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 . 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 resi
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 . 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. JtS^iidj-y/M// by ninety-eight votes. He returned to Utica, andresumed the practice of his profession, in the mean-time receiving at the hands of prominent citizens ofNew York, the honor of a complimentary the next two years, Mr. Conkling remained athome in the practice of law at Utica. His reallegalability had now an opportunity to show itself, espe-cially his genius for cross-examination and the in-fluence which he exerted inaddressing juries, which caus-ed him to remark: My prop-er place is to be before twelvemen in the box. At the elec-tion of 1864, Mr. Conklinglabored earnestly in behalfof Mr. Lincoln, and he washimself renominated for con-gress by a convention heldat Rome, Sept. 23d in thatyear. He was strongly sup-ported by the leading NewYork papers, and was suc-cessful by a majority of 1,150votes, among which were said to be a very largenumber of democrats. Some of his most pro-found admirers were the democrats of Oneidacounty. Mr. Conkling was re-elected to congre
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