The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . the next session he began to make his in-fiuence felt and his remarkable eloquence recognizedin the house. At the extra session of the thirty-seventh congress, called J
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . the next session he began to make his in-fiuence felt and his remarkable eloquence recognizedin the house. At the extra session of the thirty-seventh congress, called July 4, 1861, Mr. Conklingtook an active part in the work, being chairman ofthe committee on the District of Columbia. OnJan. 6, 1863, he spoke to the question of the terriblemilitary blunder at Balls Bluff, and his speech pro-duced a profound impression upon the house andupon the country, accompanied as it was, by thepassage of a resolution demanding from the secretaryof war information as to the responsibility for thedisastrous movement in question. The speech madeby Roscoe Conkling at this time gave him a nationalreputation as an orator. A notable incident in career was his opposition to the legal-tender act of 1862, one of the few occasions whenhe agreed with his brother, Frederick A. Conkling,who was then in congress with him, in opposing amotion without regard to party lines. The bill which. provided forthe issue of $150,000,000 of non-interestbearing United States notes and the issue of bonds toan amount not exceeding $500,000,000 was passed de-spite the Conkling resistance. Mr. Conkling advocat-ed and voted for a bill to confiscate the property ofrebels, and also for an act reducing congressional mile-age. His position in congress was always that of oneresisting extravagant expenditures, and using everyeffort to obtain economy in the public expenses. Inthe election of 1862, Roscoe Conkling was defeated OF AMEEICAN BIOGEAPHT. 221
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