Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-06
CAMPAIGN SECRETS.
Some Of the Inside klstou Of the GspabE-
can Campaign q 1880 ny :
be Given 70 ~ Public. h;i
DORSEY, GARFIELD AND ARTHUR.

Sr. LOUIS. December 5.-5oseph Pulitssr.
owner and editor of the Post.Dispatah.
writes to his paper over his ewn signature
a startling statement concerning the Star
Route robbers. He says: "rhs prosecu-
ton was in the Hands OF Attorney General
Macveagh, who vas very hard man In
deed to manage. SSrfeld could not con-
troll Macveagh without great difioulty.
He forssaw bresfo his relations With his
own attorney general, and did not want 10
compromise himsels When IL ~ Hrst
Fnown that Macvessd really INTENDED 70
hsre Dorsey indicted and prosecuted
psssey came all the Wy from his well sd-
vaased sheep ranch in NV Mexicoi and
weas to the White Hoase.
Gasaaa0
ASSURED him that he would Do oil he could
, for hin. With his usuafsush and warmth.
!; he toid Dorsey not 10 siys hinsSsH any un-
easiness about the outcome, but TO return
tohis rsnch and feel sure that he (Garfield)
would be his friend. .Buk ID spite OF ali
tained dstectives and spec,M counsel, col-
lected testimony, and drew upon promiss
of immunity from smaller members OF the
ring, for confessions Of gulf which IVES
sure to convict Dorsey. Alarmed by the
reports OF MacVeagh's doings, Dorsey re-
turned in the spring of 1881 TO the east.
While in New York MacVeaghsctually pro-
cured warrant for Dorsey's arrest. Tho
warrant We about to be issued, but
Cumming Dorsey
rad his secret agents everywhere. He
l. ~ /. s.la 1T
his peril. There was only one man who
coaid save him. He took the neft train To
Washington. He arrived thsre late al
nj yht. He went from the depot TO tho
Whit House. he appealed TO Garfield 70
ke p his promise and 10 save him Gar
fel2sent for Macvesgh. What then en-
sued may be inferred from the fact thss
the warrant for Dorsey's arrest was never
served, but withdrawn. This incident Is
1t hH never been Published, but n 10 true,
,ll TIE same, and NacVeagh will not dars
lenyrit. By way OF DEPRESSION, Il may b,
sai,i that Dorsey n practically
A,RukncA Man.
Not eng age the 50. Louis Globe. .Democrat
,snl ttt0ed a description OF Dor,cy's alleged
prin osfy domain In New Mexico with its
nilii, NJ OF acres of land and hundreds of
Ihou ssHds Of cattle. Dorsey has TO such
iom,, ~ The ranch he actually did have
le he Ito sell 70 Boslcr. the great Penusyl-
ianis nttle king. UIlucky speculation,
,xtra rsunt habits. and an army OF greedy
awy,ei have msde him poor already, He
S brpl On down; mentally and physically.
lie lras . seriOus affection Of his eyssiEit.
rhost' Who know. all about him say that he
ives in Washington engaged In no busi-
less, tr Lng TO cave his health and liberty
md tc' Irevent verse fate that msy yet
,e in toro for him. But the most remerk-
Ible fl su,e in this case is that Of
Avthur.
'Tesid, III! OF the limited States; for IL In the
ame A rthuT now, by the comical irony of
ate, di reCting the'prosecution OF pptesv.
Who, at tin ce !ebratsd banquet q DUIo&r
cos, delivered the sulogy ytatins - G :
vas DO rsoy'more than anybody el0 Mo
leservc credi, for csrfyihE lfidiab6 :
ectly v ELL known, and no sscret wie3Dvsss
hat during the-last Presidential ceo )
irthur as chairman OF the New Yott Stato
i.rT p5tisa .apd JhgseY as Secretary of the
After the
vas ovei' Dorsey and Arthur maraScd the
,ampaign in New York, upon which every
,ody knew the Presidential election actu.
lily depended. IL Is We II known that
Dorsey alone and PERSONAL y raised very
arge sum o; money, whicl he and Arthur
ointly distributed. itissJ J,art o. We secret
history Of THAI campaign u 70 Republican I'll
nance Comnittss, ot whit n such. bankers
Is Levi p. Morton, kounr e, and Seligman
we're members, raised oy or 100000 ana
placed I'm the hands Of Ar .bur and IDorSey.
Jay Gould alone contribu ted 000D. The
money was actually locks d up In the safe
oi the fifth Avsnus bou !, whcre The. lie.
publican Campaign 10 mmittas had Its
b headquriers, and.
The nS sey
was paid Gu. in one Of the rooms OF that
hotel by DerJsy upon the psssonl orders
Of Chester 4. Arthur. then Chairman OF
larger part sIsthe msu cy vas sey ,ended iB
New York City aaa ~ ook.yp.. That II was
v ell expended was sh own by the result
the extraordinary Jet iuct9n Of the Demo-
cratic vote, whsh slt ne enabled the Re-
,ubIicans % carry th StaLe. Ihe are oil
facts com manifested by prominent Repub-
lictns Who had pers nal knowledge OF the
Tho Ugh secret 10 the gen
eral pubic, the TACT 8 ar s.knovnito quite D
number Of the more important politicians.
II is qnit4 likely that, IL DorSsy should b
these 1riT sign secrets may mot
remain secret very loSg. Dersey has
HSteA an.A ,IetAeeA
received by both Garfeh Asd Arthur
duriaSs the late csmppign. He has an sx-
act account OF the monpy spent in
Indians showing the amount sent zach
county. He hW alD the sxaaA figures Of
the vast sums Of :Soney. contributed and
expanded for the 1urpo1 Of carrying New
York. II the Sec Rtary Of the Republican
National COMMITTEES should - 10 the yall
-, h. - at Il n
great deal Of thI-secret bat intensely inter.
sstiuS hjstnty ci The lals PfsaideutIal cam.