Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-08
CONKLING-BLAINEFE UD.
The Original Cause Of the Nest Bitter
Personal Quarrel Of tho Century
Which Defeated Blaine.
How q Border Senator'S Hat Grew Smaller
what IL oosts to Keep Up the White
House-A Novel Club,
WHY CoNKLING HATED BLAINE.

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ally known thst the original cause OF the
most bitter personsl quarrel Of the cen
tury, the feud between Conkling and
Blaine, gees as far back as the year 1866.
There was q difference Of opinion between
the two men On the question Of the guilt
Of q certain provost marshal who had
been charged with malfsssance. In the
course OF debate Blaine made some
aspersions on the motives and the iu-
teerity of the member from New York.
Anyone who ever heard Ccnkling speak
can imagine the sarcasm with which he
must have expressed his feelings when he
declared thas he WAS profound
IL Indifferent to the opinion
Of the me nber from Msine, on the sub
ject be had oeen discussing, or for that
matter, on sny other suciect,sn that his
course hsd been both uugeEtiemanly and
impertiuent. TIE reply made by Blaine
on the spur Of the moment is the most
biting piece OF personal denunciatlon
that was ever fp 3ksn on the floor of Con-
ersss by one member TO another. II WAS
the entering wedge of political feud,
which hss become historical. Blaine
said: GAS to the gentleman's cruel ssr-
cssrr, hope he will let me escape his
dlsdxin. His lorely pomposity, his grand
Eloquent swell, Lis sjestic overt tower
Ing, his turkey gobbler slrutting have
been Sd crushicg to myself and to sill the
members of ths House INST | know 1t WAS
IN act Ct the grossest temerity on my
part to venture on provoking them. But
/ know who Wa responsible for 1t all.
know that for the last five weeks su extra
strut has seized the gentleman. It Is not
his fault, it is the fault Of another. That
gifted and satiricS1 m3d, Theodore Til
ton Ct the New York Independent, was
over here spending some weeks and writ.
ing home letters, IN which, among some
serious thiBgs he put some jocese things.
among which WAS that the mantle Of the
late Henry Winter Davis had fallen upon
the member from New York. He (Conk-
lipg) took it as serious, and has since
strutted more than usual. Well, this
resemblance is great. As striking IS Hy-
perion to Sstyr, Tnersites to Hercules,
mud TO marble, dunghill to diamond,
q singed cat to q Bengal tiger, q whining
puppy TO a roaring lion. Shade of the
mighty Davis, forgive the proclamation OF
that joccse SATIRE"
Mr.. Conklipg never iorgsve these
words. They were the original cause OF
Blalne's two defeats for presidential
nomination and his Anal defeat for the
Presidency itself. When the youog 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 sfterwsrd
JOKE ON A ORDER STATESMAN.
Special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May IA good story Is
told of Senator from the far south who
is not averse to his glass Of toddy several
timas 8 day. he recently purchased
from q we'll known halter OF Washington,
one of D uulsp's latest silk hats. which was
nicely adjusted to his mead. That evening
he went to dinner party, and after the
repasa the gentlemen repaired to the
smcki room, where our Senatorial
friend told his colleagues about the new
hat. One 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 little
too tight for him. Surprising he had
swollen head from the fluids imbibed at
the dinner, he made no remark about 1t.
The next day he deposited his hat In the
closk room OF the Senate, and his friend
put another piece of paper In the lining.
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 hesd. At last he
remarked to his private secretary: "See
here Mr. have new silk hat.
1t cost me So co. but If it fits you, you
can have 1t for S. 90. 1t won't ft me-"
The secretDry tried he hat on, found that
Ii fitted MIN perfectly and closed the bar
gain a. once. A few days afterward
having occasion to look at the hat more
closely he saw the lining was not al
together euual 10 smoothness. close
examination led to the discovery OF the
trick which had been played. The layers
of paper having been taken out, the sec
retsry found that the hat was about three
sizes too large for him. 1t is now diff
cult to determine which is the madden
mantle Senator or his secretary, and
both of Them are trying to discover who
It was that had the temerity to tamper
with st hst.
Ce, OF RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, My THE bill that
makes the appropriations for the expenses
of the Presid ncy and Of Congress Is an
interesting document. II has just been
completed and presented to Congress. Il
shows just how much it costs to run the
White House and Congress. There is the
item OF $4,000 per yesr for the Presi-
dents salary, aud almost IS much more
for people to walt upon him and help him
In his work. The am punt for clerk hire
is $50, 900 snd contingent expenses about
SSS, 900 more. His private secretary re-
ceives $3.50, but In the case OF Colonel
Lamont it is generally understood that
the Presidents pays him enough more TO
bring his salary up to $4,000 for the bright
little lieutenant to President Cleveland
received $4,000 as secretary to the Gov
ernor Of New York, and was asked by
Governor Hill to remain. This ia COM
nentary on the salary paid to the secre-
tary Of the President of the United States
Then there is su assistant secretary at q
salary of S2500 yesr, and slx clerks re-
ceiving compensations from sl4oo to
$4,000 yearly. Then there is the steward,