Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-20
DORSEY TO GARFIELD.
Ano her Letter of The Eoss Star Router TO
ths Late Presidential Strong Plea for the
appointment cf F0Ieer to the Treasury
With Vigorous weIds of Warning
Against the Vaccinations Of Blaine.

| Against the MachtnattonS OF Blaine.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-More of Dorsey
letters to Garfield will be published to-mor
row. One OF them urges the appointment o
Gov. Routt, of Colorado, as postmaster gen
eral. The following are extracts from thu
letter dated February 24, 1881:
Hon. j. A. Garfield, Mentor, O.
My DEAR GENERAL: Gen. Arthur came
over last night from Washington and had a
| conference Of several hours with him. BE
Informed me Blaine and his political adherents
were very much provoked at what they called
my interference, namely, because I had sug-
gested, with many others, the name of Judge
folger for secretary of the treasury. Gen
Arthur says he has never heard such buzz
| and disturbance of feeling as there has been
among the Blaine people. He furthermore
says that Atkins, acting no doubt for Blaine,
| is talking very noisily against the selection of
Judge Folger because he was tool of mine.
This disappointment, manifested by the feel
ing in Washington on the part of his friends,
is the evident outgrowth Of a notion that
they expected to control the cabinet, and
especially the treasury department.
II Blaine did not care to control the treas
ury department he would not be dissatisfied or
annoyed at the appointment of Folger. I
warn you, therefore, that this manifestation
of bitterness is thing OF which you should
take heed, and write what have said to YOU
more than once, that neither Blaine nor any
other ambitious man should have control of
the great places il your cabinet. II Blaine is
to be made secretary of state, and protege
of his secretary of the treasury, and another
secretary of the interior, have great fears that
your administration would greatly suffer with
an even chance that disaster would follow in
the near future. | do not wish to say an un-
kind thing of Blame, although he is charged
with the responsibility for most unkind things
saiG Of me within the last week and the most
untruthful and malignant ever uttered by a
man.
If what Gen. Arthur has heard is true, it is
clear as daylight to my mind that he expects
to have his friend in the treasury department,
another friend either in the postoffice or inte-
rior. Through them and by them he intends
to do one of two things,
either to make your administration
a cam paign ground for his own aspirations,
or he has some other object no less dangerous
to the party I cannot bring myself to be-
lieve that Blaine is in the state OF mind he is
reported to be, and I sincerely trust Gen.
Arthur has been misinformed. l say to you
that for the good of your administration and
OF the Republican party, and for the
country the appointment of Thos. Folger to
the treasury department is the most important
one you have to deal with. Your failure to
appoint him, it seems to me, will be the mon
Gmental mistake of your administration.
believe the Republican party of the country
think well of Blaine, and l think his selection
as head of your cabinet is wise one, but
Blaine is not in position to be chief of the
cabinet and then dictate other places in if, and
What is OF more importance, you are not in a
position to allow him to 90 IL.