The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-08-16

| went to ONO. There was spent III
all in Indiana about $4OO, 600, not
a nickel of which came into my
hands"
at has been charged that large
sum was used in New Jersey and
Delaware. Is this trueY'
"Yes. Some money was raised
there and a good deal spent. had
q notion that we ought to carry
every state we could, whether in the
domain of Robson or the baili
wick of Bayard.''
You say you spent money
there?7
Eyes, we spent about $4,000
But the other side, l am afraid,
discounted us so that it was like
turning clear water into black
pool"
"What about the Hubbell letter,
senator?"
Here Senator Dorsey smiled
"Why. that was not" said he, zone
of the mistakes of Moses, but one
of Garfield's mistakes. Among the
large number of letters, touching in
one way or another the campaign
that Garfield turned over to me
while 1 was at Mentor, was one
from Hubbell, requesting Garfield
to ask for aid. I threw it at once
into the waste basket. / told Gar
field about it, and said that it ought
not to be answered because it
seemed that a man who wanted a
written request to contribute money
would probably have some use for
the request. Garfield in his anxiety
and zeal after l left Mentor fished
this letter out of the packet and
wrote the answer that has been
published. | always thought it as
harmless as it was foolish, but the
public views it differently"
We might 90 ol for months in
this way, showing what agreed, and
the faithless manner in which each
promise was carried out. Arthur
himself, if he can chase the ghost
of Garfield from the White House,
Col. Dudly, Tom Platt, Jay Gould,
C. P. Huntington, VIM. Vanderbilt
and Mr.. August Kuntz, can all
verify the anecdotes. name them.
l make my statements. l have
given names and places. You will
see if they are denied. You know,
however, that million dollars are
always timid. So far as am con
cerned, my bank account with all
these gentlemen is balanced"
"Senator, one word more. Gov.
Foster has mad something to say
about the offer to you by Garfield
of cabinet place"
"What does he say?"
THE interview with Foster was
read in which Foster denies that
Garfield ever offered Dorsey a cabi-
net place.
"You didn't tell me that Foster
has been assailing me in this way.
l have always believed Foster to be
fair and honorable, but when he or
Swain, or anybody else, says that
Gen. Garfield offered me a cabinet
place to make me feel good and
with the expectation that | would
decline it, they simply state what is
untrue. Gen. Garfield urged me in
the strongest terms, over and over
again, to accept a place in the cab
met. When l declined it, as did
repeatedly, and as my letters, now
probably held by Swain, will show,
Garfield was amazed. l say that
he urged with all sincerity that [
come into the cabinet. l say that
l declined. If anybody cares to
deny that now we will give them
proofs. Foster and Swain do not
seem capable of understanding how
it is that anybody can decline an
office. They have been sucking at
the rich teat of official life for
thirty years. 1t is inconceivable to
them that few fellows like myself
should prefer to work on a farm
and tend to my private affairs
rather than hold a cabinet place
side by side with McVeagh and
James. There, guess that state
ment is as positive as could be
made. Now, L have given you
names and places. l doubt whether
anybody will deny anything that
haye said, unless they take refuge
behind the merest quibbles, as
some are doing. There isn't a
prominent republican leader who
took part in the canvass, who docs
not know that my assertions are
true. If they choose to deny
well, let US wait and see whether
they do"