Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-11
OONKLING-BLAINE FEUD.
Che Original Cause Of the Most Bitter
Personal Quarrel Of tho Csntsry
Which Defeated Blaine.
Hsv Border Senator'S HIT Grew s.a slIer.
WhAsis oosss To Ks.p Up she W bite,
-. Aelss-A Novel Oisb. 5.
WHY coNKL1se HATED BLs7sE.

WHY coNKL1Se hated BLs7SE. s
special to the 6sxette.i+,z 10"
WAsBtsGToN; May TT Is not gener-
ally known that the original cause OF the
most bitter personal quarrel Of the cen
fury, the ieud between Corkling ard
Elaine, goes as far back as the gear s66.
There was diff .rence Of opinion between
the two men ON the question Of the guilt
Of . certain provost mersanl who hal
been charged with mslfessEnce: In the
course of q debate Blaine made some
sspersions on the motives and the in-
tegrity OF the member from New York.
Anyone who ever heard Copkiipg speak
csn lmsgine the SARCASM with which he
must hsve expressed his feelings when he
declared that he was profound
" Indifferent to the opinion
OF the member from Marie. on the sub
iect he had been discussing, or for that
matter, on any other subj eet, and that his
course had been both ungentlemsDly and
impertipent. The reply made by Blaine
on the spur OF the moment Is the most
biting piece OF personal denunciation
that was ever sp oxen on the floor Of Con-
gress by one member to another. II was
the entering wedge of political feud,
which has become historical. Blaine
said: Gas to the gentlemsn's cruel ssr-
casm, hope he will let me escape his
disdain. His lordly pomposity, his grand
iloquent swell, his msjestic over tower
ing, his turkey gcbbler strutting have
oeen so crushing to myself aud TO all the
members of the House that know it WAS
ar set Of the grossest temerity on my
part to venture on provoking them. But
know who was responsible for it all.
know that for the last five weeks an extra
strut has seized the gentleman. 1t is not
his fault, 1t Is the fault OF another. That
gifted and sntirical man. Theodore TIL
ton of the New York Independent, was
over here spending some weeks and writ
ing home letters, in which, among some
serious thiags he put some Iocose things,
among which was that the mantle ofttAs
late Henry Winter Davis had fallen ufRn
the member from New York. He (CoAk-
lipe) took 1t as serious, and has SiroE
strutted more than usual Well th1s
resemblance is great. As striking ssHy,
perion to q. Sstyr, Thersites tosMsfculesy
mud to marble, dunghill to aafamondt
o singed est to q Bengal tigeryA hining
puppy to q roaring lion. Shade OF los
mighty Davis, forgive the prafanstion OF
that jocose SATIRE" 81
Mr.. Conklipg never fofgsve these
words. They were the original Cause Of
Blalne's two defeats for presidential
and his fiaal defeat for the
Presidency itself. When tbe young Con-,
gresham from Maine uttered them he,
mad no thought that he would feel them
at every turn of his ambition for twenty
two years afterward.
JOKE oN-A BORDER STATESMAN.
Special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May IA good story is
told of a>SsnaIor from the far south who
is not sverse to his glass of toddy several
times q day. He recently purchased
from q well known halter OF Washington,
one of Duulsp's latest silk hats, which was
nicely 40 iasted to his head. That evening
be went TO dinner party, ard after the
repass the gentlemen repaired to the
smoki e room, where our Senatorial
friend told his colleagues about the new
hat. ,OAe of the gentlemen quietly,
slipped out and placed piece OF paper
inside the lining. When, the Senstor WAS
ready to go home he found his hat a little
too tight for him. Surprising he had q
swollen head from the fluids imoibed a.
the dinner, he made 70 remsrk about 1t.
The mex day he q deposited his hat In the
cloak room Of the>S enate, snd his friend
put another piece Of paper in the lining
This process WAS repeated for three
days, until the silk tile would barely rest
upon the pate OF the unsuspecting border
state statesman. The Senator could not
understand why his friends referred 10
his swollen face and head. A. last he
remarked to his private secretary: "See
here Mr.. - have new silk hat
1t cost me So GO, but If it fits you, you
can have 1t for $500. II won't fl me-"
The secretary tried the hat on, found that
1t lifted him perfectly ana closed The bar
gnlu a. once. A few days sfterWsr:i
having occasion to look at the hat M1re
closely he saw the lining was noEs 81
together equal in smoothness. A Close
eX animation led to the discovery OF ths
trick which had teen played. TheaaYefb
Of paper having been taken ouss the SEQ.
rotary found that the hat WAS a6ont thfss
SIZES too large tor him. tIt is p9w dif2i
cut to determine which ID the msddef
Senator or his SECRETARY, and
both Of them are trying to discover who
1t was that had the temerity to tsmpsr
with tlat hat.
Csr CT RUNNING TEE WHITE HOUSE.
special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Msy ar-The bill that
makes the appropriations for the expenses
Of the Presid ncy and Of Congress is al
interesting document. II hiss just been
completed and presented to Congress. It
shows Just how much it costs to run the
" cite House AND Congress. There is the
ITEM OF $50. 600 per year fOr the Presi
tents salary, and almost as much more
'or people to wait upon him and help MIN
IN his work. The AMOUNT for Clerk hire
3 ss5 800 snd contingent expenses about |
s38, eco more. His private secretary re-
:eiyes $3.50, bat in the case Of Colonel |
lamont il is geaerally understood thst |
ne President pays him enough more to I
,rlpg his salary up to $4,000 for the bright !
it lie lieutenant to President Cleveland |
eceiyed $4,000 as secretary to the Gov
rnor of New YORK., and wss asked by
Governor Hill to remain. This is COM
nentary on the salary psid to the seete-
aTy of the President Of the United States.
Then there is an assistant secretary at s
alsry Of $500 year, and SIX clerks re-
SWING compepsations from 9l400 to
1900 yesrly. Then there is the steward.
III, usher, four messengers, snd five
OF rkeepers. About 500, coo per annum
ecess6ry to run the White House in