The Republican journal., 1888-10-04
A Democratic Boomerang.

Mr.. Blaine makes '.isniied reply TO the
ghouis vino have raked up alleged Evidence Of
ill-fcclng which once existed between senator
Conkling ard Mr.. Blaine is Tie comment Of
the Boston Journal or tie interview from the
Kennebec journal published on the first page.
The letter referred 10 purportS to have been
written TWENTY-FIVE years ago by Roscoe tonk
ling to Ole Peter Il. Cranl;,ll. OF Oneida coun-
ty. New York. and charges Mr.. Blaine with
connection with the recruiting business al VI
gu>ta and With having grown suddenly rich
out Of government jobs. The object OF the
publication. which WIS made Icy the Demo
cratic pres, with great flourish Of trumpel..
was Of course to rally the old Conkling line for
fresh warfare against Blaine at the expense Of
Harrison. Iii this direction it has proved a
sinai failure. The Conklng leueuans Of
former years decline 20 heed the Craalail So
gan. AMI one of them cuttin-ly say: Cork
ling himself Were he alive. would condemn
such grave Dissertation for campaign purposes
in a way that would make the offender vince
He further ntirlates that Mr.. Gran ial may
have pcruetrated Or fatAercel forgery. hy adj
inS; u 'lu~t >ay there is 40 outward evil
,lence OF the -enuinene>> of the ! tier which
he sends to tht papers. lad . great lea! II
correspondence with MI tcnklrr aul have a
GOOD many of his letter, now i'll ,Dy possess
sion, and l must say that the GanlaII letter
has none of the car-nalk> of his st! ie. 10 one
who knows his epi>toIary methods tn" sigma
turc itself wcuid cause S;isrcion.
Now who is thi. Nj. Grandal: Mr.. BI#ine'>
memory was not at fault concerning him. and
the New York Tribune has ventilated l;> tn
>avory record. Peter Is. Crandal was Provost
Marshal of the ttica District ,itrin- the war
and therefore al the head of the recruiting SER
vice. The scandals of his district became 50
notorious that finally Major L. H. Ludin-ton,
Assistant Inspector-tienerai IVES sent by order
q the Secretary of War Edwin NJ. Stanton)
to investigate AID report on the situation.
From the official report We make a few eX-
tracts. Major Ludington states:
THAT bounty jumpers came to l'iica by car
loads and. 10 use their own slang. the enrolling
board Of the NNIst District became IA perfect
walk. These facts are notorious throughout
the Western Division Of New York. and are
amply proven by papers referred to me from
tle lfoNo>t-Mal shai-Neilelai once ana mere
tween the 9th Of Iann ANY, nd tho i.tb Of
Narnh Usc5i teS nav, ,,.a;.o .ta,.oi ~; ~
Captain Crandall. of whom Major lIaldock,
Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General.
ner cent aesrrted hefnr,. startinc for tha tieII
IIad Ca,t.in CranJall rntai,nd il, hi. ban
t;va.ai,IibS of th,, ho,,rtv r.i rc,, L,. ,, .,-n
deserterS. there would have accrued 10 the
by linn wa. very small. Lut was unal,I3 In AZ
certain it cxactlv.''
In conclusion he says:
do not regard the conduct of tho board As
legally guilty, but morally they have perpetrat-
~ tu ms LA M inn naA'"sa,ic iia''l upon
ny "o,Hi .i'iie.t tne! W. s"oil, H. >:l.u:
inIs Iu1e.ed ,htr eohSrieiicts ny ea>u>iry
anu iesul,teu ''o;i L'!'ons ~ tIe touhSti ol
u.o"s ~" '' .sei> -hi>ie" y. >oiiiis-
49, an "I''"e ue>it 10 serve wei thelr
;''ii ~ toi,Si , plts>ufe IRON foM
,.a " VI IL VIC. ~ I'M
- "ioiiS " tho!l 'OuiiH! ave" tileii-
suread rerutation for rasraiity.
Major Ju,lincton.s rc,,ort was f,rtit.a ~,
other official testimorv James ! Lott c,,,.
manaino tho Damn of ,bo ,o,.ro, p.so.,.,,
tor,s .t II, Autumn ~, ,tor., : zee, ,,.o.,,..,.,
strontlv o...;r. .,,o .,,. ,:.- ,,,,, ,,.
Cr,ua,n lie said
No, ro,.,, Will, .,;.o,..o .o..u....
duty. are sent here for du1y. One obl mnn
llist discharged for disability. before he got to
,,t ,hrn',,., a. ~ .nt l'ra haiFes'
but a hundred and ninety dollars. somebody
po'hGtlii- me balance, and sent here. lie is
tho rccr,,i, .,t L,. t',t Va
Office are the most W orthles. set OF SrounIrc!.
you ever put your eyes upon
y. G.. AXtell. Colonel of the 1872 Regiment,
NeW lofk Volunteers. writes to Col. ToWE-
send, superintendent OF the Recruiting Ser
Vice. on February !, iSG::;, as follows:
have the honor most respectfully to pro-