The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-30
SECRETS OF 1880 OUT.
Dorsey on His Relations to the
Dead President.
- Rely Greatly on Your Calm Equi.
pOise"--"GOme Here and
Sleep"

pIlulS u6dIly TWO pages OF documentary
evidence of Star Route DOrsey's init.
macy with Garfield and the Republican
leaders in 1880, and the trust they re-
posed in him in conducting the Indiana
campaign. They are especially inter
esting in giving glimpses of the great
sums of money expended in buying Ut
the State and of Garfield's reliance on
my dear Steve" They should be read
in the light of the recent interview with
Dorsey, showing on his own confession
he had expended over 100000 in carry
ing the October election in Indiana in
1880, and that it was expended in a
system of corruption going down into
the school districts of the State. We
give such synopsis of the vOluminOus
and graphically interesting document
as we have space for.
GARFIELD PLANS THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN
TO ARTHUR.
The correspondence opens with a letter
from Garfield to General Arthur, his assO-
ctate on the ticket, dated August 3Oth,
1880, assuming 1--WE will carry Maine in
September" which they didn't, and eff
we carry Indiana in October the rest is
comparatively easy" General Garfield
says he has taken great pains to inform
himself of the Indiana situation and
proceeds to disclose 1T to Mr.. Arthur
In the first place, Garfield says: "We
must overcome a Democratic ma iOrity
of six THOUSAND" and one of his plans
to do this is to work on his cO-religiOn-
lists, the Disciples. Says Garfield to Ar
thur on this point:
From twenty-five thousand to thirty
thousand voters of Indiana are members
of the denomination of Disciples, aCd at
least half of them are Democrats. A quiet
but very earnest movement wholly out
side of the State Committee has been or
ganized and is being vigorously and
JudiciOusly pushed with the strongest
probability that at least two thousand
five hundred changes of vote in our
favor will result.
Here would have been 5000 of the
Democratic majority withdrawn at once.
But much money is needed, and General
Garfield after stating "Our friends will
be able to secure the friendly cO-OpeTa-
tiOn of all the railroads running into
the State" adds:
All these plans require the employ
ment of large number of men and
much money.
And this brings me to the chief point.
1t Is indispensably necessary that the
means for putting these plans into
vigorous execution be furnished at
once.
The work has been started and must
be supported promptly TO insure sue
cess.
have written thus fully because 1
understand that our friends in New
York are in doubt about the wisdom OF
making much effort for Indiana. am
certain this erroneous. Success in In
diana will be an immense help to New
York and all other close States.
An earnest suggestion follows that
COnkling should speak at great meet
ing in Indianapolis on the 18th of Sep
tember, and it is said:
In view of the nature of the meeting
and its Importance to Indiana, 1 am
sure he could do great good by accept
ing their invitation. If you concur
please present the request to him for us
both.
Please let me hear the result of your
conference with Morton as soon as pOssi-
j. A. GARFIELD.
HON. c. II. ARTHUR, New York.
MoRToN'S WORK FOR A CABINET PLACE.
LIP. Morton, now Minister to France,
and who Garfield first named as Secre-
tary of the Navy, distinguished banker
and political financier, who was to have
had charge of funding operations, next
appears in the correspondence as the
efficient agent in raising the corruption
fund for use in Indiana. Several let
ters are published from him remitting
money to Dorsey who had established
his headquarters at Indianapolis. These
letters generally enclose drafts for five
and ten thousand dollars. Under date
of September 7th, 1880, Morton writes
that his own personal advances up to
that time amounted to $4,000. Morton
repeated several times, encouraging
Dorsey, that he could safely count upon
all the assistance his estimates called
for" For instance, Morton writes this
way three weeks before the Indiana
election:
NEW YORK, September 1S, 1880.
DEAR Mr.. DoRSEY-I learned this
morning, through Mr.. Hubbell, that
you are in immediate want of money. 1
sent you yesterday morning, before the
receipt of your letter, 5000, as l am
going to Newport for TWO or three days,
although did not know you was in i'm
-nr1iate need of money. L will pay the
draft of $4,000 advised by Mr.. Hubbell
and send you herewith my check for
$1,000 subscribed to our committee by
Mr.. Bosler and sent you by him make
$4,000 in all. Very truly yours,
l.. 2. MORTON.
SENATOR DORSEY.
And here is an extract of letter from
MOrtOn's private secretary:
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 1880.
DEAR Olh-hI. MOEIOu utblI6S uue W
inform you that he arrived this morn
ing, and has had conferences with Sena-
tor Allison, Mr.. Hubbell and others.
He does not see any prospect for secur-
ing any money in time for your use
from Mr.. Gould, but as he has a telegram
from eSnatOT Cameron saying that his
father goes to Philadelphia to-day and
that he goes to Pittsburgh himself, Mr..
Morton feels confident that we shall be
able to certainly send you altogether
100000, including the $4,000 he sent
from Cleveland, and he hopes to increase
this amount. Very truly yours,
w. F. PEDDRICK, Private Secretary.
THE INTIMACY BETWEEN GARFIELD AND
DORSEY.
Next appears letters and kilograms
aOwing the intimacy of Garfield and
Orsey, in response to the accusation
trsey thrust himself on the man of
tntOr. We quote largely from the in
mriew with Dorsey embOdying the let
ar,Of Garfield
pOrGer-"There doesn't appear to
been much 'thrusting' on your part