Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON Dec.

Special Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.
MENTOR, O., Aug. %, 1sSO.-MY DEAR
HUBBELL: Yours of the 10Th inst. received
Please say to Brady hope will he give US
all the assistance possible. I think he can
help effectively. Please tell me how the
departments generally are doing. As ever
yours, (Slgned) }. A. GARFIELD.
This letter, the original of which is in
this city, has secret history never before
explained. One day Jay Hubbell, who now
has a national reputation as tax gatherer
Brady, in his Office in the postoffice depart
ment, in state bordering on desperation,
He explained that the congressional com
mittee had raised all the money 1t was
possible to get out Of the clerks in the ex-
ecutive department.; that they were $780,.
| 600 short, and unless it was raised Garfield
| would be defeated. To this Brady replied:
81 have nothing to do with that. My
candidate at Chicago was Blaine. He was
| defeated. was among number OF Re
publicans who felt sorely disappointed be-
cause Blaine was not nominated, and Gar
field was. Why do you come to me with
your troubies?"
| Thereupon Hubbell sat down and labored
with Brady. He dwelt with emphasis upon
tha great probability that If the money
needed was not raised the Democrats would
Certainly elect Hancock. Il have exhausted
every other resource" said he, 'and I row
come to you"
10, "a
Brady with that peculiar nonchalance of
the man.
''Yes, and as soon as possible said
Hubbeil, nervously.
SWELL said Brady, Il can raise this
money. will raise it if you will ag, ee to
my terms. You, Of course, know from
whom 1 shall raise it. Before l do any
| thing in the matter, however, 1 want a let
ter from Gen. Garfield which will convey
| to me the assured fact that he knows l am
to raise it. Garfield knows do not favor
his administration"
Hubbeil then and there declared he
would write the letter requested to Gen
Garfield, and on the same day he die
address a letter which called forth the
reply at the beginning of the dispatch. Or
the day that Hu5oell's letter reached Men
tor, Stephen W.ssDorsey, ex-senator from
Arkansas, also arrived there. He sat with
Gen. Garfield as he opened his mail. When
Hubbelrs letter was reached he handed il
to Dorsy, who also read it. The first i'm
pulse of the general was to answer it at
once, indeed, he was about to proceed to dt
so when Dorsey said:
care you going to answer this letter."
eyes," said Garfield. 81 was just abou
to do its
"Well, if 1 were you" said Dorsey &C
would not write to Brady, as Hubbell sug
gestS, but write to Hubbell instead.'
General Garfield did as Dorsey
suggested, and penned the ''My Dear Huh
bell'' letter. The motive Dorsey had il
constraining the subsequently elected
president not to write to Brady was be
Brady. Daring the entire presidential
cam paign Dorsey and Brady did not speal
to each other, and when thrown togethel
scarcely tolerated recognition. Dorsey dix
not want Gen. Garfield to write to Brady
because he wanted Brady to remain under
the impression that he WAS to be over
Swallowed in case Of GarGeld's election
Until the star route prosecutions began
they did not resume their friendly rela
tons. Upon the receipt CT the ''My Deal
Hub5ell' letter, it was taken at once tt
Brady. At first he was not disposed
to do anything because the letter had no
been directed to him in person. A condi
ticn of action on his part was that hi
should retain the letter. This was com
piled with and Brady now has it. Touch
ing the $4,000, Brady did raise the money
from the star route contractors, and turned
it over to Jay Hubbell. As Garfield wa:
elected, this $4,000 no doubt contributed
largely to Republican victory.
JAY HUBBELL
was in his seat IN the house to-day. HI
expressed himself vigorously in regard te
Ferry's fight for the Michigan senator
ship, saying all kinds of wicked things
against Ferry himself. In an interview
tonight Hubbel charges that Ferry made
corrupt use of federal patronage and
money in securing votes in the Legislature
He says Ferry is a moral
imbecile, who, under CLOAK
of temperance principles, indulges
freely in into1ic ants. eff" says HubbeN
this man should be reelected to the sea-
ate, it will result in the disruption of the
Republican party in Michigan. He de-
MES Ferry's assertion that he issued hi.
notorious assessment circular against the
wish Of the administration, and says thai
he simply followed oU5 the instructions Of
the party leaders. Hubben INDUCES in
good deal Of strong language, and says
while he has no hopes of being elected
himself. he will give odds that Ferry is de-
feated. Ferry. however, feels confdant
that he will be successful, and says
tfAt he is already sure of more
votes in the caucus than will be necessary
for his election. Hubbelrs opposition, he
says, amounts to nothing.
A "REMINISCENCES OF THE vIRGINIUs.
Mr.. Springer this morning procured the
passage of a resolution in the house direct.
ing the payment of $4,000 from the Vir,
ryir, ind ;txf ,,JI To Eli1o