The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-06
.GARPIELD'S POLICY
Colonel Conger Gives q Bit Of
UnWritten History.
THE QUARREL WITH C0NKLING
The President Said He Would Develop a
Policy that Would Satisfy the
American People.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The Tribune will print
the following tomorrow:
A Tribune reporter met Colonel Conger. the
ONO member Of the Republican national COM
mlttee, in this city and while discussing the
principle Of reciprocity Colonel Conger said:
Let me give YOU a little incident which GO
CURED during Garfeld's administration that [
happened to know There is
A LITTLE BIT OF UNwRITrEN HISTORY
in connection with it, and it will do no harm 10
give III at this time. 1t shows reciprocity was
10 De the great policy to be developed in Gar
of administration and his great secretary
! happened TO be in Washington
on Ine early morning train the day Senator
Sonklng resigned his seat in the United States
senate. Upon my arrival the first person 1
met was Hon. Emery Storrs, OF Chicago, close
friend OF Senator Conklfng. I remarked to Mr.
Storrs; You are an early riser He replied:
y es, have been too much disturbed TO sleeD =
lie Jhen told me that he had been with Senator
Ccnknng TILL long after midnight; that the SEN
atof, as Is well known, was greatly displeased
WIN the Appointment Of Mr. Robertson as col
lector OF the port Of New York ana proposed To
resign his seat in the Senate that day and thai
olssSnslon IN our party and perhaps disaster
would follow We took breakfast together and
discussed the possibility OF a reconciliation or
harmoniz.ng Of the difference. 1t was agreed +
should call upon the President at once and Law
the situation before him. | iInmediateIv 1ro
ceeded to the White House met Garfield and
Marsnau Henety and made known nv mission
President Garfield requested me to have MI
Storrs see Senator Conkling at once and assure
him he (Garteld)
HAD NO PERSONAL FEELING
in the matter, meant no dis respect to the Sen-
aIOf IN the appointment and stood ready 10
carry out any wish OF the Senator that was fair
ana reasonable, except that he could not recall
the appointment OF Senator Robertson He
would be glad to have Mr.. Storrs see the GeDa
ETIQupgtIOnE ha 1fort,r
ouer concerning the appointment of his friends
10 other positions. L returned to the hotel and
reported TO Mr. Storrs the result of my inter-
view with the President. Mr.. Storrs Seemed
well pleased with the assurances given said ne
WouIn see Senator COnkling at once and he
heVed he could get him to reconsider his deter
m natlon 10 resign. and should return to the
White House and inform the Presidents he
would see the Senator Immediately. returned
70 the PRESIDENT and we waited for tidngs from
MI. SlOrrS, but none came. Finally Mr.
Brown, the Presidents private secretarv can7o
IN ana handed the President q telegram IL
was from the capitol, announcing
SENATOR CoNKLING HAD RESIGNED HIS SEAT
l shall never forget the look upon Garfeld's
race when he read the telegram He handed il
10 me ana Sald; II IS up; the die is cast. Sen
ator Conkllng has resigned, and the couse-
QuenceS, Whatever they may be- must rest with
MIN; nothing further can be done now re
marked TO the President was very sorry at the
TURN matters had taken, L fearful the stalwart
Republicans would side with Mr. Conkling and
IL would create split in the party and defeat
MS renomlnatlon- Now mark his reply Put
ung MS hand upon my shoulder, President Car
field said; Conger, don't be alarmed, we shall
develop a policy during my administrator
Nhicn VIII make the Republican party more
popular with the people of this country than il
ever mas been since the day Of its birth Wa
parted and never saw poor Garfield again.
HIS ASSASSINATION CAME SOON AFTER.
Now as to tho policy about which he smoke
visited Washington several months after
PRESIDENT Arthur had taken his seat [ think
Blame was working upon his book. 1 met
Major Mckinley and we went together to cal
and pay our respects to Blaine We found
him ath1s house and had pleasant chat with
nlm During this conversation Blaine took uD
an q discussed the proposed Pan-American con-
gresS, which he said would have been held and
the project carried out under Garfeld-s adj
mlnlstratlon, and exp ressed great sorrow and
disappointment lIissl at the unforeseen calamity
Whlch prevented IL. He then went on to
demonstrate the great advantages to this
country under the proposed policy.
He DISCUSSED THE POLICY OF RECIPROCITY
coupled with protection ard the benefits that
would accrue to the American people, and es.
peclalIy our manufacturers laboring men and
farmersi now IL would provide an additional
market Tor American cereals, beef pork farm
machinery, etc. Being largely identifed and
connected with the business of manufacturing
American agricultural machinery L was ouic[
to eaten every word Blaine uttered dnring the
conversation L saw in 1t a policy that wouId
put in motion the wheels of nearly every man
ufactuTing establishment in the United Statas
tnat would give employment to the great mass
OF American worSingmen that would further
the interests OF the American farmer and the
last words Garfield had spoken to ne touching
the popularity OF the policy he would devotion
during his administration flashed across TnJ
mind. have no doubt
IF GARFIELD HAD LIVED
the same policy which Blaine has now fnaugu.
rated under President Harrison. would have
been fully carried out by him under President
Garfield. 1t is this wonderful, practical far
such strong hold in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people, almost irrespective OF party. He is
to-day million votes stronger than his party.