The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-20

"ss1. waiting to heal
Roscoe COnkinJ. the worst. They
were composed chiefly OF representatives
Of the press and friends III the dead Sena'
tor.
DIR. Barker called a: 1859 o'clock and 10
NAMED until eleven p. m. He said Mr..
Conkling was failing rapidly. His extrem'
tiles were becoming cold. His legs were
quite cold nearly all the way up. He wa
pulseless. His rcspirations very quick.
He did not think Mr.. COnkiing could live
much longer. In fact he did lot think he
would 1--we for two hours. He was suffer.
ing from q general failure Of the nervous
system.
: II was q dreadful struggle that the
statesman had fought against grim death,
but at the las: his end was peaceful and
uraccompan.ed by pain. Els Borrowing
wife n daughter wero weeping at his
side, but the once keen eyes were glazed
and set in the struggle.
Mrs. ConklinS aud her daughter both
bore up bravery, but the elder lady was
the most rrostrate!. Mrs. Oakman sup.
ported her mother. The ashcn pallor deep
ened Tn the e~nacra.et face and Mr.. Conk-
ling Sasned three or fourtines and passed
away. In de al the lines about his mouth
and on his face were Slightly drawn. He
was much epiaciatei. but still in death his
face seemed natural.
Imincdia,e!y after the death Judge Coke
and d.. A".crson left the house. No a..
r~apGInsen:s we're maize .n>t night for the
fuocrai 3ut viii DC definitely settled upon
TO-DAY ~hen Mrs. Coakling 0ecomes more
compose. Judge o said that in death
Mr.. CcHxiing'- mouth was slightly open as
though he had G!el with Il gasp. The
nurse gently pressed the mouth shut. Mrs.
Cooking IS alone with her daughter and
is completely Frustrated with grief.
Tue inserIlcnt Wi. he az Utica, n. Y.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Roscoe COnkling vas born in Albany, N.
Y. October 81, 1929; received an academic
'educa;ion, and studied law three years un-
dor his Ia.her's tuition. In 1876 he entered
the law ffce OF Francs herman. afterward
his colleague in the Senate. and in 1850 be-
came district attorney for Oneida County.
He was admitted to the ba- in that year..
ana soon became prominent both in law
q in politics. He was elected MAYOR Of
Utica In 1o5S, and 1T tie expiration Of his
first term = Tie vote between the two can
didates for the oficc Caused him to hold
over for another term. In November,
1HS be was chosen IS = Republican
to Congress, and took his seat in
thG. body Ut the ~bcginning 81 lis first SEES
sion, III December, 1Sj3-a session no.ed
for Its long and bitter contest ove- the
He was Reelected in 1866.
but IL 1862 was defeated by Francis Ker-
nao. OYER whom. however, ne was elected
in tSa. J. s first committee was that on
the District Of Columbia, Of which he WAS
afterward chairman. He was $3.50 a mem
Der OF the CoCDit;es oi ways and Means
anc OF the special reconstruction COMMIT
tee OF fiftecu. Mr.. colkling's frs, in
portant speech was in supper; Of the Four
teenth amendment to the Constitution. He
vigorously attacked the ycneralship Of Nc
Clellan. opposed Spa.liIng's legal tender
act and firmly upheld the Government In
the prosecution OF the war. MIR. Coax
ling was reelected in the autumn Of 1S6U
but In january, 1851. Defora he took his
seat, was c;ln,nn United States Senator TO
I.a Elrrls, and reelected in
1919 and $50. In ti;3 Senate he was
from the first a member OF the
judiciary Committee, and connected with
nearly all the leading committees, holding
the chair OF those OF commerce and re-
OF the laws. Senator Conkl ing was
q jealous supporter OK President Grants
Administration and largely directed its
general policy toward the South, adv0cat-
ing 1t in public and by his personal in
He was also instrumental in the
passage Of the Civil Rights bill, and IA
vored the resuEl: tiol Of specie payments
He took o prominent. part III framing the
Commission bill IN 1871, and sup
ported it by an able speech, arguing that
question of the COMMISSIONS iurisdic-
lion should be EFF 70 thai body itsoif. Mr..
.0nkiing received ninety-threc votes for
the Republican nomination for President
in the Cincinnati convention OF 1874 In
Chicago convention of 1850 he nd
b nomination Of General
Grant for a third JcTIl. In 1881 hs
hosiIis 20 President Gar.
fields Admins ration on u question OK
claiming, vita his colleague.
Thomas c. Pat, tho right TO control Fed
eral appointments ia his State. TIE Presl-
lent having .%,rpu3lGsl =. ?~oli.cai opponent
afr. Coa1iiEg tot.c dictatorship OF TIC
bort Of New YORK, tho Latter opposed his
confirmation, cl.-i.a:n- that he should Awe
been consulted il tao matter. and that the
va 4 violation Of the pledges
y:ven To hiri by the Prc-iient air. Gar
ield, as soon Us Er. CoCtding had declared
us cprOsition, wEh4rew al other nonina-
ions 10 Now York Offices, leaving the OBJ
cctionable osa TO h. acted en- by itself.
,~!nainGthat ac C0aI not prevent the con-
irma ion. NJ. ConkLnc, On May lG. re-
lis SeratorsI,o, - id also his COL
and ratGracd home to seek q Wind
alton il the farm Of q reelection. InthiS
asier an exciting canvass, they
tao othor ~Rap15iicans were chosen
o. fill The vacant places. and nr. Conkiing
.a,Yrued to his law practice il New York
In 1856 he was counsel OF the State
senate investigating committee, appointed
or tie purpose OF disclosing tho fraud
.uo bribery in the grant OF the Broadway
lorse railroad frarch'se by the Board OF
Aldermen in 1884. After the taking OF ties.
imsnv. lasting about thrce months, MI.
.enlsliny, Together with Clarence A Sew.
made an argument which resulted In
he repeal Of tho Brosdwsy railroaa cna1.
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