Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-12
How Dorsey Saved Indiana

Shortly after tha Last Presidential
election ldinnerpartyw was given in New
York as a. sort OF jollificatione over the
success Of the Republican party. Among
the distinguished persons for whom
plates were laid and who attendedwere
Vice President aeleet =thl,thuri and lex d
Senator Dorsey There was drinking
Of bumpers and much merriment, ga
feast of wit and flow Of soul. w There
were toasts and speech making and the
victory Of ,. .,'the, grand old party was
discussed and glorifed. The figure
that stood out most prominently in that
hilarious assemblage was Stephen w.
Dorsey HE was the lion of the ,oc-
casion. IN The Vice President elect
scarcely shared any, part 81. the Homage
OF those assembled with him. Itwas
bestowed almost altogether Nippon MIR.
Dorsey. He was the daring spirit who
snatched victory from the jaws Of de-
feat. He was the heroic character
whose desperate deeds had saveai In-s-
diana to Garfield and Arthur. His
political methods, too. were approved
and applauded. isHeihad based all his
operations in Indiana on 'ssoap."' an
lArthurian and Dorseyan euphemism for
filthy .lucre. The mention of the word
set the table in d roar With laughter
and applause. s'Soap'' had been the
.salvationto Y the wRepubli can5 party;
'.soap,", which in it's common accepta-
ton among unlettered Republicans is
thought ought only to be an article OF
necessity T1aifionyth the b~trnwashed
Denocracy." IS Fror1 , that, moment
'1soap', became thing of beauty and
joy forever to the minds, Of the as
sembled ,merry-makers. Dorsey had
saved Indiana with sssoap." Oh! it
was an excellent Joke and very practical
oheinto the bargain! But the browning
glory of Dorsey in the. estimation Of his,
boon companions consisted in the fact
that he had ..tfound his own SOAP His
lietltenants, in the Indiana battle, Corr
ham and New and Dudley. had drawn,
upon ''My Dear Hubbell' 81 saponifier
for their supply, but Dorsey scorned
such a processing and generously and
nohly tapped his own barrel, 1t is sad
to think that this convivial devotion to
Dorsey within a few short months dis
solved like a. bubble blown from that
other kind of soap. sacred only to the
unwashed., Melancholy and mournful
beyond expression is the. story OF the
heartless Indifference of ARTHUR TO- the
fate of his former boon ccnpanion
now in the tolls of justices right under
the droppings of the White House. No
assistance to the imperiled hero OF the
Indiana campaign, not even the soft
soap of sympathy, istendered by the
man who Preached - the . Presidency
through. the saponaceous operations SO
loudly applauded at the New York din
ner. Dorsey must find his own soap
again and his lawyers require probably
as mach as he used in. Indiana In 1880.
The inry4fxer, too, from cab accounts,
had to be Jathered, and afteT all y .ilnie
Wylie blew The defense into BUBBLES OF
soap. Tie time may yet come when
Dorsey will concludet hata public wash
ing of Republican dirty. linen will ena-
bic him to put some Of his surplus stock
of soap to a better use than any to
which it has yet been applied. Then
shah there BE- Weeping and wailing and
p-nashino. Of teeth in the councils of the
Administration. and the Republican
leaders shall curse the day they ignored
Dorsey and his Star-route soap.-Har-
risburg Pal Patriot. ~ -
Judee Weaver. of the Iowa courts.