Show tile THE PREDICTED SPLIT so SOME te of the leading journals are very pronounced in their expressed anticipations of a split in the republican ranks next resulting 11 in n t the I 1 e defeat of blaine it is held t that ii t t the h reason the stalwarts Stal warts opposed arthur and sustained blaine at the convention was to get rid of the former as the least objectionable of the two and reserve the climax of their revenge in the shape shapo of an attempt to defeat the election of th the latter iatter it is notorious that the tile most implacable hatred has existed between conklin 1 and blaine for fon or eighteen years and the 0 only onix parent apparent symptom of relaxation of this apparent ar 8 antipathy was exhibited in the support given by the stal warts to the successful candidate at chicago no persons familiar with the d positions dispositions Is of the two men believe that this action was a real tender of the olive branch I 1 but look upon it as a means bychich by which future vengeance can be wreaked wrecked wre aked and conkling and grant are expected soon to move every means within their power to prevent blaine Blain from efrom carrying new york tork ile he has often wounded the thie pride of both and such men ss as they seldom if event ever exer forgive an affront the origin of the bitte bitterness between blaine and conkling arose principally from personal remarks made by bv ea each CK in the course of a debate it bate in april 1866 on that occasion Conkling Mr referred thus to his opponent if the member from maine had the least idea how profoundly indifferent to his bis opinion upon the subject which he be has been discussing or upon a any other subject personal to me I 1 am ua I 1 think lie would hardly take the the trouble troubie to nse here and express his opinion and as it is a matter of entire indifference to me what that opinion may be I 1 certainly will not detain the house by discussing the question whether it is well or ill founded or by noticing what he says I 1 submit the whole matter to the members of the house making as I 1 do F apology for I 1 feel that it els ets is due ta to the house for the length of time which I 1 have occupied in consequence of being drawn into explanations pla nations originally by an interruption which I 1 pronounced the other day ungentlemanly and impertinent and having nothing whatever to do with the question the ree reply ly from the man from maine blaine be bet traye raved animosity of equal if not greater intensity and ami was cutting beyond endurance ile he said ghi ahi 1 I know that within the last five tive weeks as members of this house will recollect an extra strut has characterized the gent lemans bearing bearin gg it is not bis his fault that gifted and writer theodore tilton of the new york independent spent some weeks recently in this city ills his letters published in that paper embraced with many serious statements a little jocose satire a part of which was the statement that the mantle of the late winter davis had fallen upon the member from new york the gentleman took it seriously and it has given his strut additional pomposity the resemblance Is great it is striking ing inz Ily lly hyperion to a satyr to lter lier hercules cules mud to marble dunghill to diamond a singed cat to a bengal tiger a whining pu puppy py to a roaring lion siad shad shade of the mig mit ty davis navis forgive the almost profanation of that jocose satire the rhe keen sarcasm and terrible ridicule ot that speech has rail rati rankled kled in the breast of mr conkling since the da day y it was wag uttered an and ana it is asserted that he believes the hour of his vengeance approaches pro aches |