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Show ROSCOE'S REMARKS ON NEW YORK The Grand Principles of tbe Republican Re-publican Party Deserted for money-bags No Support from II i in. New Yobk, Oct. 26 "Then you will not enter the present campaign?" said an Associated Asso-ciated Press reporter to Roscoe Conkling. "You judge correctly. The statement that I have been in communication with old political poli-tical friends in Utica and Oneida counties is absurd. My whole correspondence there has been with my family." "Then it is fair, also, to infer that the allegation alle-gation that you have been gathering your forces here is untrue?" "Decidedly so," replied Mr. Conkling. "The fact is, that for the past year, and I may say during the past two years, not a politician of high or low degree has crossed the threshold of my office not even my friend, ex-President Arthur, has been here upon political matters. As to the statement that I am going to take the stump for the Republican candidates, it is unwarranted. I have other, and I hope more profitable, pro-fitable, business, to attend to. Neither could it be expected that a man in the position in which I stand to Davenport Dav-enport would be called upon by any argument argu-ment to aid in his election. The thing is preposterous. A man who, while my friends were fighting a battle tor me m tne uegis-lature.'did uegis-lature.'did everything in his power as a legislator, leg-islator, and doubtless spent thousands of dollars to accomplish the defeat of my reelection re-election to the United States Senate.certainly would, if he has sense enough, know that no words of mine could be uttered to encourage honest and upright people in electing him to a post of honor second only to that of Chief .Executive of the nation. No person in his senses would or could make such a demand for personal stultification, and no man, friend or foe, has yet had the temerity to offer such ad insult to me." The Senator continued: "Like the rest of well-wishers for our common humanity, I have no personal animosity against any man because, forsooth, he may be possessed of millions upon millions piled high as Mount Ossa on Pelion. But to any free and enlightened American the announcement that any man's qualifications to a representative represent-ative or executive position in the government govern-ment of any portion of this nation, whether municipal, State or national, should depend upon the wealth he commands, is an event that should be indignantly repelled and condemned, and is so utterly repugnant to an nner BBiuuumura educated men that it should at once receive the uttermost execration of every patriotic voter who has the true welfare wel-fare of his country at heart. Not a word is to be found stating that the candidates are faithful adherents to and advocates of the grand principles which have - made the Republican party the savor, the protector and promoter of the prosperity of the state and of the United States. The fact to-day stands before the people of New York State that for the suffrage of the intelligent members mem-bers of that party men are foisted upon whose election is urged because thay are are owners of unlimited money bags. Ihe thought that this state is dependent upon such a shibboleth to rally its masses is Mr Conkling calls the Republican state platform "a mass of nothingness, vapidity and monumental vacuity, that excels any document of a similar nature that ever was thrust before a too-confiding party. "I suppose," said the reporter, "you are aware that Senator Evarts is to go before the people in this campaign?" "I see that he is so announced. The venerable vener-able and attenuated icicle, who folded his hands and held himself aloof in the fastnesses fast-nesses of the Green Mountains when the Republican Re-publican party was in its throes, can always be depended upon to ventilate his oratorical verbosity after everything has been accomplished accom-plished by others, and will always be found ready to reap the fruits of others toil. "The Eepnblicah party, then, has fallen into desuetude of late?" , "The Republican party," replied the ex-Senator, ex-Senator, "has been dragged down to its present low stage by the manipulations of one man, whose overwhelming ambition for the Presidential seat led him to all lengths to accomplish his lifelong dream and ambition. ambi-tion. He wrecked a President by his manipulations manip-ulations in forcing him to make appointments appoint-ments that led to a disruption of the party; he performed acts to attain his end for his own advancement that even high heaven would protest against; he practiced venality to that extent that it became a proverb, and still remains a-hissing among the good men of the party and of the whole land but he has his reward. He has been relegated to that privacy that should have been his lot eight years ago. His adherents have admitted since the last election that they were hoodwinked, and many men who are of high political standing have stated to me that they rued the day that they aided him in what they now call his unholy schemes. Poor comfort have they obtained from me. These parties are now enraged at finding their hopes blasted, and inveigh as heavily against their one-time hilarious knight as they were heartily and conspicuously conspicu-ously prominent in. shouting bis praises a year ago. The party is now m the hands of those who have been the willing, tools of the man from Maine, and it remains to be seen what they will do with it." After reassuring the reporter that he would not enter into the "present campaign either in the city or State, the ex-Senator closed the interview. ; . - v- - " - . m . ' ' |
