lnJur'hg "i'
chances as a candidate for the Presidential uouiha-
zion. They did not hesitate 10 say thatthe senator
would be able to show that his relation 10 tne
Burlington and Missouri Road differed radlcanY
from that held by Mr.. Blaine with the fort om''n
and Little Rock. They ndlculed the iuea tna'
both cases were 70 all intents and purposes luent
cal Ii was impossible TO persuade them that MI
Phelps cited Mr. Edmunds simply to show that he
Aid NOT act in anv way differently from Mr.. Blaine
under exactly the same circumstances, and they
reluctantly are compelled to confess now that TO
censure Blaine in the one case would Logically ih-
ply the condemnation of Edmunds in the other
CONTRAST IN TEMPER.
The friends Of both Mr.. Blaine and Mt fneipS
deprecate to some extent the loss OF temper us
plavcd by Mr. tdmunds in his letter 1t is I'M
doubtedlv meant TO be sarcastic and II is not al
WAYS polite in TONE In happy contrast 10 II Is the
cheerful reply of Mr.. Phelps, whose good nature
and eonanimity did not leave him for one moment
while carrying on this interesting correspond
ence. To this perhaps may be as
cribed the favorable impression winch the letter
produced to-day 1t shows Mir. Phelps TO nave
been entirely correct in his statements regarding
Mir. Edlnunds He is not obliged 10 retract single
one of them. Indeed, instead OF CONFESS
ing inaccuracy In the statement OF any OF his tacS
he Is able to convict Mr. Edmunds Of a slight mis-
take. into which. in his irascible frame OF mlnd'
that gentleman had allowed himself to tal'. AL
together Mr. helps is considered TO have the bset
OF this little controversy, and Mr.. Edmunds whose
rufied temper is displayed in the last sentence OF
his last letter, when be says with your al
guments and conclusions ! have no concern Is
Thought to have been skilfully drawn and to
have betrayed himself INTO an exhibition OF Ill
temper " Inch can neither benefit him nor lnjure
blr Blaine.
FDNUNDS, SUMNER AND HOAR.
The letter from Boston. printed IN THE TRIBUNE
Yesterday. which recalls the attitude taken by Mr..
Tdmunds in comprising the humiliation OF Charles
Sumner by removing him from the Craftsmanship oil
the Foreign Relations Committee Of the senate,
and his course in defeating the nomination OF
Judge Hoar 10 the Supreme Court, for apparently
no other reason than that Of gratifying The per
sonal rancor Of political enemies, has attracted
only less attention than his correspondence with
Mr Phelps. II is thought 10 show clearly that he
is not, as his friends have always asserted above
4be consideration of personal Irejudices and pas
sions IN the discharge of his duties as legislator
There is no doubt" remarked a Senator to-day
THAT the publication of such stories viii have the
effect of opening the eyes of his Massachusetts ad
,pire1s TO a true knowledge Of the man. II will
show them that he Is not altogether saint IL
politics OF made Of different clay than his col
leagues
TIE BARGAIN AT UTICA.
The recent bargain in New-York too, by which
Mr. Edmunds's friends gained the support Of the
machine has produced anything but favorable
Impression here. II is generally conceded 10 nave
been mistake, and to have injured rather thah
strengthened hun. There is OeHe1 thdt Ile ue!r-
Irouounced protectionists the welfare OF the Re
publican party would seem TO demand II Is ire
ouently asserted, and apparently on gOod auiAoI-
Nv TINT there is about them faint OF Tree trade
which cannot result otherwise than IN making lhr
great manufacturing interests OF the country
which look to the Republican party Tor protection
distrustful of them. This. II Is argued, Will 90
vionsv weaken Mr.. EtmundS's position a. p can
didata. and bring out prominently MI blalne;
whose principles the question Of protection ana
free trade nobody has ever thought OF calling INTO
question.
THE ATTACK OF BLAINE A FAILURE.
Taken as whole the events Of the last three
DAYS seem to have proved concusiyely that the al
tack on Mr. Blaine, If il was maze for the purpose
of defeating him as a candidate for the Presidential
nomination, has failed most ludicrously. II would
ne difficult tonight t. find a single man IN town
whose opinion in regard 20 Mr.. Blaine had been in
the least affected for the worse by the publ cation
of these stale charges. On the contrary ndltajlous
are not wanting that the whole PI3c'ttq1NIR n"7
gained him new supporters and that the ll-auN i>rd
friends of Mr. EdmunC5. VINO, probablE mucu
against his wlll took up the cutgcls for HIN with
the result of having 70 eat Ieek, Ike Ancient
Pistol will be little more discreet the next time.
DARK HORSES BACK II THEIR STALLS.
The most curious phase Of the episode however,
Is the attitude Of the so-caled dark horses whom
ii would be- useless to name here They seemed TO
prick up their ears at the thought of having
a comparatively clear field, and the most tormld-
able rival as they imagined, removed from tile
field. Their disappointment now is only greater
than the hopes were with which they watched the
beginning Of the attack Ola Mr.. Blaine. Since It's
failure they have resumed their chronic state Of
ine following is the text Of the correspondence
between Mr kdmunds aud Slr Phelps;
AlE. EDNUNDs 10 MIR. PHI LPs
UNTLD STATES SESTE
wAsH>GloN. d. g., Apru p. 1874.
DEAR SIR have read your letter IN defence OF ~
Blaine In THE SUNDAY IkBrNE and also the editorial 0I
The TRIBUNE thereon ID "hlch on say re.,,0 80 "a,
muuds was understood 10 have block of Burlington aud
FOR Crimes acquired interests IN the Burlington and
Missouri road when they were 81 he Sanatr Iht' ooi
suporrd the bill O. the land grant 10 tieir ROAD
Thc-e statements taken n connection VITO me rest %,
your letter, evidently mean mat al the time OF
way interested IN tnst road or lts secure
expressly. as being your statement, ina, dining. Both
voirse and IUE iIIBTSE totally mistaken. have
c5 on refer LeiIt Sena. Ioint Kesouon No. ~
I1rst session Kills, Congress. OF which nad no reoo-
lection whatever before "ut see on looking al ne
Cougressio,f Glote o. thai une that cld make I'm e