Evening journal., 1913-09-23
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Roscoe COnkIinG'S COntribu-
ton to Garfield'S Campaign
By Holland.

In midsummer Of 1888, met the
late George Gorham walking listless-
" along the principal street Of St
Paul, Minn. Mr. Gorham was for
yome years the expert clerk Of the
United States Senate and at one time
was the Republican candidate for
governor in California. While serv-
Ing as clerk Of the United States SEN
ate he formed a strong personal
Intimacy with Roscoe Conkling, who
was United States Senator from New
York. The intimacy was continued
after Mr.. Conkling resigned his seat
in the Senate, shortly after the In
auguration of President Garfield. in
1881 Mr.. Gorham told me that he
was returning from an excursion
which he and Senator Conkling had
made to Yellowstone Park and to
other parts of the northwest.
THE Senator is now waiting at the
railway station" Mr.. Gorham said.
"He did not care to spend two or three
hours in wandering round the city of
st. Paul. But it is some years since
/ have been here and / was anxious
to improve the opportunity TO see
what changes, If any, had been made.
l asked Mr.. Gorham about the sen
ator's health, and he told me that II
was excellent. He is returning TO
New York TO take up some very i'm
portant and lucrative professions
work." he said. / asked Mr.. Gorham
If the senator's practive had been
profitable IN the two years that had
elapsed since his retirement from
the senate.
"I suppose that very few people
know, "Mr. Gorham replied, in actua
cash or its equivalent. It was under
stood that when he retired from The
senate he found It imperative that h'
Immediately resume his personal prac
tice"
When Mr.. Gorham saw that I wal
a little astonished at his statement
that the campaign for the election o
General Garfield had cost Senator
Conklin a good deal of money, he
said, II think / am safe In saying tha
with the exception of two or thre'
very wealthy men, nobody In the Re
publican party contributed so largel,
in cash OF its equivalent TO Garfield'
campaign as did Senator Conkling.
think II cost the senator about thirty
five thousand dollars. Yet he did no
contribute that amount directly II
cash to the Republican campaigl
fund. ! think he gave about thou
sand dollars in cash to the fund.
when it was represented to Sena
tor Conkling after the appalling Re
publican defeat in Maine In Septem
ber, 1880. that Il was vital to the sue
cess of the Republican party that HI
take the stump for the national ticket
an appeal in which General Gran
urgently Joined, Conkling said h
would heed this appeal He also salt
that in order to do that 1t would b.
necessary for him to give up severa
very profitable professional engage
ments. He had received a fee Of tel
thousand dollars in one case and sew
eral other fees aggregating about a
much He returned all those fee
or turned the cases over TO other law
yers fThe aggregate amount of fee
thus yielded up by him was abou
twenty thousand dollars.
"In addition to that he spoke abou
thirty times, appearing in all of tn
northern States east OF the Missipp
excepting those of New England. II
paid every cent of his expenses, eve
his railroad fare. and would az
cept no remuneration. These charge
and others entailed by his campaig
amounted to about fifteen thousan
dollars. think am well within th
facts when ] say that in this way Ser
ator Conkling contributed betwee
thirty thousand and thirty-five thou
sand dollars in cash. or its equivalen
10 the Garfield presidential campaigl
And vet he has been accused Of hay
ing entered that campaign withor
any heart. and only because Gener;
Grant asked him to"
lcnr,-rinht 1912 hv n I Edward