The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30

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How does Senator Conkling feelF'
He answered: II presume l feel very
much as you feel-sea sick"
shall never forget the scene when Mr.
Conkling placed Gen. Grant in nomination.
He mounted the reporters table at my side
My pencil was in hand ready to de-
scribe every movement. His Prince Albert
coat was buttoned tight, and he stood as
straight as Norway pine Twelve thous-
and people were listening to him. Three
fourths of them we're Blaine men. He
began his speech with unusual elaboration
His voice was SO clear that it could bt
heard in every nook of the vast building
The opening of the speech was in these
words:
II you ask US whence he comes
Our answer It shall be-,
He comes from Appomattox
And its famous appie tree.
This verse had been suggested to him or
the previous evening by ex-Collector Thomas
Murphy. The instant he heard it Conkling
said:
''Mr. Murphy, shall use that in my
speech tomorrow"
1t was a great speech, and one evidently
not committed to memory. The ground
had undoubtedly been staked out, but the
great man trusted to the inspiration of the
moment when he plowed it. The time for
placing the candidate in nomination was
limited. Conkling overstepped the limit,
but his eloquence was so superb and his
bearing so royal that not murmur of dis
sent was heard.
Suddenly, however, he threw thunder
bolt at Blaine. 1t struck the Maine states
man fairly and squarely, and drew yells of
pain from his supporters. Their cries
sounded like the roaring of the sea, and
Y1lpta1U 6rOTuY1o1 ha Sanatnrie
voice. "Time Timer was shouted, and
''Sit down" Conkling stood unmoved,
gazing at the galleries undauntedly. For a
minute he listened to them. Then he I'M
buttoned his coat, drew a small envelope
from his inside pocket, and carefully studied
it. A moment afterward he raised bis
hand deprecatingly and waved it to and
fro toward the gallery on his right. The
noised ceased in that quarter. The speak
er'S hand was then raised toward the gal
lery on the left, which responded by silence
Then the great man gathered himself in a
sentence of wonderful beauty, which closed
with another clap of thunder for Blaine's
adherentS. In the renewed storm the Sena.
tor closed his speech.
| next saw Mr.. Conlkling in Albany. He
was seeking denomination after his reSigna
ton Of his seat in the Uuited States Senate
He bore himself through that struggle with
the greatest dignity. The newspaper cor.
respondents were treated with the utmost
urbanity. Each was assured that if be
had anything to say for newspaper publica-
ton it would be said in the presence of all
1t was wearisome fight, and a fight that
proved the sincerity of his friends. Conk
ling was idolized by those who voted for hi'
return. Many of them chung to him to the
last, and were blown from the muzzle Of
the guns in the election that followed. The
Senator himself withdrew from the field Of
politics forever. He never forgot those who
stood by him in the Albany fight. Repeat
edly he gave then evidences of his appre-
citation. He always proffered them KIND
welcome, and went out his way to shower
attentions upon them. 1t was the work Of
those friends, not only in Oneida county
but elsewhere, that defeated Blaine in the
fight of 1884
After Garfield's death, the Senator was
walking up Broadway one day when he
was joined by Arthur d. Williams, an As
semblyman who had been forced to the
wall for loyalty to his great chief. The con-
versation turned upon the feeling of the
community toward President Arthur
"This Garfield feeling" said the Senator,
"penetrates to depth of which you are
probably unaware. | went up to Licking
ton avenue to-day to take a bath. After
the bath and while | was reclining upon a
sofa | overheard a conversation between
two young gentlemen. 1t seems that one
of them had married about twelve months
before that time and that the two had met
for the first time since the marriage The
bachelor asked the married man whether he
had any children, and the man replied that
he was the father of boy.
"'What is his namer was the next ques-
ton.
"'Well, was the answer, Il had a devil of
a time getting a name for that boy. Ny
wife's folks, they all came down to the house
each one with different name The old
family Bible was ransacked, and my aunts
and uncles all differed as to what name
should be given him. Finally, l got so
disguised that took the bull by the horns
and picked out just the best name there was
in the country. | named him after our
martyred President, and called him Gar
field"
Here the Senator turned to Mr.. Will
liams and said:
"That interested me. partly arose from
the sofa and looked at the young gentle
man, and give you my word, sir. his head
was not larger than an orange"
/ last saw Mr.. Conkling about seven
weeks ago. Twas walking up Pennsylvania
avenue with the Hon. William Bourke
Cochran, when we met the illustriouS man
on his way TO the Baltimore aud Potomac
depot. We stopped and shook hands. He
greeted us cordially, and began TO guy us on
the polictical situation in the House. The
scene reminded me somewhat of
the scene with Joe Howard in the
Grand Pacific Hotel. Cochran is an
excellent. talker, and as quaint and in
cisive as was Mr.. Conkling. The chatting"
was Of the most exquisite kind. Conkling
evidently enjoyed it. He stood in the sun
light laughing quietly and grasping
Bourke Cockran's foil l can dis
tinctly remember only one remark
Mr.. Conkllng said: Gentlemen, let me
give you a piece Of advice. The Demo-
cratic party seems to be ia sound health.
Whether it's condition is more healthy than
that Of the Republican party, time will de-
termine. The Democratic party, however
has the majority of the House and will be
held responsible for what ID done there
The people will stand anything as long as
neither party touches the great pocket
nerve Of the country, That is a nerve ex-
tremely sensitive. IF touched too rudely it
will give the nation a toothache, and the
party who touches it will be held RESPONSE
BILE for the results"
AMOS ]. CUMMINGS.