Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-02
DOKSEY'S DEFENSE,
lie Breaks q Long Silence.


which he asserts that long ago he placed
tho charges against him before Gen. Gar
field, and asked tho president to appoint Il
commission of Democrats to investigate
the whole subject. This proposition was
assentea 10, ana Postmaster General
James Va orde.cd to appoint the cOur: ol
inquiry, which duty thai official approved
and promised to fulfill. Subsequently,
however, NJ. MacVeagh and ..ir. I:iaes
declined 10 proceed in the m.tte.. tlis
former speaking as if he ,eprt se:ltc': the
government and with full authority. lie
stated his main reason to Be thai &c did
not know of anything eliminating Dorsey.
The accused then prepared :. statement,
which was read to President Garfield in
the presence OF Vice President Arthur aud
Others, and The first named denounced the
proposed prosecution Of Dorsey. The
accused says that James and Mac Feagh
both promised to conside. the statement
confidential, and yet immediately after
wards they had it printed, and placed in
the hands Of detectives, for use against
the ex-senator, thus violating y pledge
made to hina and Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll,
his counsel
In regard to Peek, john W. Dorscy and
Miner, the accused says he never entered
into conspiracy with them and Brady, or
any of them, to dciraud the government !;
that Le advised them net to tako postal
contracts, and that they all acted upon
their own Judgments n the matter. Dor
sey believes they have never made q cent
out OF any increases 10: Star Route service
and lie knows they lost al they were
worth in the work. Peck and Dorsey are
relatives, and when they came to MIN tor
help ho did what he could, as brother
and brothCr-in law should do; but TO
crime Was committed and 10 wrong done,
except to himself. He gave certified
checks to the extent Of thirty thousand
dollars to help them ous OF tieir Difficult
ties, but this availcd nothing, bfcanse
PECK, Miner and John ". Dorsey had tine
enmity OF all the Old contractors, who
looked upon them 81 interlopers and
underwriters.
Mr. Dorsey declares TIA: '-..r. Miner,
in all emergency, having the powers of at
tOrney @: John NJ. Peek. who was lying
sick III New Mexico, and John W. Dorsey,
who was attending to Lis mali business in
Dakota or Montana, transferred to Henry
NJ. Vaiic, by sut-contract, every dollars
worth Of interest that either Peek or .!Ein
Dorsey had in any mail contracts, leaving
Peck and Dorsey without the slightest
right in any OF the mail contracts which
stood in their names, and also cutting Mr..
Dorsey wholly out Of The money | had
advanced to Peck, Miner and Dorsey.
Mr.. Naile furnished p large sum of money
to put this mail service in operation, aud
took entire contTo! Oh it i'll person. After
this neither Peck nor John Dorsey had
any control whatever over any one OF the
routes standing in their respective names.
All this transpired during my absence ii,
the West and l had no knowledge of it
for months after tho occurrence. nor until
my return to Washington il December,
1878, when first ascartained that tho So
curity for Iny advances bad been wiped
out, and that the note lad given Mr.
Miner to aid him had not been paid,
while tho security for it was made
worthless by reason OF t',D st.u contracts
to Vaile. | made every effort in
my power ~ sscu:o y repayment from
Vaile and Miner OF the above sums, but
without success, for the reason that these
gentlemen claimed, and believe truth
fully, that the large outiays required To
maintain ths mai! service they We're run
ming not only absorbed all the pay they
received from the government, but every
dollar they could raise frcm their private
means. Matters driftcd along in this va;
until after the expiration OF ny tern, in
Congress, when again saw Mcssrs. Vails
and Miner and Insisted that my account
for money advanced MIS-: be settled iIav-
ing 10 money to pay they proposed to turn
over to nio certain mai! routes which,
during the three years they had to
run, would repay me and provide
for the payment of $4,000 to John N.
Peck fer his expenditures, an;; $40, 1000
to J. W. Dorsey for his interest. had
no alternative but to accept this proposal.
I paid Peck aud J. W. Dorsey $40, 600
each, which hardly covered tho sums aI-
vanced By them. l took charge of these
routes April 6. 1870, and continued in
charge Of them about one month. Daring
this period wherever thought it was
proper aE.: the public wants demanded it.
l tried TO get the routes increased by all
proper and lawful means, as every pradent
did under similar circumstances,
and l did in that way get some i'll
crcases on four Or five small routes. In
June, 1879, turned this whole mail bust. |
ness over to other hards, and from that
day to this l have never had any
thing moro to do with it than the pcesi-
dent Of the United States has had. From |
that tine have never written or received !
! letter CT communication Of any kind |
from General Brady or any other official !
Of tho postoffice department. To show |
my appreciation Of the value Of these con-
tracts | gave one half interest in them to |
the person who took charge Of them, for !
his services. Up to this moment have
never received Oae single penny or profit |
rom any of these contracts OR from any
)ther contract with the government. OF the
United States. As to the conspirac;
'harge, i: is sufficient to say my :.cquaint.
Ince with General Brady was limited 10
,ffcial relations, ani never saw him any
vEere until the commencement CT this
asa, except in his Office"
Mr.. Dorsey concludes: IL Will pay one
dollars for every dollar the pros
cution can show ever made out OF the
of the United States, excepting
Gy salary as 4 SENATOR
MRS CLARi "TANIiOpE, nee Hamilton,
I HaSerstcwn, has concluded her studies
! Parls, and = few days since arrived in
low York. She proposes to spend tho
inter in ANNAPOLIS at the gubernatorial
,ansion with the governor and his family,
will be remembered that she was mar.
ed clandestinely in August, 1881, at Pen
lar to Jack Stanhope, from whom she
as at once separated and divorce is low ,
, be had, with his consent, on the ground
undue persuasion and extreme youth. }
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