Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-21
STAR ROUTE DORSEY
Revealing Some of the History Of
the Last Campaign.
A Few More Leaves From His Letter Book
y Cabinet Position Offered and
H.Ised - What He Has, in
Reserve.
SOME MIGHTY INTERESTING READING.

Do-..,. in an Interview with New York
Herald correspondent, was asked il General
Garfield ever pliered him a position in
his Cab;net IS stated in the card written
nv his former CLERK, Mr.. 7. W. Torrey.
YES sir be did replied the Ex-Sena-
tor, and supposed that every public man
At that time thoroughly understood that
had been rendered The office of Secretary of
the Interior. He not only rendered me the
positiop. but urgently repeated it time and
sraip, and there are plenty of living wit
nesses to verify this statement"
Then Mr.. Torrey story is true in.this
particular, at least|
at is not only true in this particular,
But in All Particulars,
and he would remember better than pre-
risely the occurrences Of the time covering
all this political correspondence. My let
ters are generally copied, but frequently
letters of a personal character we're eNclud-
ell from the COpybOOk.'
General Garfield having rendered you
cabinet position. did you answer hlm verb
ally or in writing?
in the presence OF friend, decllneu
il verbally and with emphasis after
wards thought that il was due 70 Ten. Gar
field that | should decline in am0re formal
manner and in writing. | therefore wrote
from nv ranch in New Mexico early IN
December 1850,
Declining that Place,
or anv other place that he could Oier me.
The letter seems TO me to be to- hOmely
- N far.tlaN he
seen by any body but General Garfield. bat
if il is wanted il will come ont with all its
LONELINESS and Candidness and truth.
"YOu have undoubtedly seen il suggest
ed that il all your correspondence during
the time YOU were actively engaged as sec
retarv OF the National Republican COmmlt-
tee down TO the Inauguration OF President
Garfield were published it would be mighty
interesting reading. What objection have
YOU to its pubiiCatiOn%
II have no right 70 publish a letter writ
ten 10 me unless | am forced to do Sd. Il
the correspondence between the late PreSl-
dent and myself was To be published 1t
would take not less than
Twenty-Five Pages OF the Herald.
II would cover almost every conceivable
question that came up during the campaign
and aiterward-a criticism and discussion
of men all now living that might not be
pleasant 10 be heard; and, more than that,
I never saw q word nor wrote a letter to
General Garfield for or against any man or
any policy that he did not ask me 70 do.
| pointed out his errors according to my
Judgment, without any regard whatever
TO the fact tha he was President-eleCt,
There i some curiosity to know why
the letter Of February g. ISL. to General
Garfield was made public last Sunday
"Oh, we'll Colonel Hinton, knew all
about these letters, and think had copies
uf them. and he desired to publish them |
told him had not written a letter
During the Campaign
of which was ashamed, and. while saw
no point OF good to come of such publica-
tiOn. that he could publish anything he had
i'm his possession that ever wrote. He
employed during the campaign anl long
sitrrward BY the National Republican IOm
mittec. and probably knows more a"outthe
important letters written me than do my
self. have the right, and ought to have
the control, over every letter | ever wrote
Ii want To publish | shall 10 so; but Col.
Oncl Hinton has all these letters, and he
can publish il or not, as he likes. | don :
care three Straws have nothing 10 hide
anu UDlnluk " ulSCA'iSS. nat - SA4A 1 IA Z
to say, however to-day
Two More.
The Herald also contains two more Dor
sey.Garheld letters written in January, Isl,
and preceding the one published last sun
day In the first he advises Garfield to
make no suggestions to any of the factions
in New Nork until after the Senatorial cleo
tion.
The second was on the subject OF the
Cabinet He saws he does not like TO see it
reported i'm the newspapers day after day rs
coming from Blaine aud his friends that
men who voted for Grant at Chicago are
especially selected tAbe ridden down under
the wheels of Blainc's triumphal car. In
this letter Dorsey says:
No President has ever done a wiser
thing than | assume YOU have done iub!ac.
ing Mr.. Blaine at the head of your Cabinet
aud no one has ever done or could do -
unwiSe thing as to permit him 10 have
a hand in selecting the other members of
the cabinet, or in any degree to con;rOl it
after il j. selected
Much of the letter is devoted To urging
Judge Folger for the Treasury. ItcIpscs
with a protest against the selection Oi ten
Francis \. Walker for the ScCretarysajp OF
the Interior, on the ground that he va, not
fused tO appOint DOrSev's men as Census
Supervisors. and selected two of the melu-
est and most disreputable Democrats 10 the
States.
Gen. David G. Swain denies the truth of
a report which has been in circulation that
he had threatened to produce the Litter.
book containing Gen. Gardeld's crrre.
>Pondence during the late Presidential
campaign. This assurance will give relief
to number OF small politicians who talk
now quite differently from what the did
a CUuIle of wears 400