[865] New York Tribune, November 22, 1871. See also, Ibid., November 21.
[866] See his letters to the Secretary of the Treasury, New York Tribune, January 28, 1879.
[867] In his testimony before the Jay Commission, Arthur spoke of "10,000 applicants," backed and pressed upon him with unabated energy by the most prominent men "all over the country."—New York Tribune, July 28, 1877.
[868] Arthur was offered an appointment as consul-general to Paris.—See Theodore E. Burton, Life of John Sherman, p. 294.
[869] New York Herald, November 9, 1877. Respecting this interview Conkling made a personal explanation in the Senate, in which he said: "Though some of the remarks in question may at some time have been made in private casual conversations, others of them never proceeded from me at any time."—New York Tribune, November 13. It is assumed that the portions quoted above, taken from a three-column interview, are substantially correct, since they are corroborated by several persons now living (1908) who heard the Senator's expressions. See, also, Alfred R. Conkling, Life of Conkling, pp. 552-554.
"Mr. Conkling, in all his conversations, seemed to consider men who differed from him as enemies of the human race."—White, Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 188.
"Conkling spoke with great severity of President Hayes, and said he hoped it would be the last time that any man would attempt to steal the presidency."—Hoar, Autobiography, Vol. 2, p. 44.
[870] Harper's Weekly, December 8, 1877.
[871] Conkling, Life of Conkling, p. 373.
[872] Harper's Weekly, December 22, 1877.