San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-06-02
INDIANA AND THE LATE PRESI'
'T.1l DENTAL ELECTION. 70 2h

i From the Indianapolis Oeuu"0''J
b Events that have recently trlnspir.
ed have brought the late presidential
campaign and election i'll Indiana IN
to such prominence that the discus
sion of these topics becomes . matter
of supreme importance to the Dem
ocratic press Of the State and OF the
entire country. It must be remem
bered that after the election, Dorsey,
the Star Route thief, was honored
with q banquet, It was designed
m, the purposeof extolling Dorsey
f3,. carving Indiana. Orantpresided
at that dinner, and among the guests
were Hamilton Fish, ex-secretary OF
state under Grant; Chester A. Ar
thur, vice-president-elect Henry W.
Beecher and other distinguished Re
publicans. Grant eulogized Dorsey.
Beecher pronounced the Star Route
thief's exploits in Indiana as miracles.
But Chester A. Arthur was more ex-
plicit in his declarations than the 9th
er Stalwarts, probably because ne
knew more about Dorseys plans and
methods. The following extracts
from Arthur's speech on that occas-
ion are taken from the New York Fri
bune's report :ssoG madt e,f ~
d"Indiana was really, I suppose, q
Democratic state. 1t had been put
down on the books as a state that
might be carried by very close and
perfect organization, and a great deal
-[Laughter,) Isee the report
ers are present, therefore I will simp.
ly say thateverybody showed . great
deal of interest in the occasion, and
distributed tracts and political docu
ments Ell through the State. The
Republicans Of Indiana have always
said, 1--WE have the best organization
this year we ever had, and if we have
the siuews of war we will get through
all right" [Laughter. But some
how or other, the state always turned
upon the other side. = 's9fs"s
'*ep. - So he came down one
daylto the committee room in Fifth
avenue, and said that he was going
to leave us for some days that the
National Republican Committee was
going to establish o branch office on,
IN Indiana. daughter. He said
to me. "General, if I don't succeed
| I never shall come back here again.
And then / thought for moment,
and it struck me that he had q great
ranch out in New Mexico, that like Q
wise General he had secured bus hne'
of retreat, and that if he failed IN hii
endeayors he would 60 out to thai
ranch. [Laughter.] ! was not Ger
tain then what / should do. lshooi
hun warmly by the hand and SAID
Good bye we shall soon see you baci
again. I knew, however, that II ~
didn't succeed in Indiana it would bt
a bad Job for me in New York, and
said to him; Senator, if you go Z
that ranch will there be room enough
for me 2" (Great laughter.J
The remarks Of Arthur upon tina
occasion, in the light of recent de
velopments, are Of special importance
The man Dorsey is shown TO be ant
TO have been at the time Grant
Beecler and Arthur were euloginnt
him, as infamous a scoundrel as coui'
be found in or out Of Penitentiary-
the most advanced of all the sta
Route thieves, q deliberate pubii
plunderer, who has grown rich b.
persistent stealings. Arthur says
aIadiaRa rds really, I suppose,
Democratic State, hence 10 carry !
for the Republican party was an ez
plot deserving Of a banquet and o
ealogy. -r
Dorsey came TO Indiana withmoney
Bat money was not the only mean
10 he used in making Democraf'
State a Republican State. Tins ma
Dcrsey-shis public Plunderer, TN
! Star Route thief, this carpet la
. wi,eip-l.ad Pledged himself to carr
Indiana; that he vould never retnr
10 New York Il he did not accom-
plssh the work
: Ewrvth.ng depcndei on carryIn
Ia.s-.s. an cry Il Ee ID Dsi -