Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-20

1850. The salient points of the story in re-
gard to the campaign after Garfelds nomina-
ton had been secured are, in brief that Gen
Garfield, in order to secure the money and
assistance needed to insure his election, took
upon himself certain dishonorable and cor
rupt obligations, part of which he repudated
part of which he was unable to perform, and
a part of which he fulfilled.
In telling the story of the means taken to
raise the necessary funds, Dorsey processes
to give the inside history of tho famous Fifth
Avenue conference" As the summer of 1850
went on, Dorsey says the stalwarts who had
favored Grants nomination remained cold,
the Republican prospects were the worst pos
sible, and Garfield approached the verge of
despair and desperation. The conference be-
tween zen. Garfield and leading stalwarts, in
the Fifth Avenue hotel parlors, was arranged
by Dorsey as the only way of smoothing over
discussions and securing the active support Of
the stalwarts. Garfield wanted them to como
to him at Mentor but Dorsey told him the
stalwarts would not come to him; he must 60
to them. And so the conference was arrang-
ed. At this conference it was agreed, in
short, that Garfield, il elected, should appoint
as Secretary of the Treasury a New York man
prominently identified with the section of the
party that favored Grants nomination. Levi
P. Morton was named as the man, and Gar
field agreed in writing to appoint him. Fur
Their than this, Dorsey says, memorandum
was drawn up and signed, in which Garfield
agreed with tho cool, remorseless politicians,
who had him in their power, that the opera
ton of refundng the government fves and
skies, which must soon take place, should be
given to such syndicate of New York bankers
as should be designated by the stalwarts and
at such commission as should be fair" At
commission which would seem triAing, the
profits to such a syndicate would be enormous.
On this basis of actual dollars and cents of
benefits to come the active support of the
stalwarts was secured, and within week
$500, 600 in campaign funds was raised. How
this money was used, mostly in Indiana, the
Sun processes to tell, on Dorseys authority,
in these words;
"In the latter part Of September after Dorseys or
ganization had been perfected after every Indiana
voter had been placed and the influences that could
be brought to bear on each voter had been learned,
He had with him over 100000 either in cash or in
convertible paper. This money had all been raised in
New York, and principally by the efforts Of Levi p.
Morton. Dorsey never touched penny Of the mon
ey though urged to to its distribution personally
He there not only to to it that his plan of
ganizaton was followed to the letter but also to pre-
vent, so far possible any of the money from stick
ing in the pockets Of men who were trusted to dis
tribute it. When the money reached the local CON-
mttees it was found to be largely in crisp, two
dollar bills. 1t is believed that Mr. John c. New could
tell how bills and drafts of large denomination were
thus converted into bills of this denomination,
all events there they We're They distributed
through the state just ballots WERE in great bunch
es. The destination of each perfectly well known
and by noon of election day they had fallen like
flakes silently all over the state although more in
some parts than in others. Then came the count Of
polls in the evening The 81 bills and the sl92, 600
combined with Dorseys plan of organization, had
won"
From this point the statement goes on to
show that at the suggestion of Hubbell the
star-route contractors were called upon to
contribute for the campaign through Brady,
in the arranging for which Garfield wrote
the note to Hubbell in which occurs the ex.
preston, Ask Brady how the departments
are doing" The statement also says that
Jay Gould, when waited on for a subscrip-
ton, declined saying, II can have no inter
est in an administration at the head of which
there would be man who, as leader of tho
Black Friday investigation, denounced me as
a corrupt man and compared me to Catiline
as q corrupter Of the youth of Rome" This
was reported to Garfield, who satisfied Gould
that he was of the same opinion as Gould
relative to corporation interests, and he want
ed Mr.. Gould to be assured that if elected
President, and it should fall to his lot to nom
mate a member of the supreme bench, that
he would take great care to appoint man
whose views in that regard were the same as
his own. Gould, it is stated, and another
thereupon subscribed $50, 600, part of which
was sent to Ohio and the rest to Indiana. 1t
was out of this agreement that the nomina-
ton of Stanley Matthews to a place on the
supreme bench grew. After the election
Garfield offered Dorsey a cabinet position,
which Dorsey declined. He also urged Gar
field not to appoint either James or Mac
Veagh to his cabinet, and when he learned
what was the character of the cabinet he
bade Garfield goodbye. The balance of the
statement is occupied with the story of Gar
fields alleged perfdy in making Robertson
collector at New York and in permitting
James and MacVeagh to set the star-route
prosecutions on foot.
By way of comment upon this broadside,
whose main points we have thus briefly sum
married., and which is delivered against the
Republican party and against the memory of
a man who is dead and cannot speak for him
self, it is hardly necessary to say more than
that it is the vndictive work of a man whose
own reputation and character are hopelessly
hIipbAaA md Krybp Il, 70
try to pull men better than himself down into
the ruin with him. Three years ago Stephen
w. Dorsey stood high in the counsels of his
party and was given prominent and respon-
sible place in carrying forward the work of
the presidential compaign. But his criminal
connection with the fraudulent star-route
business became known, and government Of
fcers belonging to his own party, in spite of
his supposed eminent party services, prose
cuted him and brought him to trial, and, on
his own record, ruined his character in the
eyes of the country. This is what ails Dor
sey. Even admitting all that he says to be
true, he is a traitor to his party and his work
is purely one of malice and revenge. On its
face it is mo more than the slanderous false
hood of a spiteful oulprit who has escaped
the just penalty of his misdeeds"
People who have kept the run of the po-
litical gossip of the past two or three years
do not need to be told that Dorsey's story
contains nothing that is new. 1t is story
which has been told and often repeated piece
meal, and is now brought together in one
and published by the Sun, one of the most
malignant and INSCRIPTIONS opponents of
the Republican party, with column cd
itorial which yanly attempts to bolster it up
into responsibility, Not letter, not a tele-
gram, not scrap of tangible evidence is
brought forward to establish the truth of the
tale. Everything rests on Dorsey's unsup-
ported word.
Any man who looks upon the matter sim
ply from the side of ordinary reason and
probability knows that, if Garfield had
woven the meshes about. himself by putting
corrupt agreements in remoneless black and