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COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1881.
VOL. VI.—NO. 15.
CONKLING AND PLATT.
Tl«elf «r Jteilgttiltlott «« Viitted
Minim 8<-mi torn, In Which They Give Their
' JCeu*oit n>r Jteatgnlng mid Tltelr Veralon
.or <he Ultrei-eiicm Hi-Iwi'cn Them and the
Aduiliil.irutlon ut Washington.
An Albany (N. Y.) telegram of the
lfith gives Ine joitit letter oi resignation
out to Governor Cornell by United
Itiitbs SliUatbrfiOmkting and Piatt, au4
Mich we publish in lull as a maitel' Of
lieral public interest, giving, as it
, "their side of the story"':
Washington, D. C., May 11,1891.
: Transmitting na wo do our resigns*
respectively. of tho great trusts with
Nhw V"rk Hud hoiiortid US, it at that
ijalnt you, and through you tho Legis-
people of the State, of the reasons
In our judgments, mako such a stop
otful and necessary.gptg* wee1(0 ago
Resident sent to the'TOitjiate ih a group
nominations of several persons for public!
fees already tilled. One oftbeso ollices is
Collectorship of tho Pert of Now York,
b held by GellertU Merfitt. Atiother Is the
lousui Generalship at LoHdoti, now held by
leuetal llndeau: Another is fchargH d'AIIalreii
and holding thorn in his own hands, the Presi-
dent might, In the event of failure of another
pomination, usp them to oompensute that
failure. li it can We supposed.that all those
public trusts are to be, or would iii ally even*
bo, made personal perquisites, to bo handled
and disposed of not only to punlsli independ-
ence of Senatorial votes and action, but to
lit|uiduto the personal obligations of any indi-
vidual, however high in station, theconditions
■aro utterly vieloin and degrading, and their
acceptance would oompol tho representatives
of States to Hlng dowu their oaih and repre-
sentative's duty at tho tootstool of Executive
fcStttfh
Following this sweeping Slid jtfftftlinjf
tlvo act came ominous avowals that J (JissWirt
or failure to "advise and consent" would be
held an act of offen-e, exposing all Senators,
from whatever State, to Executive displo ts-
ure. Thus We And Ciut'soives confronted by
aires
Aii-
0 lJeUmllrk, held, by Mr. (jramer.
other Is 'the Mission to Switzerland, held
by Mr. Pish, a son of the former dlstiri-
uished Secretary of KtotP. Mr. Fisn
>as, in deference to an ancient practice,
laced his position at tho disposal of the new
[Administration, but, like tho other persons
named, he wap ready GTtomain at his post, if'
permitted to do Ho. All these ollicials (save
only Mr. Cramer) are citizens of New York.
It was proposed to displace thorn all, not for
any alleged faults, or lH any alleged need or
tUUruntuge of the public service, but in order
io give tbo great Office of collector of the Port
ill Now York tt) Mr. William Hi Kobcrtsort,
iis ft "hetVuril" for cartel ti aits of his, said to
have aided, in making the Humiliation of
General Garlleld possible.
The chain of removals thus proposed was
broken by General lladcau promptly declin-
ing to nt-cept the ri£w place to which he,was tp
be sent, These nominations summoned eVerJ-
member of tho Senate to say whether ho "ad-
vised" such a tran uf£lon. The movement was
more than a surprise. We had been told only
~ rew hours before that no removals in Now
01 k olliccs were soon to bo made or evetj
considered, and bad been requested to withi
hold the papers and suggestions bearing otl
the subject which had been sent to us fer pre*
semation should occasion arise until we bait
notice from the President of his readiness tci
receive theiiii J
Learning that the Viee-l'resldent was ei|Ual{
ly surprised, and had been equally misled, wtf
went to Mr. James, the Cabinet officer from
[our State, and learned that, though ho had
ipent some time with the President on tho
norning of tbo day the nominations wore sent
|n. no disclosure of an intention to send them
id been made to him. and that he first knew
if the matter by hearsay following the event.
.Iter earnest reflection ami consultation we bo-
ived the pmneedlng unwise and wrong* whetb-
cons dered wholly lit relation trt tho presfrr
[ion and Integrity of tbo public service and
lublie example to be set, or in relation
to the Integrity of the Republican party,
public utterance of comment or censure
made by either of us in the Senate or olse-
MVgOu tbo contrary, wo tJltUM
ltd oat "-would recDnsMaBuW* «'
Ion and hasty, and nontt at least adopt
hurtful undobjeetlonablemiodesof re |Ult-
personal or lndivfdual service.' 4n this
e tho following paper was presented by Mr.
ios to tho President, who wad subsequently
irmcd that you had authorized your name
>e added also:
Ti> the I're/ident: W e beg leave to remon-
ite against a change in thO*C«tJpetorship at
w York by the removal of Mr. Merritt and
> appointment of Mr. Hobcrtson. The pro-
Isnl was wholly a surprise. Wo heard of it
ly when the several nominationsiuvolved in
>lan were announced in the Senate. Wo bad
ly two days lioforo this been^nformed from
ou that a change In tho Cunoms office at
lew York was not contemplated, and, quite
ignorantflf your-purpose to take any action,
wo had no opportunity until after the nomina-
tions to make the suggestions we now pro*
sent. Wodo not belie* e that the Interests of
the public service will bo promoted by
moving the present Collector and putting
ltobortson in his stead. Our opinion IS q
tbo reverse, and wo believe n. . poiitici
>c gained for either the lb
Ot ltH jjrlijciples. Believing
t o® oUUgStlons wl
l*™|-ii (node,
thdqUest 'Ort, whether we BBall Surrender tho
I ft r/
f to *Hat #e tiL'|ict>e to be ..tluioili
hoipei? $
right and Sworh duty of SetlfltOi'S by ec
■If to wbiat to "bltefe to pe„*lci(iiis (li
il, or be asaigneu positions £t«is.'(Tttl
plai
scntiii.
hurtfu . |
to the Administration
bring in, and tho suo|
avowed by any part:
Ullssloli as iff ntlw _
service may be fairly
selection of public o
maintained that tbo Senate
wltll1
rll ...
6 lueSs for those whom rtny li;
reSiaent rir nifembcr Of Bis
oil-
lid
Kubllc olllcei
at tbo Senat
lOut t'auSe liici.imlients .merely to mako
k., Ikriok ... k. „ ... >J.... il.l'lll I...I
earnest-
nSheory
mcb sul>-
'll parfy
Rklue a
hardly be
und to remove
ch til replly for
sorylcoablo ti
WO;
Individual, even a
Cablfiett ttistl'
eibi tfecioaitt to. others at
hitlih'elf. Only ibout
o yeufS; ago (he Seriate ■ (tdvi^eil
it Generiil Merritt be appolr""
w York. It Is niidersuxiq.i
CM
ilnt.od Collector at
. —l.thW among tho
Senators who so aitvlsea wiiS Mri Windpm,
'Sow Secretary of the 'treasury and head o
the Department whose subordlnato General
Merritt is. Another known to have given the
advice was Mr. Kirkwood, now Secretary of
the Interio:-. It is said that, like tbe i'ost-
IBBstei'-General from our Stato, these Cabinet
oncers were not taken into consultation
lopchingthc removal of General Merritt. Hut
thelrsworii and official actlin of Senators Is
nolu tho loss instructive. That the late Secre-
tary of the Treit-ury and the latu Ailministra-
tl(M up to Its expiration (less thail tea weeks
ilgl) app;Ovftd lit GaieritlMerritt as an officer.
Is fl.'ll Kliow , n«d it Is not eteu ^ngsested
tbif any cltl en ha-) petitioned fqr his rfcm"v-
al, «r that official dolinquency qn his part is
tharoiismi for it. In placeot an e.*perienccd
oilfuer in the midst of his term fixed, by law, ft
is proposed suddenly to put a man In who has
had no training for t(be position and ..who can-
not be said to have any special fitness for its
o^ktiiAuUtieS. ■ m m
ftrtne inaugural of President Osrflojd, de-
llveied on the 1th of last March, stand theSd
wortts:
'*'1 be Civil Service can never bo placcd on a
satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
l' or ttie good of tho service itself, for the pro-
tection of those who are intrusted with the ap-
pointing power, against the waste of time and
theobst ruction of nubl c business caused by an
inordinate pressure for pla«eand for protect ion
' against lntrigwo and wrong. I
of incumbents
shall at. the pro
llule Usk Congress to tlx the
" " several Exectt-
teuurc yf niltiOr.nllicf!-! of the
el)epartmhnt«, aild.prescrlbc grounds up-
rt'tiioVSls shall
vhicb tbeincun
pointed."
iosw« .H1
bi! fnadp during t|ie
ibents hflvi1'
vfe bceen ap-
How good tbe distinction Is which would
make major offices a prey to intrigue and
wronr, and shield minor offices from like
havoc, and whether tho coficotorships of tbe
country should bulong to the exposed or to
the pmteetcd class, need not be decided bet'Q.
Assuming General Merriit to be an officer of
average fitness and honesty, it might be rea-
sonaliL) argued that all senators should. witU
alacrity, advise his displacement b^ a ftiflu of
obvious .superiority. . l'Hislbjy it might be
said ihit all should idvise tli-; selection i '
General Merritt's place of a man vMio, #jtbo(|t
superior lltness, had rendered his CouiUryo^
even his party conspicuous and exaltoa
service. The ease In hand does not be-
long to < Itber of these classes. Tho vi cation
of Mr. Hobertson, oyd " and
Uroreaitonat' Mhar tumiutid-
ngs, do not SelSMHuinitoBTy in tbe
qualities, the knoWletigeKRltieei habits and
familiarity witb the rovenne lSwsand system
of the United States whloh mlgM uouke him
more competent than General Merritt to col-
lect the vast revenues and administer the vast
business perla n ng to .the Port of New York.
CBrtaiily ho cannot In thtt rtsbeoi lie held an
exception to the rules of right and ijonSISteil-
ey on which the Constitution and laws have
placed the public service. We know of no
persoial or political service rendered by Mr.
Ifolietson so transcendq®_thut the Colloct-
orshifof New York shoBHie taken in the
mid-tof a term and glvetKo him as a recom-
pense T5j
M r.Ilobertsiai Is reportfiby the New York
Trilmhe to have declared-nku his nominat.on
was J reward for bis actMB as a delegate to
Hhe national Convention. |Ntobertso)
actlcn was inlliieneed by
he vi ed and acted his hoi
Is ditioult to see what claii
ward, not to speak of such
c- taction of which an estltni
his: 1
ipted fi
r. f understood to be this:
te ttineothermenal
Thomas L. Jambs.
T. C. Platt,
Hoscoe Conki.ino.'
This lUper was presented^to tbe Presldi
I by Mr. Jgmes on Monday', the 28tb ffl
I Marctj^f Knowing the frequency With
I eve«f one of the twenty Presidents of tL
I pub. 10, and murkedly tho present inehm
lha.1 withdrawn their n^ninatlons on
I serious representations, radid not apprch.
UJ8Ls.Soh H wdMn be treated as
t.od Certain trie
the position of
tional ConviEtic
lared plainly the]
to biyobserved ai
UMiRiiied. To tl
ive;
Ing pawcr.
lely tho public
I dispatches yu
. Immediaiol
J articles
g'aams
blnetMoemed with vl "
^Senators from New Y
Administration" qnd _
lidont. I'ersons who visit
•ion report! d the Pie-
linpatient of the, heslti
advise and cbnsctil.
posed. We have mads]
ay- vl c Jiave at fill
ver questions- by re
<, or to make con
n denial «f tbe m
Mlshcd ugaiukt us by i
paministrMiwii. Ind
atetMl
18tl
w«
VI .
ittei
in Will
inemboL_
donuncWtions of
T for ♦•oppijslng.
lotating" to tho,'
'fl the Executive:
t as resentful,
of the Senate^
to ' what
aksAuIt DO0lf<
iMWsed to
es tof tbft
tnent, of>
.Cha
mpions
ud eon'i don-,
'-uators an "
i*'
oiarty
on In his
| sonsc of Biny. if
fit eanvictlons, it
I be has for any re-
►reat reward. Tbe
■s.thus Invited is
ertsotl and sixty-
lithe StateConven-
ThCy sought and aCeepled
" Ogates to
Con
eepte
lis w delegates to a Ni
I he.Sta'e Convention de-
lrjudgment And policv
"oiled by thusfe com-
in^iii eeieetH
•eF"
*Ooo
lomlftatiou
, ledge a u.
. rn appoh 'ml
id, as we bnti ps
seats in tl
,1th of the
jinoss and f, ii|
...ed wo unflo-isit
as much as the'
tm proxy "f"
tioa upon
to vote n *J
,vote. .Wi, nln
npt'ijn i.<ciI ,
mplfcitlon, bd
ord, become^
eoln'm maddf-if
iai>d tho b'd
"he
(i ts to ay th*±l
" otbois n'h-er1 |
and bud fti iitn
violate ihelf I
Another Version 6f the Ceiikling'Uar*
Held Controrefs^
. .A Washinoton speci il of tbo 18th to the
Chicago Tribune says tho following 1< given as
an authentic presentation of tbe Administra-
tion side of tbo controversy fivfu a vnry high
source:
"Tho fight in New York began by the Prosi-
dont'S llotnltiating five persons, all of whom
were personal friends 'Jt Moitklin^. Next, dnv
tho President sent In the name of HtA>*rtson.
That Gnrlleld ever promised Conkling tbiif
Merritt should not bcdisiurbed in the Collect-
orsbip, of, itirtt Ctrtkling and Piatt should be
consulted on this quostiotf, i" puthiiritatively
donied. It is stated by tho friends rtf dartleld
f hat ho never made such an as-ertioii, orgavfc'
Cnitkllng any ground or reas >n to invent sueb
Oil assertion. 'JPhe President, on the contrary,
WriflnW Wl'llng that tbo whole patronsgn of
Naur .v^ujp lifji- —kj-i-Ja t/o- i.-yT ttrtn tlln
bands of, Conkling, as itft1? l/et-K tne case
under previous Hepublican AdWlnis-
t rations. Hubert-ion was the loader of
the Independent movement In New York
whicb broke Ilwny from Conkling and refused
to vote for Grant in ChiO ijfd. In the New
York State Convent ion, in IsfO, HobertiJoW re-
fused to give a pledge to vote for Grant, and
Conkling did riot dare to nccopt the issue and
intlve nHt ti> fcoffsent to the election of Hobert-
son as a delegate from his district to Chicago,
ltobortson never bl'ofc« faitb with Conkling.
He was honestly in tependent of btnl, and op-
posed io Grant: and, in view of tbo fact that
the only vote I Garfield got from New York
came from ltobortson and bis following, to de-
mand of Garfield that all tbe vast patronage
Of New York should be placed in tho hands of
Conkling, to bo united In direct defiance of
tho Administration, is a piece of effrontery on
Conkl ng's part which no President could be
expected to endure.
"rHs gU'ioptlblc of proof mid demonstra-
tion which would bo conclusive In court that
rifitt deliberately promised, before his elec-
tion to' the Sorlilto; that he Would vote for the
^ oiiflriim', fun of Kt/b«i tit in for Whatever posi-
tion ho might be nominated litVde'r this A<1-
mlnlsfYatlntfc Including—ind this wife Stated
in so manMwogds by Garfield—tiffe"Collector-
i-hip of tbeTort of New YorK. J* was upoll
ibis Und^iStanding,• aud with the ei'pr«ss
agreement that Piatt would act as tho repre-
sentative el tbe Independent Hepublican
fentiraent <f New York, that he wns elc'Clt'd tri
the Senate. He could never have been elcctcd
by Republican votes without tbe aid of the
Independent element, and ho could not havo
had their suppoit save by this promise aud on
this Understanding.
■'The resignations of Conkling and Piatt
narrow tbefssue to this question: Has the
President tte right to in-ist on bis Ctimitltit-
tioiiitl p 'w«t to nominate, and to insist tblat
the Senate ?ball haVC tl'o right to eonttrm ot
reject/ Thj question has nevof ifefro Coino
up in t bis stupe. Tbe Senate has as yet takCn
no vote andexpressed no opinion 111 the mat-
ter. Conkling and Piatt insist that the Sen-
ators from flew York are, as far as appoint-
ments frointbat State aro concerned, ti e Sen
Ate of tbe (Jilted states. They do this, ton
hot with fesftfet to those offices of merely local
(inportalicepyut t(J one In whose efficient
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
administrate
much ib'tcr
The y do t
In New Yosl
the. who!i
fbnt, actlrif
■ be shall tq
mid g«* tb|
ate on a i
inin1st ratio
York Custfl
<irl*e tbo I
power t
on bis pity!
Ibe Senatef
When niado
- Pel
Sadie Li
lady aixti
the other
gust a Jtnu
body, and
hours to c
hilts strttni
father M-r:
and brotl
tion moth,
and we to
Jn i
i6a.i«
fa
many
lonaf i
lal sti.^
The«J1
to Inv
Or;
neipal
rtson
under
,upubUean a. si
salt thu
Di- s->,
!'
bsn. ...
I*;;, who ba-l tru d
< insets an-1 •
V nrdish in.
t-i'U'T toe g'l*. I
justti ad
-f, therofwr.-
j - i ouad wepj
t ■ ,-es shoiiij
' ne t
'ly giv-
_rrii>I iii
it1« fesisted
litll'.slieen
■ader of the
fefdrpersuad-
had given
fnm by
etroy, not
.1 lu State Con-
s J lielr districts
" llnnor. Who-
>o to do a
■*' share with
* jO-jo tbo
•jlOl
spot, am
and fi
not ^iRttlii^
The* metn'
grasped a r
ran out do
triad to lot'
lines dl her
ratlrotoitrl
traltf iron
the Shrill
Indiana and Missouri are ns
c«l as New York or New Jersoy.-
vov an oilier whtfsj locution it
lb whose. jjowei'o.cjipin
Ha^ry. *Tbe Pi esidont
f he does under responftibij
I CVila the (tower io notiili
Mnlon and FatieMOii of the
{whom he can trust ttHJf it<l-
' the vast powers ot the New
house, fie does not wish to dek
) of ono jot o- flttle
tte C^ttstiiuHon, Imt does ln{
. noniinutc, ami the poj
Hrfirui or rejeCt art dppoi
of Sfi'iiinnmbnllgm. -j
[".of Clinton, Mo., a brlgb^fef<
rears of nge, had an advo^Rire
jigfit whioh is narrated in the Au
Miss l.ord Is an active young
ietlmos tbo events Of waking
Into ber dreams thatraho com-
freak* of somnambutiim. Hot
rtnd she lives with her mother
, farm. OH tbe night In qiios-
daughtef went tp bed early
33m young Jan cAme
Atlred to bls^chnmbot
tment. About 9:80 Mrs.
ffhe wis terrified tb find hci
—Dr. Herz, a foreign electrician, has
nhovfn that it is possible to telephono six
hundred miles.
—M. Ader has just been awarded
8,000 francs by the Paris Academy of
Sciences for his advances in phonetio
telegtaphy, as also telephony.
—Vines are said to extract yearly
from the soil only about three-fourths of
the quantity of potash (tod phosphoric
aoid that the oereals take up.
—Paris has oxygen gas works capa-
ble of supplying about 11,WO eufcib feet
of oxygen daily. Nothing is known as
to the method of producing tb* gas, as
the establishment is still in its experi-
mental stage; but ifjhe oxygen i#-WUW-
jf "Uiai ■ J. — «■
sonable price, the enterprise bids fair to
succeed. fif*
—M. Lefrane has called attention in
the Journal de Pharmacia to "Woolen
mattresses as a possibly fertile nidus for
disease. In a large city such mattresses
may represent millions of fleeces that
have beefl only partly cleared of grease,
and have, moreover, been affected by
long use through successive generations.
They are rarely efficiently pnriiied, and
Ifiignt become an active medium for tbo
propagation of infection.
—A suggestion to employ artificial
lights for the capture and destruction of
noxious insects nas found considerable
favor. A medal was awarded at the
last exhibition of agriculture and in-
sectology In Paris for a lamp especially
adapted for catching insects. The elec-
tric light has been found to bo a very
effective insect-trap, and its eventual
coming into use for this purpose in bug-
infected gardens and orchards may be
regarded as among the things that arc
possible.
-M. Mantz's experiments (the iodo-
form reaction) show „tliat alcohol is to
be found in all kinds of water, except
very pure spring watT. Bain and river
wdter contain about ono gram per cubic
nietef; snow and cold rain a little more.
It also exists itl the earth, even poor
soil, in the quantity of 100 to 200 grams,
giving the iodoform reaction. The
diffusion of the substance in nature is
accounted for on the theory of the de-
struction of organio matter by various
agents of fermentation.
—A thermometric bureau has been
established in connection with the Win-
chester Observatory of Yale College,
for the more accurate graduation anil
verification of thermometers. The ther-
mometers in common use are, as a rule,
not graduated with any approach to
" the best of them,
" ew,
inorease their readings rapidly^
few months, so as to become i
scientific accuracy, and
however exact they may be when
wii free fr
The motber li-li
rd gome one movli
She at v^o prooj
{ ind Sildle putting 01
"P- She eallad her
to fudefr Hwalten
it ber mother spi
awl and, half clothed
• like a startled deor. tKis. l.ord
w her, and could dincMjn tbo out-
lithe form hastenlng-Wward tbe
k. ft wan time for t^fl>«jtte«n
Bangor. The mother enuiawe
i'tle in tbe dl-tunce.
moment
an ad'
id to the
ir clot be!
fe softly,
I dreamer.
,the girl
she waS,
darling she id bo crushed boneau
wluiei*! bi f paw tbo moving lantdltm
the. section nen, and shouted to h!
cept tbe ft Jtlve, but he did not;
The tr.Un
great Ilea
*a . <la/./.il
4i-aek. T
ger, crosse
%
i mine nearer anij jiei
light* of tho loeomotfvi*
path of light ado*B
girl, unconscious of
right in front of the eifyine <^1)4
narrowly e|iapcd from the very Jawsnf death-
I leaving ft rpat sigh of relief that hordarl
«n Imminent peril, the rao^ior'
hni;se anil culled up her
d and continued this
the coi,
iftichfi
lometers,
re bought
i of this oil
POINT.
right direction pre-
i teams meet,
on pro-
,~N. O.
shop is known as a
story.—Philadelphia
moon good for?"
"What are its prin-
the smart baa boy
ISLj
ir
clinical thei
iral thousand
and to instrument
attention is paid.
PITH
—A move in th|
vents collision wh
Picayune.
—A tooth-pullin
sore gum mant
Chronicle-Herald,
—"What is tKe
asked Prof. Millef<
cipal usesP" And
pi
said, "To rest the gas companies."—
Burlington Hawkeye.
—The man who knows the most is not
an owing man.—Man is like a carpet
when he is kept down JSy tax.—Man is
like a pin; the size of the head does not
indicate. hew sharp and pointed he may
be.— IfWwBwM Times.
—Specimens of thi mephitic plant
known as skunk's cabbage are sold in
the streets of New York under the at-
tractive name of California lilies, and
they smell so much better than tho
streets that there is quite a demand for
them. Anything is welcome as a change.
—Boston Post.
Tight lacing oaused the liver of an
ana. arnmnn '. tn rprnw fast fr* 4Via
Indiana woman *
epigastrium, caui
can not be to
against such a oi
tight lacing m
astrium shi
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Overall, Edwin E. The Eastern Texas News. (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 28, 1881, newspaper, May 28, 1881; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235673/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.