Show MEN OF THE HOUR some arc are born great some sonic achieve grea trims and some have greatness thrust upon uvon tacui shakespeare N M N tk jl sri I OF THE tue v me no member of the Kc publican party lias bas for years been so prominently before the nation as he who lias has undeviatingly aspired to be its leader and has over the 60 attempts of hia bis ambition involved his ilis party into schism and h disruption disruption in the first months of f the administration A inlall I of tho the late president garfield the pence of tho the party was seriously disturbed by the unfortunate split between the garfield wing and the stalwart faction tho the presence cresence of the angel of death flowering fl hovering over tb the e illustrious couch for a time silenced the voice of strife and the clamor for spoil but with the acet accession sion of president Art Aithur burthe tho factional feud broke out again and many believe that the disruption will result fatally to the Ite republican party unless it gives iva way to a spirit of mutual atly and forbearance in the state of new york especially esly specially ally ly there are issues the most serious pending and during their abeyance all eyes arc are turned from time to time towards the prominent statesman whose portrait wo we present herewith thour to our reader readers and as there are probably come who are not fully acquainted with tho the salie salient ut points of orllis bis career a brief resume of the latter will not bo be itte here mr conkling conklin Oon kling waa born lit 51 alba ny N NY Y octo october and is consequently in his fifty third year ile early studied law and in in 1816 1846 18 16 removed to utica where he followed its practice with success in li 1850 he lie became district attorney for oncida oneida county and in 1858 was elected mayor of etim I his popularity and influence increasing steadily the while in 1855 ho lie was sent vi t congress to represent ent his district and was reelect re elect three times in ili and 1879 lie was elected to the U S senate where his terra term would not have until 1885 had lie not resigned his seat on oil tho the now well known difference of opinion between him and the late lamented president in relation to certain appointments to office on which he held that he and his colleague mr platt should have been consulted as they were senators for the state in which the appointments made the long and fruitless s struggle at albany which followed this and which characterized the efforts of mr ir conkling Cou kling and his friends to obtain the endorsement end oli ement of the state legislature fur for tho the course that he lie and his collean colleague tie had pursued has now passed into history but the end is not yet the Thes sudden udde demise of the late chief exe executive CA it and the accession to the presidential chair of gen arthur has long been the sincere friend of f mr hr couk ling has lihs turned the tables in favor of the latter |