Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-19
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the revelations OF the Star Route peo-
pie, particularly those Of the Chief Of
OF staff, Stephen w. Dorsey. This
statement is styled "An Abstract Of
the Budget Of Stephen w. Dorsey,
though it is nos announced to have
been furnished directly by him. The
substance of it is, that Mr.. Dorsey
made a canvass Of Indiana before the
election, and found the republicans in
q very decided minority. He placed
the matter squarely before Mr. Gar
field and the republican leaders, and
informed them that nothing but mo-
ney, and great deal Of it, would car
ry Indiana for the republicans at the
October election. In response a spe-
cial messenger arrived at Indianapo-
lis from New York with $500, 600,
either in cash or convertible paper,
raised principally by the efforts OF
Hon. Levi P. Morton, now minister to
France. When the money reached
the local committees sit was largely
in crisp, new 81 bills" it twas dis
tributed through the State just as bal
lots were, in great punches; by noon
of election day they had fallen like
snowflakes silently all over the State,
and the result was the purchase OF a
republican triumph in Indiana. The
budget declares that Garfield, Ar
thur, MacVeagh and other republican
leaders knew at the time what had
been done, and ali We'd in doing Dor
sey honor" More money, however, was
required to consolidate the October VIC
tory in Indiana by fresh distribution
among venal voters in November, and
il was at this point that Mr.. Jay Hub
bell, chairman Of the republican con-
gressional committee, called on the
star-route contractors to subscribe at
least $4,000 towards the corruption
fund. Assistant Postmaster Brady
demanded of Hubbell something that
he could "Eall back on in case Of trou-
bic" before undertaking to raise the
amount, aud the result was the wri-
ting by Garfield of the famous my
Dear Hubbell' letter. The budget
vouchsafes the further information
hat Mr.. Jay Gould was approached
for a $4,000 subscription, and that
after some negotiations himself and
another subscribed $l50,000, on con-
dition that in the nomination Of a
member of the Supreme Bench "a
nan should be appointed whose
views were favorable to the railroad
corporations represented by Mr.. Gould.
In accordance with this agreement
Garfield subsequently nominated the
man TO whom this agreement had
reference, Stanley Matthews, to the
supreme Bench, and Gould telegraph
ell Senator Plumb urging him to Sc
cure Matthew's confirmation. Mat
thews, was confirmed by one MAORI
ty." The budget sums up the result
of the financial operations as follows:
"rhus, through Brady's help. large
sums had been raised from the star
route contractors. BY following the
plans of Dorsey immense sums were
secured in New York. More than
two million dollars were raised in all
for the campaign, and canvass that
had been characterized oy constant
bargain and sale between the factions
of the party and between certain cap
italists and the candidate was brought
to a successful result by means of the
advances obtained" This il a plain
statement, and If uncontradicted in a
most explicit and satisfactory manner
will prove a heavy load for the re-
publican party to carry in the next
presidential election. In the budget
the statement is also made that a
movement was started in 1879 by Mr..
Wharton Baker, of Philadelphia, to
make General Garfield the PRESIDENT
al candidate, and that the latter had
full knowledge of this movement from
its inception. to its successful conclu-
sion in the Chicago convention.
This statement is fully verified by
letters which passed between Messrs.
Barker and Garfield, and which are
published in the Philadelphia Bulletin
by Mr.. Barker. This gentleman
claims, however, that the oft-repeat-
ed charges that the late President
Garfield was untrue to Senator Sher-
man are absolutely false.