Note 817 — Chapter XXVIII · CONKLING AND CURTIS AT ROCHESTER 1877
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"He [Conkling] never linked his name with any important principle or policy."—Political Recollections, George W. Julian, p. 359.
"Strictly speaking Senator Conkling was not an originator of legislative measures. He introduced few bills which became laws. He was not an originator, but a moulder of legislation.... It may be said that during his last seven years in the Senate, no other member of that body has, since the time of Webster and Clay, exercised so much influence on legislation."—Alfred R. Conkling, Life of Conkling, pp. 645-649.