Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-04-25
IN MEMORY OF CoNKLING.
The Story Of His Trouble with Gar
field and His Withdrawal
from the Senate.
!. 8. Cox RecOunts the Blaine Episode,
Which Caused Much Comment
nj the Time.
Probable Effect of His Death on the
Republican Nomination for the
Presidency.

New York telegram
Funeral services were he d over the remains
of ex-senator ConKling on Friday morling ia
Trinity Chapel, West Twenty- fifth stree.
Rev Morgan l. Dix officiatsd, assisted by other
cIefgymen ln tho afternoon the remains
were taken on q SPECIAL train to
Utica. n L., where the fasl in
~ssrment took piacs On saturday. The pall-
bearers were: judge Shlpman, Abram 3.
Hewitt, s l. n Barlow, Clarence A Seward,
hantou Marble, Senator John Y Jones, Sena-
tor Don Cameron, William J. Wallace, Waiter
< Church, Isaac b. Bailey. and ex-Secretary
Of State Hamilton Fish In New York aud
Brooklyn flags were placed at half mast on
the City Hall and other public building, out
Of respect to the memory Of the dead states
man.
Cause of Mr.. Conkllng's Illness.
Henry G. Melv lie, Of New York, the law as
soclate of Mr. Conkling, says: III was not the
bitter experience of tn blizzard that brought
plain at all OF any pain or illness thereafter
Mr.. Conkling contracted . cold in Judge Hor-
ace Russ ellis Office, March 80, while IN con-
sultation with ex-Surrosate Rollins, Leslie
W. Russell, and Horace Russell. There was
40 fire IN the room. aud Mr. Conkling shiv,
Of pain IN his ear The following monday,
April 2 / received letter from him, saying
he was i'll and could not attend TO business.
The next day visited him ut his rooms. He
SAID that he had been IN perfect agony since
Friday. The physicians had given him 50
much opium, he said, that he WAS beside him.
self. The following Thursday ! saw him
again He said he had not had wink of
sleep in week, and could not sit or lie still
In bed, such was his agony. He realiz I'd that
H.. l.. a. 40 Isxk 20
think the pain was due to the opiate and not
to the absoess. He showed that deiir,um was
coming on him in other ways"
His boy hood Home.
On Madison avenne, near the Reformed
Church, stands the house waere Roscoe Conk-
ling was born, Oct 30. 1888. says the Albany
correspondent Of the Chicago NeWs 1t to-
day presents practically the same sppearant Q
Is when that llustrious man first saw the
light Of day. it was here that the s.atesman,
when boy, iabored faith ly in the old
academy and acquired in it the rud meats of
an education that, in after year,, made him
leader AMONG men, From Albany Roscoe
Conkling was sent to New York and
placed unler the instruction of PR
vate tutor. There he was Sbirched into the
classics, as he was wont to say, but liked
them less than the English essayists and re-
viewers. HIS early pass on was for rhetoric,
oratory. and politics, and to them he directed
no small share Of his attention. Old friends
here love to tell OF the promise of his early
days; how, while yet stripping, his person
atty drew about him following, and his
oratorical gifts enchained multilu les lie
was always great student, and the light
often shone far into the night from h study
he sought the solution Of knotty problems oi
law. After reaching mans estate he fire..
quenty visited his birthplace. and his old
/ friends gave him . royal welcome. His lose
/ is deeply felt here by citizens irrespective oi
party, who knew the man and honored hin
for his true worth.
/ Conkling rs y Leader.
+ The most picturesque, striking and original
/ figure Of American politics di appeared in thu
death of Roscoe Conkling, says the New forl
Smm Alike powerful and graceful in person
he lowered above the masses of men in the
elasticity OF his talents and the peculiaritief
and resources Of his mental constitution AZ
much as he did IN form and bearing.
Tie death Of Mr. Conkling Is not an Incl
dent but an event, remark& the New York
/ Herald. As apolitical influence, rather than ii
political leader, Mr.. Conkling will be honored.
I He WAS not born to lead modern democracy.
He was Coriolanus, rather than Rienzl-a
leadersnip-tact compromise, recognition
Of the limitations and weakness OF devoted
friendship-were unknown to his naughty
spirit He rather led the leaders OF
men-the centurions, the captains of the
/ fifties-who were attracted by the force ot
his character and followed him from admira-
ton of his picturesque and splendid genius
/ The intense honesty OF Mr.. Conkling became
i often intolerance. There was no bending
/ that intrepid will His devotion to pr nciplt
/ or friendship was that OF Loyola and not ol
I Talleyrand We have lost the most aggres
/ sive leader in American politics since Clay
I and Webster died. thirty-six years ago. Blu
! he is not dead HIS life remains an inc IN
/ tive, an exxmple-let us cay an admoniton
For it may be well to remember as an al
monition that in any public career, pride, IN
! tolerance, and the Swift-like gift OF wither
/ nfs'nvective may retard or prevent oppor
iun ties of lustrous service to the common
wealth.
Governor Hilrs Comment.
! Governor Hill. of New YORK, commentin,
on the death OF Mr. Conkling, said: slh,
death of such q man ss Mr. Conkling ls . los
1 to the country at large, and especially to tn
State he tried faith uily to serve. HIS caree
/ and honest one, aud the party to which he no
longed is the only one tilat failed to do hin
/ honor. The people in general must mourn tn
| loss of such . man and statesman"
Attitude Of the Blaine Men.
There ~ one possible result OF the death O
Roscoe Conkllng which the Republican poll
ticians here are contemplating with much in
terest, says the Washington correspondent o.
{ the Chicago Inter OceaM Pc lhaps the ques
ton VIII ch has rug ,ested itself more fire.
quent,y than any other is, What effect will tn,
.ieath Of Mr.. lonkling have upon the lepub
Blaine men have Tut one answer to that ques
t,on Il hay ar. very nosltive that the re,aul