The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-19
tour around the world.
coNKLINa's pREsLDENTrAL AMBr-

| nomination in 1850, after q triumphan,
tour around the world.
coNKLlNa's PRESIDENTIAL AMBr.
while conkkng had devourinR am
oit'on to bc president, ana believed ne
would eventually be successful. his adj
vice to Grant was wholly sincere and
unsclfish. His time had i,pt come. and
the frutticn Of his hopes depended largely
upon the rehabilitation OF Grant. With
Grant again president. and amid more
cheerful surroundings tho great genera,
and his influence might he Sufficient IN
brilliant and bitter opposition OF the de-
tested Blaine element, Us Jefferson fur
thered tho ambition OF Madison and Mon
roc and "a the power OF jackson was
enough 10 place the prize in the grasp OF
even so weak a man AZ Van Buren, hut
,onkiing's case was dinerent from these
IN that ne dominated Grant. and hoped
party to use tho machinery for his ow,t
ambitions when It had served Grant 10
How, Conkling miscalculated is we'll
known history. But & he fGucd to secure
me nomination IN 1876. he at least pre-
was It decided that Grant should not h,
q candidate than the word also went
iiorth that ConkNng was to be the favor
l,cvc Grant himself wns the Arst 10 give
the Information. and to HARRISON OF IA.
bama. bright young negro congrcssman
who was stcadfasi In his loyalty TO Grant
a. fians were ~! once made to capture
the Southern delegations. Cameron. son
ana father. had PENNSYLVANIA instructed
iS la,ns aaT, az to prevent It's going TO
otherwise. Tavoriie sons held other dele
E s,r,,,s,, practically solid, and the admin
which defeated Blaine and brought, abou,
the nomination OF Hayes. That same i'm
mortal body remained ns unhrol<rn aud
imprcenahle ufs;ll the thir'y-sixth haiio,
al .,hicago IN lSS0, when tho Grant
Conkf ng Cameron combination again
overthrow Blaine, with tho result of the
nomination of Garfield.
CoNKLlNG THOUGHT 1T A VICTORY.
1t was dcfea, which was almost
victory. fought rs IT was against such
tremendous odds. and Conkling had many
reasons TO believe that tn SO far rs he
was concerned 1, would be IL victory In
deed. He had made Garfield possible from
the beginning. and had substantial prom
iscS tina; the tesult should be 10 his adj
vantage, but, in the interests OF harmony
aud hec',usc Conkang must either he gwen
nun rein or be ignored Altogether Garfield
WAS forced 10 pursue the policy which
drove the hrilllan, New Yorker to his po-
liti,al ruin. Though 1 WAS loyal TO Conk.
ing almost TO tho pom, of worship. /
could never blame Garfield AZ some al my
friends did. for could not help but con
adcr Ccnkiine's impcrious nature and that
II ne found fl impossible to lead and rule
he would absolutely refuse TO follow.
'Conkl3nG WAS not u man 10 win prefer
mcnt. He dctcaiod political achening. even
when used TO promote his own pluna. lilo
was not IA man OF the people. He had a
pGity OF the ma4Nscs He believed n the
arisiocracy and autocracy or intellect lie
had hutlc Iaith IN the sntiicioncy OF popu-
lar government adequate and permanent,
III politics he "a wlut SNvii,I.prn,. .,,,J
hNson were tn poetry--cynicGl. dreamy |
metaphysical. introsperuve. egotisticnl. |
making ene'nies rather than friends. l.s |
ogo'ism was fed by the alteration Of wo- |
men. but among these his couQucsts were |
confined Ia the most brilliant and fasci- |
hatiiH-wonen who. under monarchial rc- |
and Qucepa
Ne had less excuse for educated and |
elegant medoc1ty than for the unavoid-
able Ignorance of the masses Even AR.
thur when he became president suffered
from his emcasm being dismissed with
tho Remark that he was the prize OK pf
the White House.
TRUSTED IN MS OWN SUPERIORITY.
TO the last Conkling believed IN has own
ultimate success. His egotism was based
nIon mn absolute and certain estimate of
ins own intellectual superiority, am ho
was assured that this natural endowment
for the position of ruler rather than lead
- o''' CIV tiiIS De fttpsill9.-1 even bN |
NE SLOW nInus who nilnded the, ON
n,poltnt weapon of the franchise
when he resigned his senatorial office
he had the utno st fash that the New
ok legislature would sustain and re
elect him. and that his path thereafter to
the summit OF his ambition would he made
'uit and odorous with roses
An, my grand, brilliant. lll-fated Ros-
,oe!" 49,
The old man iapsed into silence. mnr-
INJURED "A faint good bye. and was left gaz
rs across the way nj tbs old hosiery,
WOULD SWEEP INDIANA.