The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-29

f.-:&-D<3-t senators fr n
~. s..s...:f New York had
SsEr-.55g, resi- gned, the
~ legislature WAS
In session considering the question OF
their successors, and al was excite
me.1t and turmoil when / arrived IN
Albany one night intent upon getting
n tie facts from a newspaper stand
point. was then the managing editor
of the Chicago inter Ocean. a paper
(which had been very friendly 10 Mr..
Conklnlg. and I went to Albany 20.
write I, . the history Of Il contest which
was a .2-acting the attention Of the
whole country. Conducted by a mutual.
friend. found Mr.. Conl1ling in a room
a. t-ae Delavan house in consultation
with a dc zen friends
About zen o'clock / accompanied Mr..
Eonkitng to a room at the top story of.
the hotel where ne said we would be
uninte1 7upted. When / left the room
81 was a ,ster two in the morning, and
hurinC IL ose four or five hours had
listened TO one of the most renlarlEa bic.
end drama tic recitals / had ever heard.
occasionally l had interposed with a
x,uestior. bat for the most part il was
a Continuous and detailed account OF
the events leading up to the unfortun-
nte breach between him and President
Garfield
He-beran by referring to my visit TO
his room TIE night before the nOmina-
1ion Of Garfield at Chicago, when I in
sisted tha5 q formidable move was On
foot 20 take up the latter, but which he
thought preposterous. The fight"
he had answered, lis between Grant
and Blaine. There Is no more danger
OF Garfield being nominated than OF
rour being nominated or OF my being
nominated"
But all the same he expects it," I
had rejoined-
COT course" he replied, ''heis lam
gushing, but the fight just the same is
between Grant and Blaine and them
alone"
He now explained to me how, an
hour after / had departed that night,
ne had discovered the combination
which meant either the success Of Gar
Geld or Washburne. and how the New
York delegation had been asked TO sug
gest the vice president. After this ex-
PLANTATION. he alluded to the conference
of Csrfeld's friends IN New York at tho
opening Of the campaign and his alb
sence from the city which had been the
subject OF severe comment at the time,
II being said that he was "sulking in
bis tent" He declared that while nc
did not wish to pose as public censor,
n H.
because he had obtained an mixing of
Ats object, which he considered repre-
hensible. He had gone into the cam
paign, however, after the first few
weeks. and, accompanied by Gen.
Grant, had made one OF the most etfec
tive stumping tours known To history.
What the Objectionable features of the
New York conference were he revealed
when he came to speak of his visit to
Garfeld at Mentor.
If remember Alright, Mr.. Conllling
was somewhat surprised at Gen. Gar
teld's invitation To visit him, but
he appeared to have accepted it with
out hesitation and to have been graft
fed at receiving it
Mr.. Conkling was pleased with his
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