Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-27

there was GOOD zeal OF the lOOSeuesS VI
an an old shoe about him, too. II Is no
slander Of Garfield to say that he paid more
attention to his own interests in the pre-
liminary campaign which led up to the
Chicago Convention than to John Sher-
mans, which had been committed to his
care. He was in correspondence on that
very subject with that element OF kickerS
of which Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia,
made himself the
Pog.hOrn Mouth Piece.
That is what gave Barker courage TO ask
for what he didn't get-the Treasury port
folio. Barker wasn't known to the party,
and Philadelphia Blaine man gave him
ticket to get into the Convention out OF
compassion. But there were enough pledged
Garfield men-pledged is the word-in and
around the Convention to pile on the en-.
thusiasm whenever he hove in sight and,
finally, TO tickle the Convention with the
idea that it had done a beautiful thing
spontaneously. John sherman thinks.
and this isn't any more speculation than
the rest of it-that there was Consummated
on the floor of that Convention the
Boldest Perfdy In the History OF Poll
tics.
II YOU can spare skilled interviewer
send him to Charley Foster, calico mer-
chant and Governor OF Ohio. Perhaps he
won't talk, but il he doesn't look sheepish
enough to amount to plea OF confession
and avoidance he is better actor than /
think he is.
Dorsey knew Garfield better than Gar
field knew Dorsey. That i the point we
are getting to, and ii you have skipped over
the foregoing as irrelevant, bout ship
and see il you can't pick up the lost cable.
Dorsey knew-and hasn't forgotten-a good
deal about the material and quiet process
of manufacture which eliminated in the
Spontaneous Nomination,
and he had given Garfield some broad
hints OF his knowledge. He knew that the
George William Curtis-Wayne MacVeagh-
Wharton Barker kickers claimed the credit
and the honor-would presently claim the
usufruct-of the dazzling triumph at Chi
cago. He knew that Garfield was not lack
ing in a sense OF gratitude. He knew that
Garfield was easily fascinated by theory.
He admitted, you remember, that the
OsmnabIe Doefrine Of Free Tss<se
lse,S LaseiI hs more ithelRh the seven T,::F.y.
H. tnew that while Baker is an ass Gurus
ne innrent and MacVeagh Is schemer.
He Fnsw that the so-called reform states
men would get into the campaign and en-
camp their retainers in the White House
grounds unless club was put in Garteld
hand and he could be induced to beat them
of. He knew that he-that is Dorsey-was
thief. He knew he would be the most
inviting OF joints for the reformers to carve
and hash. parboil and fricassee. He knew
Not Many Know it Even Now
that only tremendous pressure OF re-
preston kept the Star Route fire from
blazing six months before the outburst.
have been expecting that the government
would show, or try 10 show, how the mouth
| Of knowing and consciousstiicken suoor
| dinate insthe Post Office Department was
plastered up and frescoed with green
backs to
| Staye OFT the Day OF Wrath.
| He-again Dorsey-knew that IL ever Mac
| Veagh got a whack al him he would use the
| opportunity to say once more 10 III.
| cointrymen that he thanked God he is moi
| az other men are And he knew that With
these influences enveloping and permeatng
| the White House Garfield would look down
| the long avenue of fame aud see his owr
| statue at the other end crowned with
laurels, gratefully reated TO the memory
| OF President who had the courage to bring
to Justice sevsnleague thieves Of his OWL
| party. Dorsey
| Was I'm q Sweat OF Agony
at Tom Jones' getting into the Posto fiic'
L
the KEYS of the penitentiary. he knew
| that James would be eager TO obey HI
| chief because James is the kind OF fellow
that likes to hold on. II Folger could &c
in James couldn't, and that was his interes
in Foleer. In his letter of February IL
1881 Dorsey bears down tremendously, no
TO saw savgaely on MacVeagh and Incl
dentally on his friend Aleck Mcclure, th
accomplished editor OF the Phiiadeiphl
Times. He found it desirable TO say TO Tar
field that Mcclure was a
Professional Poker Player and Gam
bIer,-
which. in my humble judgment was IL
for him. by the same token. To be pro
fessional anything is TO follow that particu
lar thing for living. Mcclure used TO b
very fond Of game of draw, but II he hai
trusted TO that for living be would hay'
starved. for he usually played at loss
and the professional gamblers were glad q
have him drop in and take band. But b.
has cut of that luxury now and conhne
himself TO sprighuy reform Journalism
with the welfare of the Democracy ever be
fore his shrewd but pleasing eye. He ha
also
Omit Mousing Around Legislatures
! to put his stamp on statutes. When maj
turns over a new leaf he ought TO hay
credit for il in the ledger Of public opinion
Bot Dorsey,had MscVeagh down fine; oh, 3
fpel The measure is exact enough 10
skin tights. NacVeagh il polIucai 10
ager, His opposition 70 the Camerons-ni
father in-lav and brother.in-ias, and pen.
factors both-is Q sublime piece OF doupl
pIay. and il has deceived great many PEI
nIe Who ought 70 know better. Don't 20
zee how il goes? (which ever Repu0lici
| faction wins in Pennsylvanis q wing o! 70
| Cameron house will be on top.
There I. No Bsttem
20 a thing Of this sort. Do you suppos
that Macyeagh would ever have sat
Garfeld's council board il Simon Cam
ron h.d said no? Cameron has called Ma
| Veaeh A snob, and 20 be Is, but that was
the secrecy OF private life. Mscyeegh Is
| far from Being Q great lawyer as Bob lnge
soil is. His pretension 10 learning -
| fraud-a sham shirt 20 hide his lack OF
He knows nothing thoroughly except q
, | useful art OF keeping aHOat in all water
: A softer looking man never posed fof
| great statesman He is Q fellow OF inhni
, assurance, who has done . very
Large Rasise.s On Small Capital,
with the backing Of bis astute old fathe
in-Iay. / like his impudence, haag hi
and that il all I End in him TO admire II
parts his scsnt hair in the middle n
brushes IL down On his forehead Ism
: that enough
Ivas sitting in the sand this mornin
: watching the bathers taking their heade
in Che breakers goodly number OF the
clad in more water than clothes-sittii
chatting with some top-ssryers IN politlf
Iben one OF them ssked. ''welI. nov, VII
r did Dorsey want from Garfield for hi
J, selfT' :.
WANTED 70 be let alone" suggested
:. Illinois msn-
E And 20 be did. but that wasn't a
Other gentlemen suggested other thin,