The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-02
Garfield answered: "The q

lhe Presidency should neither be
| sought nor declined"
! Of course this was enough for Mr..
! Barker, and the "Bettcr Element Club"
| oegah 1t once Il line oi management,
whose results were seen ut Chicago.
That Garfield knew how we'll they we're
| going on Is indicated by his remark to
Randolph Tucker just rs he WAS leaving
! Tor the Chicago Convention. Tucker
met him in the cloak room Of the Honse.
Said he: We'll. General, who are you
going TO nominate"
II don't know" was Gariicld's reply.
"It's rs likely to be me as ANYBODY"
And Mr. Tucker, after that remark. was
prepared for the news from Chicago.
Mr.. John Sherman learned yery spced
lily what was going on. lie cast about
for means to circumvcnt it, aud at last
bit upon Ii plan. lie insisted ;ilat Gar.
field should go to Chicago at tho head Of
the Ohio delegation. Shei man believed
that Garfield, i'll that place, would not
dare betray him, aud would also lack the
courage to allow any movement in the
ONO delegation that looked like trcach-
cry. But there was man named Foster,
now Governor Of Ohio, in the delegation.
Foster was man Of the Garfield stripe,
with an air OF frankness, good fellowship
and taithfulDess, but cold as steel, and
never for moment forgetful of Charles
Foster. Between him and Garfield there
was perfect understanding
There were two men in the Chicago
Convention who very early saw what
was in the wind in the Ohio delegation.
Ouo of these WAS Dorsey and the other
Conkling. Dorsey kept his knowledge
to himself, except that he said to Conk.
ling one day, There is trcachery over
there pointing to Charles Foster and
the Ohio delegation. Conkling, how
ever, at fitting moment took bit of
paper, and, writing few words thereon,
sent it over to Garfield. Gen. Garfield,
read the note, tore it in pieces and
turned pale. The pieces he threw on
the floor. A man who had seen it all,
collected the pieces afterwards, pasted
them together, and the note is now in
possession of gentleman who lives in
Port Huron, Michigan. In this note
Coukling expressed, in the sarcastic
manner of which lie is master, his ap.
probation of what was going on, and
Garfield knew that Conklng saw that
the Ohio delegation were manipulated,
not for Sherman, but for Garfield.
Garfield was nominated, aud ut his
earnest request Stephen w. Dorsey was
made secretary of the National Republi-
can committee, and really its chairman.
".
Both Garfield and Dorsey realized very
early in the canvass that the Republican
candidate for the Presidency was embar-
Tassed by sulky, jealous and mutinous
faction. The relation that the New York
Stalwarts permitted themselves TO assume
was the subject of much correspondence
between Garfield and Dorsey. The can.
didate wrote to Dorsey that he relied
upon him TO prepare the way for the
cordial cooperation of the sulky New
York men. He declared to Dorsey that
he regarded him "a one Of the best of
organizers, and knew that if he would
undertake the work of reconciliation, it
could be consummated. Dorsey promis-
ed to do it. He frankly told Garfield
:hat it was W ork that amounted to poth-
ing less than organizing n movement for
victory from elements that, right after
Garheld's nomination, promised only
defeat. In those depressing days in JULY
and early August, it was Dorsey who
| gave encouragement 10 Garfield, aud it
was Dorsey who mapped out plan of
operations that met Garfield's cordial
approval, and drew from him the most
fulso.ne expressions Of gratitude. While
Conkling, Grant, Cameron, Logan and
the Stalwarts everywhere were so fripid
as to send chill throughout the party.
Dorsey never permitted himself to lose
courage or hope. Garfeld's correspon-
dence with Dorsey at this time reveals a
tate OF mind bordering on despair, and
this embarrassed Dorsey not a little.
Garfield bewaied the Indifference of the
Grant faction; Dorsey told him that it
would pass away. Garfield could not see
the way clear for cordial cooperation
! Dorsey told him that the way Law with
himself. Garfield asked for light to
show the way; Dorsey furnished it.
1t was Dorsey who conceived and sue.
cessfully managed the Fifth Avenue
Hotel conference. and he himself he's said
that not even his recent trial AZ crimi.
nal conspirator against the Government
gave him more anxiety, or more necessity
for calling upon all his resources, than
did the arrangements for that conference.
Dorsey had presented to the Republican
managers, including Garfield, his views
respecting the canvass. To his thinking
there we're two necessities. One was
money; the other the cooperation of the
New York Stalwarts. The two were
linked. Dorsey said that no money
could be raised without the cooperation
Of the New York men and, on the other
hand, with that cooperation, combined
with certain honeyed Undue -ents, any
amount could be raised. Dorsey from
the nrst urged the necessity Of making
the battle in Indiana in October. His
correspondence with Carried will show
that. and Garfield's replies to him will
also show that the candidate was of the
same opinion. Garfield suggested some
puerile plans, such az one TO interest a
certain religious sect in Indiana, and
also the educational interests. Dorsey
pooh. .poohed these, and in plain terms
said that the influencing factor in Indi
ana would be money. In this view Gen.
Brady, who knew Indiana from the lakes
to the Ohio, agreed. Garfield did not
know how the money was to be raised.
Dorsey did, and he told Garfield that he
must meet the New. York politicians
He told him that when he met these men
there must be no political diplomacy
about it. The meeting must be prac-
tical business meeting. There must be
no generalities, no vague suggestions
positive pledged assurances. He told him
that the Now York politicians were
ready to give. but that they were business
men, and would expect to receive. 1t
must be quid pro quo meeting and there
must be no trlling, because the New
York men could not be easily persuaded
Garfield held off for awhile from a face
r., a.. 4.