The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-11
THE PAPERS FOR IT.
THE PROOFS, TIE DAMNING PROOFS
OIE1.SenaIOr DOFuey'S Completely IN the
star Route JObs-A Revelation Con.
csTnInE Cho Conduct OTIhs RinR's
BWindIInE Operations.

PORTLAND, OREooN, May lO.-A dispatch
from Denver, Ool., published yesterday
gave Information OF legal proceeding
which have been commenced theI'
az inst ex-senator Dorsey, Of Arkansas l.
now Secretary OF the National Republican
Committee, for services rendered to OBJ
tain increased mail service and get Addi
tional pay therefor, on star routes ii
Oregon, The announcement attracted
much attention here, more 80 from the
fact that 1t was stated that the papers on
which the suit bad been instituted had
been received at Denver from well known
attorney At Portland, and that the claim
ant was q we'll known politician here
whose story fully identified ex-senator
Dorsey with the Star route robbery, The
claimant in the suit is Frank D. Wilcox,
who, though formerly connected with
politics In Arkansas, has not appeared
prominently in politics here. He went TO
Arkansas from Illinois In 1860. and be.
came acquainted with Dorsey there. He
was Secretary Of the State Republican
Committee OF Arkansas, though he never
held Office, and bore q prominent part in
the election oi Dorsey to the Senate. De.
string to GO. out Of pollti',, he left Arkan.
sas and came to Oregon.
In 1877, when Dorsey began to operate
In Star routes In Oregon, he remembered
that Wilcox had come to this Slate, and ss
his relations with him had been of the
most intimate kind, he fixed upon Wilcox
as the man 10 help him work up to higher
figures on mail routes In which be had
become interested. Dorsey first tsle.
graphed to parties In Portland to learn II
Wilcox was here. Having Rscsrtained
that he was, he wrote him saying what
service he wanted performed, and directed
him to 60 to Eugene City, giving him In.
struCtiOna at the same time how to get up
petitions, have them signed and make sub.
contracts for carrying mails. The petitions
were 10 be forwarded to Washington to be
used in getting the service expedited and
the pay INCREASED for the service required.
Wilcox Waa 10 get five dollars day and
his expenses. Before starting for Eugene
City he had the following telegram:
"WAsHISuToN, D. O., April %, 1870.
az R wilcox:
IAN my other letters written 10 Eugene
City. Have telegraphed money; inquire
at telegraph CiliCe. Go Immediately.
[Signed.1 rs. W. Dorsey"
Money being received for his expenses,
Wilcox went 10 Eugene City he re.
celved DOrSey's other letter, with memo.
randa directing him how to proceed.
The route Dorsey fret wished to operate
on was out from Eugene City, across
Cascade mountains to Mitchell, In eastern
Oregon, by way oi Plneville. This route
is almost wholly unnecessary, as II passes
through a nearly uninhabited country,
and the small centres oi population on the
east OF the Cascade range are supplied by
other routes. Dorsey drew up In bis own
hand and forwarded to Wilcox the follow.
Ing form Of petition on which signatures
we're 10 be obtained, which was forwarded
to The Postmaster General.
1.-THE undersigned citizens OF Bridge
SIoeAt SlSbVul bek W VoIhVahI iVSum-
mend to your favorable consideration an
increase OF the mail service between Eu.
gene City and this place to q daily line,
and ask that the speed bs greatly increased.
This route supplies large and rapidly In.
Creasipg population, and Is the sole mode
oi conveying intelligence to a great por.
ton OF Southern Oregon. We believe the
public interests will bs subserved by an
early increase OF this service, and we
earnestly recommend H."
To this 10 added tho following instruc.
tion 10 Wilcox: "Ot course you want
the wording as well as tho handwriting OF
each petition to be as different as posi-.
ble."
Mr. Dorsey next proceeded 10 instruct
Mr.. Wilcox 10 sub.let the route, as the
following telegram shows:
WASHINGTON, April, Is, 1870.
"F. K H'tlcor, Eugene City:
"bIake contract for Bridge creek route,
for speed four and bali mlles an hour,
three trips week. no sub contract to be
filed, but payment to be guaranteed by me
personally. Make same contract on Look.
irg Glass route. y. W. Dorsey"
The following was the next telegram
received, by Wilcox: ~.
"WAsHiNGToN, April 2S!h, 1879.
"7o r. r. WiicOr:
make no compromise with the sub.
contractors; must be abuolutely new con
tract with amount specially stated. Tele
graph fully upon closing contract.
~. ". Dorsey"
Fearing that Mr.. WILCOX would not fully
understand, Mr.. Dorsey, at q later hour
on the same day, teegraphed a. toll0wsi
"WAsIiSGToN, D. o., April 20, 1879.
"F. r. HilcoF:
"New contract becomes necessary be-
comes necessary beCanse old firm has been
dissolved; business pasSes into new hands;
must have new contract or no pay. Con.
tract on Bridge Greek route for. three, six
and seven times, on a schedule oi lour
miles an hour; al'o same on Looking
Glass route. Telegraph me fully before
closing any contract. Deal With resp oggi'
bic men. . S.W. DbRsEY.,
There the old trick iS manifest. The
old Arm is dtssolveaI that is, the straw
bidder was pushed out Of the way and the
ring was nov making lie next move.
Here 10 the next telegram ,..
"wAsnlSuroN, y. O. May 8, 1879.
I"F. r. Hiicor:
"I have no interest In Star routes, ex.
cept Bridge Greek and Looking Glasa. Con:
tracts on Bridge Greek, one, three, elk and
seven timer A week, on q schedule oi htty
hours on the prices named 10 my lettei
OF the lb.h. The department demands
four miles an hour speed, and you mus
contract covering that speed or more
| Do not 90 above the following: Three
lines, 5000; six times, $4,000; sever
, times, SID, 800. Telegraph Inc fully be'or'
you close contracts. ......
The following is The last telS. ram sem
10 Wilcox at Eugene CityI
. "wAsHiSaroS, D. g., May Sd, 1872
} NJ R. tYttoo1,
. ~ presume you understand you mus