, 1881-02-17
TILE DORSEY BANQUET.

Srtttaf Dspntfh to The Chteaqo Tribune.
NEW Tonx, Feb l0-Tlcrr hAs becn d good
acal Of 9oss!p over tho recent din
ncr to ex-senator Dorsey. AMI I'LL
sorts Of r1mors hnro found thoir way
Into prsnt, or nro ctrc,tlAtcl1, through prlvato
chnnnuls. Thero Is no getting around tho fact
TINT It was Il hugo entertainment, md
That tho banatict WIS partakcn III by
many Of tho representative mrn Of the
Milton, or TINT tho speeches were spcy and on
aertatn,ng, uni thnt general cschange Of scn-
t{n.ent WIS tn,.ulyed IN. Thls. FL fur as tho pub
llo uro concerned. Ills now anid
THE nISNEH HAD \ MEANING nE!!INn IT
which very few ucople know. MAny Of tho III
yited guests were ignora.lt Of Its mclniny 1t hud
utwo-fold purpose. III tho tlrst ptcc. Il nutlbcr
Of the Bontlcncn or the lscpHbllca party vino
arc known as atlhcrcnts Ut tho Grnnt or third
term wing hnye set OIL foot tho enterprise Of
establishing II banking institution In thls CITY.
It WINS desired by these gentlemen to hring
into tho scheu,e certain othor and weathy
gentlemen to form, tho party. 4 dinner was n
good excuao for bringing those Runtlo-
men In connection with tho influential
urd plausible pcbplo nlrcndy In. a:ld BY whom
tho scheme could bc lnid open. 1t Is proposed
tiat tho banking institution shalt take the pnce
OF tho First Nntlonnl ilank, and stand In tho
samu rehtlon 10 the Secretary uf the
TREASURY or THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
that tint bai,k t! 10 Secretary Shcrtnaa.
At first thought t1ls scen,s 10 bc
absurd, sncr tho Secrosury IL not
yot uat1ct. and tint upllnrcntty no one
apnrt from Mr. Gnr!ict,t knows who thut Official
Ia to be; hut herein lies tho secret Ut
this movement. Sc1lat0r Dorsey believes,
and he bus ,,iI,de uthnr gentlemen pro,ll-
pent IN tho Grant rluks believe, that ho
has tho mining OF tho Secretary of tho Treus-
my; TINT In II recent Interview ut Mentor presi-
lcnt-clcct Garfipll in consideration Ut
senator nDraey's distinguished SERVICES III
Indiana, handed over to hlm tho illlHg Ut
that Office. Ny informant IL 0nltu confident
tint this IS 30, and ID not to bo denied that tho
gentlemen wtlu havo entered 30 heartily Into this
bankiug scheme are certalnty convinced OF this
fuct. They suy that Mr. Gurttcld's only stipula-
| ton was that tho Secretary SHOULD come from
| tho West. aud TO person Of sufficient coI,sc-
qucnce, politically, to justify the appointment,
They gu further, md Hro satisfied tttAt TINT Hen.
tlotnan Is to bo
John {. NEW. or INDIANA.
Of course, tho haif-brccds srnut this suggcs-
tson US bolnK utterly absurd. II Darscy
should bo mfstakol, und dcn. Garfield
| should not huud over tho Trcusury
to him to I'LL With II man Of hts own,
thom tho bank'ng sche,ut ~ likely tu
| cullapso speedily. T!lts statement Ii
sn!l 10 be nuthcntlc, coming from
I'M unnpcachub1c suurce, and, though It mny
be denied by tllose most Interested 1t Is fact
nevertheless Against those statements nro tho
conflicting onoy Of Nr. New and Mt. Dnrscy,
made Sunday and printed Ia THE TltlAuSE oi
Monday. Mr Now WIS confident
Mlt. LEVI +. MottroS,
OF Now York, Wns tho conllilE Secretary Of the
Treasury, willis Dir, Dorsey, whom the foregoing
ruulur snddies with tho responsibility ot
mining tho Secrctnry. said Morton dilln't
ssaud tho "ghust Of a chancc" to 10 shcrmun's
| SUCCESSOR. Tho public can tlraw thofr conctu.
sons, ,anj tako tho banking schome,if they thtuA
1t bus sufficient hrmncse Of texture.