Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-22
BOUNCING DORSEY.


At the meeting of the Republican ma
tional committee last week ex-senator
Dorsey sent his resignation as secretary
of this committee. This act has been
made the occasion of severe comment by
Republican papers. We quote the remark
of great party organ:
Ex-senator Dorsey, now on trial with his fell
low-cOnspirators for robbing the government in
the star route service, has finally concluded to
resign his position as secretary of the Repub-
Gcan national committee Had Mr. Dorsey en-
tertained the slightest consideration for the in
terests of the Republican party he would have
taken this step long ago His retention OF a
position which ostensibly gives him hand in
the management of the Republican party un-
doubtedly cost that party thousands of votes at
the late elections Probably Mr., Dorsey was
either entirely Indifferent to the damage lie was
doing, or else was rather glad of 1T.
The foregoing is the tenor of the general
Republican comment upon the secretary's
resignation, and from the simultaneous
fire all along the line" the conclusion Is
inevitable that general orders were issued
to make this indirect reply to Dorsey's let
ter, from which the following quotation is
made:
''AIore than two and half years ago, not only
without solicitation on my part, but contrary to
my wish repeatedly expressed, l was chosen
secretary of the national Republican committee
by the unanimous vote of that body. AT the
earnest and repeated requests of the late General
Garfield and of General Arthur, land in obedience
to their most urgent appeals, l accepted the
Office. l laid aside my private business, IN
Cured irreparable loss, put myself to great per-
sonal inconvenience and discharged to the best
of my ability the duties owed not only to the
party but to the country. The campaign follow
ing my election was unparalleled in its VIII or and
activity on both sides. The duties imposed upon
me were great, the labor unremitting and the
responsibility supreme. If 1 failed to accom-
plish the results desired certainly it is not charge
able to any lack of faithful and laborious devo-
ton to the cause on my part.
'There was no act of mine in respect to the
management of the campaign, either as to Its
general scope or as to any of its numberless de-
tails, that was not thoroughly known to our can
didates for president and vice president, and by
them and each of them fully approved, both be-
fore and after the election. From the very ma
ture Of the circumstances 1 was forced to do
many things upon my swn responsibility, and
yet in that entire campai On nothing was done by
me that was not most heartily sanctioned by
Generals Garfield and Arthur. The only regret
on their part seemed to be that there was limit
to my physical endurance, and even this regret
vanished when the result was made known in
November, 1880, when we all supposed that a
great victory had been achieved
This letter, addressed to Chairman Jew
ell, concludes with offering i'll health and
loss of eyesight as the reason for the res
ignation. There is no shadow of doubt
but that Dorsey tells the exact truth re-
garding his relations with the Republican
candidates, and he is just as worthy of
Republican confidence now as he was in
1880. 1t is beyond dispute that one of the
Republican candidates, if not both,
knew in 1880 all that has since been made
public about Dorsey, and they associated
with him on terms of the greatest conf
dence and equality. While Dorsey may be
so swiftly condemned, it in some sort
serves to amuse the public with the delu-
sion that the Republican party is about to
punish some monstrous rascal, while the
United States senate is full of men who
can discount Dorsey in i'll gotten gains
from their relations to the government, no
matter what Dorsey has done. The people
should keep the fact in sight that Dorsey
is not by any means the
only Republican rascal, and not the only
man who has reached the United States
senate and waxed great and rich. Indeed,
put it at the worst, Dorsey is a pigmy be-
side the colossal specimens of dishonesty
who are already in the senate and seeking
reflections thereto. 1t is all very nice for
the Republican papers TO boot at Dorsey,
but the people are not blind, and will exer-
else their sovereignship toward the public
plunderers, who richly deserve eternal ex-
lie from association with mankind