The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-21

The story going the rounds about the
dinner to Dorsey, the secretary OF the
Rspublisaa national committee, al New
York, the other day. is neither creditable
to Dorsey or those who were larties to the
scheme. The stery Al it is given on
authority deemed reliable. is TO the effect
that Dorsey conceived the idea Of getting
mn the dinner to himself, took Murphy.
the sx-cellsssor into his con6dsncs to do
tbsshesvy work, and had .ths,entirs dinner
charged to himself, Tbs New York
Herald says that Murphy had some diff
Guilty in getting the company together and
that such leading Republicans as Conkiing
Blaine, Edmunds. Logan. Allison and
Anthsny declined altogether. He says.
further, Ethas Dslmonioo s'lent" Dorsey
himself the dinner. and that when ibis bill
of forty seven shundred dollars was pre-
ssntsd Dorsey was unfortunately tenn
porarily out Of funds and could not pay III
It 10 assumed that this dinner wa'
gotten up with view to its effects on
Garfield, his objective point being. al
already statsd5 In the dispatches, the
appointment of The notorious CHIT
Whsslsr as second assistant postmaster
general, whose principal duty will be to
award star route contracts to Dorsey
and his friends. Dorsey started
fer Mentor on this errand directly
after the complimentary dinner. and
New York Republican politicians
feel hard toward him in conse-
quence. This is what q distinguis he'd
Republican politician of Southern Indiana
presumably Mr.. Orth. said Of him:
Dorsey. whom meme of Us had ever seen
until he came to eur state to manage the
campaign. will always be known in my
part Of the state as the author OF an i'm
menss number Of new two-dollar bills
which got into circulation after he came to
indianapolis. and OF over abundance which
our banks new complain. | understood
at the frst time that il was very difficult
for Dorsey to get $40 many new two>dollar
bills together. and that in the end there
was Subsidiary shower Of two dollar
and half gold pieces, bat that fell 10
SEINE other part of the state. for our yot-
ing population saw none of them.
OF course the object of Dorsey is ito be
solid With the new administration. He
longs for a return Of the days when the
lobby shall flourish, and jobs become once
more the rule and not the exception
Is was Dorsey who deliberately, as
agent for the Republican National COM
mittee, purchased Votes in Indiana. super
intended thei importation of negro re-
psaters and managed the dirty work Of the
campaign. It WAS necessary that. in
order to give him cloak of responsibility,
the substantial men of the party. The
Substantial men" were unwilling to ap-
pIaud the manipulation of illegal votes. SO
Dorsey, with that suavity Of cheek for
which he is noted, got up dinner ior
himself, had friends do the bagiing. wrote
a few speeches laudatory Of himself. and
then had that ever readv republican agent.
the associated press. telegraph the trashy
details over the country, so as to create an
impression that Dorsey was the great
genius Of the Republican maehiue-and
of course, recognition from Garfield must
come as natural sequence. The truth
has leaked out, however, and now Dorsey
the only great manipuIator, the would De
II am" of the Republican machine ap-
pears in most ridiculous light