National Republican., 1882-12-19
ON THE AVENUE.
Walks and Talks with Public Men.

Walks and Talks with Public Men.
statement was recently published to the
effect that Wayne MacVeigh intended and at
tempted the arrest of Stephen w. Dorsey long
before any indictment by the grand jury, and
that President Garfield prevented it. A gem
tleman acquainted with the parties was inter-
viewed by REPUBLICAN representative last
evening. He remarked that ho knew nothingOf
the intention to arrest Dorsey in New York
at any time, but that he did know of a
contemplated arrest of that individual in
Washington in the month of May, 1851, Dor
sey acquainted him with this purpose, and he
learned also that the President was called
upon the same evening by Dorsey and prom
inent member of the cabinet and upon the
reading of u statement by the former OF his
relations to star routes and a remonstranCe
against the unnecessary humiliation of an ar
rest in advance of any indictment, the pur-
pose of the attorney general was frustrated.
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The publication in the New York Herald
yesterday morning of mass OF correspondence
which passed between the late President Gar
field, Stephen w. Dorsey, Messrs. Jewell,
Rouett, and others, once more revives vivid
recollections of the famous Indiana campaign
of 1850, and n flood Of new light will probably
be poured upon the subject by hundreds who
do not know anything about it, and by few
who may have some acquaintance, more or
who was in position to know of the inside
workings of that campaign stated yesterday
that the published correspondence conveyed
greatly exaggerated impression of the i'm
portance of the part played by Mr.. Dorsey
in connection with the political movements
in HoOserdom. Zone would suppose from
perusal of the correspondence" he said,
i" that Mr.. Dorsey had the entire management
of the Indiana campaign, and that if it had
not been for his wonderful ability as an or
ganizer the state would have been lost. Now,
the fact is, the state was Thoroughly organized
by congressional and Legislative districts and
by counties long before Dorsey and the other
visiting statesmen set foot within its borders.
Dorsey's duty was to disburse the funds
forwarded by the national committee under
the direction of the local committee, whose
chairman, John C. New, had positively and
most emphatically refused to be responsible
for dollar of the money. Mr.. Dorsey lay
sick at the New-Dcnnison hotel nearly half
the time he was in indianapolis, and could
not have attended to the detail management
of the hotel, even if he had wanted
to or had been called on to do So.
He went to Indiana in the capacity of cash
| er for the national committed He performed
that duty rs any other agent or cashier would
have done, aud after the October election he
quit the state. That is the story in nut
she'll"
"Did Garfield know what was going on in
IndianaT
"Of course he did. He might not have
known all of the minute details, but he knew
! in u genelal way all that was done. l have 1t
from the best authority that he took very
lively personal interest in the campaign
among the Disciples as he denominated the
members of the Christian or Campbellite
church in his letter to Dorsey, and that there
is correspondence in existence to prove that
he personally directed the movements
of the missionaries in this field of
political labor. The operations of the mis-
sionaries' were bossed by ane minent Christian
elder, who subsequently removed from lndi-
ana to Chicago and died there few months
ago full of honors. The money for this labor
of love among the brethern was contributed,
am told, by worthy churchman from Penn
sylvania who made a fortune in oil, and who
felt warm attachment for Mr.. Garfield, the
amount of his donation being $4,000 or $751;
coo for use in Indiana alone"
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"The appeal of Mr. Mills, of Texas, for a
Christmas adjournment would have melted a
heart Of stone," observed fellow-congressman
yesterday. "He has to start on the fourth
| of July from his wild pasture-land at the
yonder end of the Rio Grande in order to
reach Washington by the first of December
and he will not know until next year whether
he has been reelected or not. 1t would be q
burning shame to deprive Mr.. Mills of the
blessed privilege of polishing the shinbone Of
asage hen under his own vine and cactus by the
pale light'o buffalo chip-tire."
1T is all right for us 20 talk about the
various mechanical and chemical uses tt
which whisky is put, and to expatiate on the
utter uselessness of tobacco out here in thu
lobby" observed an industrious member o
the third house yesterday, but the oratory
on the inside will be different. There they
| will hold n tabappp the SDlnpn of the nOD
man and speak of whisky as his curse. And
l am sorry to say, the fellows ON the inside
have the votes"
Senator Edmunds wears an :" / told you So
expression when asked what he meant wheI
he prophesied Saturday afternoon that If thu
senate adjourned without coming to vote OF
the civil service bill there would be no reform
this session.
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The Michigan delegation is in a state o
alarm over the mysterious disappearance o
Senator Ferry. He was seen sliding out o
his hotel at late hour Saturday evening
with satchel no bigger than pie boz
clutched in his hand since which time he ha
neither been seen nor heard from by his mos
intimate friends A suspicion took posses
sion of the minds of some of the Michigan
congressman that he had gone home to set VI
some senatorial pins, and Mr.. Jay Hubbell IL
B | reported 10 uuNo puJ lib plo poA IL oiuCl
ready to take passage on westward -bounC
limited express at a moments warning shOulC
it transpire that his competitor has stolen
march on him. Another report is out to th'
effect that the senator found it necessary t
make flying trip to New York, and that h,
, will return this morning to resume his seat il
the "American house of lords.", If he SHOULD
not turn up to-day searching party will b.
sent out after him,
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"There is nothing so calculated to inspir,
complacence as sure thing" observed sen
atorial philosopher to a REPUBLICAN reporter
yesterday. "Now look at Senator Frye
The Maine legislature was elected to senC
him to the senate. 1t is republican by ma
jority of fifty or sixty, and no living man ha
chance against him. As Il consequence, HI
is fully impressed with the conviction tina
} log rolling or scheming for legislative votes il
heneath the dignity of senatorial candidate
; and degrading in the extreme. He has no
seen, talked, or written to membe
of the Maine legislature since the elec
tion, have been informed, and ha
held himself entirely aloof from
) struggle which is no struggle at all, notic
that senators with real fights on their hand
/ and real opponents in tile field have diferen
, ideas of senatorial dignity. They see nothing
undignited in taking off their coats an'
t rustling very energetically for sutiicien
number of votes to insure their ruturn to TIN
senate. 1t depends entirely how you look a
things"
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} Several of the Indiana congressman hav
virulent local postoilice fights on their hands
? which mako life wearsome for them il
Washington, Gen. Tom Browne has been o.