The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-13
MORE DORSEY.
A st. Louis Man Says Dorsey's Story
is True---The Indiana Campaign.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE Tribune has the
l ALLOWING special from ST. Louis:
There is in this city at present a gentleman
at one time very intimate with Senator Dor
sey, and who was with him III indianapolis
during the campaign of October, 1880. After
much persuasion he consented to talk to "a cor
respondent, and this is what he said
"a great deal of money was used in Ia
diana-S4O0, 900, as Dorsey says-but not one
dollar of it went to purchase votes 1t was
all used for legitimate campaign expenses.
Ed Stephenson paid it out He was selected
by the New Workers, who contributed the
cash Dorsey didn't get a cent of it. He
even paid his hotel bills out of his own pocket.
Stephenson kept the money in a bureau in
his room for convenience, and paid it out in
orders sighed by Dorsey. Gorharu's sigma
ture was good also. There was a perfect
organization in the stately congres
sional districts, counties and townships
Men from the counties appointed by their
own central committees came to indianapolis
and got funds, and the money was expended
through the committees The Democrats
spent money the same way, and nearly as
much as we did. John C.. New and Dudley
were the men who really organized the state
but Dorsey'a rooms were headquarters for
everybody He had the general supervision
of things, and worked so hard that be was
sick in bed a good deal of the time Cor
ham gave advice, and Filley also did a
good deal. Porter defended the mechanics
who were arrested during the great strike,
and didn't charge them anything, and they
got up an organization and worked for him.
Some of the $400,000 was spent to provide
them with uniforms, and their expenses were
paid on several excursions. Garfield set all
ths .Campbellite ministers to work for him.
There were fifteen or eighteen of them. They
Travelled over the state on horseback and re-
ceived pay for their services.
"And then Dorsey had about $50 or 200 de-
tectives aud policemen from all the big cities
to look out for Democratic rOughs and re-
peaters. Billy McMullen, Randall's right
hand man, was in Indianapolis with sixty or
seventy of his crowd and there were more
from Pittsburg and Cincinnati. The Chicago
Democrats were in the north end Of the state.
Those fellows had to be watched. We would
get elegrams that such gang was coming,
and the officers would wait for them, and ar
res themnr send them back Dorsey had moro
nerve than any one. He wante't
500 deputy marshals appointed, but Gresham
was afraid to do it, thinking the people
wouldn't like it. There was no repeating
done in indianapolis. That Democratic busi.
ness was knocked in the head by the shoot
ing of Henry by detective the night before
the election. 1t took good deal of money
to pay those officers"
'You have read the interviews with Dor.
sey recently published
YES and they are substantially true, sc
far as my knowledge goes. He told mo be
fore the election that Morton was to be sec
retary of the treasury. / was i'll Washing
ton when the cabinet was being fixed up
and he told me that he was offered the secre
taryship of the interior, but wouldnt
have it. He made a mistake in fight
ing against MacVeagh and James, but
my understanding was he was doing it fOl
Cameron and Conkling. l heard old maT
Cameron say, 'MacVeagh is my son-in-law
but he is a -' 1t was through Dor
sey's influence that Window was chosen sec
retary of the treasury. The night before the
nomination was sent to the senate-GarfielC
was ut the Riggs bnaSe and Dorsey at vii
lar1s'-Swaim came after Dorsey two oil
three times, and he finally went over aboui
half past o He returned between l and 2
and said to me: 1T is fixed; Window will be
secretary of the treasury"
He, too, is the man who nominated Arthur
Conkling fought against him, After Gar
field was nominated was at the Grand Paci
fc hotel, and know that Dorsey and Clin
Wheeler went to Conkling and insisted upoI
Arthur being given the Vice Presidency, anC
wanted COnklng 10 name him. lie refuseC
at first, but finally consented. He didn't dt
it, however, when New York was called IL
the convention and Dorsey went to him Il
find out what was the matter. Conkinl
said, Il don't propose to sacrifice my
best friend" He evidently though
the ii cket would be defeated. Dorsey theI
got Stewart L. Woodford to make the nom
ination. 1t was the hasest ingratitudo t,
make fight against Dorsey. He never mad
a cent ont of the star-rOute contracts. Brady
and he were not friends in Indiana DorSe,
lost his best friend when Garfield died. Gar
field knew there could be no conviction, uu
less conspiracy was shown. The big mai
contractors contributed nancy to both par
ties for election purposes
There is going TO he an investigation Of tht
department OF justice to find ont how mucl
IlibHtl was pSlIb wa hhV attA lohho u isAto 4h
information is that nearly 81, ,O0O,0 ,000 wa
thrown away. The resolution for a commit
tee is already drawn up, and Gen Rosecran
has it. l know that Dorsey is telling thu
truth; and lie has the documents to back VI
hiS statements. Everybody who took part il
| that October campaign got left except New
aud Dudley. The whole trouble with Dorsey
was that he became prominent too quick III
had shown his ability and Garfield took hin
into his confidence and the other politician
wanted to get him out of the way
An Artists Death.
CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Giovanni Nell, the