Daily globe., 1883-07-30
The Ex-senator DiSclaims Having In
spired or Authorized Its Publi-
cation.
PARTLY FALSE ANDPARTLY TRUE.
Jay Gould and the Stanley Matthews
appointment to the Supreme Bench.
AN AGREED CASE FROM THE START
'Garfield Kept His Compact There If
He Didn't Anywhere Else.'

CHICAGO, July 28.--The recent publica-
ton by the New York Sun OF the so-oalled
inside history of the presidential campaign
of 1880, in which the Hon. Stephen w.
Dorsey bore so conspicuous part, having
attracted widespread attention throughout
the country, and excited so much bitter
and varied comment, there seemed a uni
versal desire on the part of the public for
an additional chapter on the interesting
subject. A representative of a Chicago
paper was accordingly dispatched to Chico
springs, to secure, if possible, the ex-sena-
tors affirmation or denial of the SUMS
article. The New Mexican home of ex-
senator Dorsey is reached from Springer,
on the line of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad, and is
distant thirty-f five miles from that point
The region is entirely devoted to cattle
raising, and the ranges extend for miles
and miles in every direction. The vast
tract owned by Mr.. Dorsey begins at a
point some twelve miles east of Springer,
aE4d extends from forty to fifty miles due
eastward. 1t is not all in a compact mass,
for there are other owners that cut him off
here and there, but in general extent his
range is between fifty and sixty miles wide
and from seventy to eighty-fve miles
long. The land to which he has actual
title comprises 208 quarter sections of I6O
acres each, in all about "a 600 acres.
Every one of these quarter sections
carries with it water privilege, great or
small, which is often all the real value of
{Ha Io,,1 7ho %O, Io1 A.
ted his cattle interests with those Of j. w.
Bosier and others, and formed the Palo
Blanco cattle company. The company
now owns about $4,000 head Of cattle, and
will this fall ship 10000 head of beeves at
an average of $45 each, or in gross figures,
$450,000. 1t will be seen, therefore. that
however much the ex-senator may have
been hurried and worried by the annoy
ances of star route complications and the
ingratitude of friends, he has yet nice
nest egg in the west upon which 10 sit and
grow up with the country. The ride from
the railway station to Mr.. Dorsey's house
is tedious and monotonous. Thirty five
miles across an open, half barren cattle
range, white with dust, and the puny look
ing grass burned to a crisp, is not
i cheering prospect. The only thing that
breaks tie vista is here and there scatter
cd, as far as the eye can reach, bands of
cattle feeding on the greener places. Il
was about o'clock in the afternoon when
tue Herald commissioner rode up to the
door Of Mr.. Dorsey's house.
lie came to the gate, and without await
iay the Herald mans Standardization, in
v1ted him cordially to the house, and, with
a cheery "Come right up, I'll show you
your room," Mr.. Dorsey led the way to a
beautifully furnished apartment, without
even knowing who his visitor was. It
seems that this style of hospitality Mr..
Dorsey has borrowed from the Mexicans,
who Invariably make welcome every stran-
ger, Nc matter who ne may be. ''Come
right il, sir" he insisted, "let me take
y0Ur traps. Here, Isaac," and he rang a
hztl for his valet; ''see that the gentleman S
btzJ@g8 is taken TO his room" In ''Isaac"
"a. Herald man recognized the faithful
c0iured serVitor whom Mr.. Dorsey immor-
talized in mis- famous Dickinson letter as
tle one who resisted mdnfuily the efforts
made - brbe him to deliver up his mas
ter's letters aud papers.
Finally the guest presented his creden-
tials, ana the genial host went down TO the
broad piazza TO glance over them When
the Herald man reappeared, somewhat
hic Dorsey renewed his welcome Gwen
more cordially. "Of course" he SAID
'uowever much I appreciate the honor the
y raid intends Tor me in sending a repre-
sentative 1900 miles to visit me, have NJ
i}ea what ii expects me to say. But be
that as it may, you are entirely welcome.
III down here for rest and quiet, but still
1re are always glad to see guests, come il
what gutse they may"
52oG after Il :. Dorsey, the noble little
woman 3uose heroic devotion 10 her hus
u-Id Ia all ms trials and anXieties has wou
piaudits from press and pa5lic, appeared
To her the Herald commissioner was pre-
seRred. and the cOrdiahty of her husband's
welcome TO Chico was fully supplemented
Mrs. Dorsey is q charming little lady
with q cordial manner and pair OF
brilliant eyes that seem to look
straight through man. She is
her husbands mainstay and prop. She
has c!ung o him through his short life like
az ivy vine, and in all his cares and
auxieties, and especially in the physical
infirmity which makes him so dependent
she has been tower of strength. Six years
ago she willingly abandoned the gayeties
of Washingto life, where she was a leader
OF fashion and an associate oe the best in
the society OF the capital, to follow him to
New Mexico. They had no house then
and the country was full of Indians. Fol
months she lived there in tent and cooked
for the camp, and she tells with great glee
how once upon time, when Mr. Dorsey
was away, the. Aphace chief Victorio and
thirty of his band made raid upon her
larder, and not only devastated it, bat
made her cook a breakfast for the entire
outfit. She says the memory of that aw
ful two hours when she was at the mercy
Of the savages will abide with her as Ions
IS life lasts. Subsequently Mr.. Dorsey
being thenin the senate, had all the Indiau'
removed from that region to reservation
elsewhere, and now Tot one is to be seen
Mr.. Dorsey's house Is a commodiou
structure, built of hewn logs two stories
bign and surrounded with every adjunct OF
an immense ranch on the frontier. Ia ad
dition the gentleman has provided hirsel
wllh every facility for comfort and eyer
pxury that the circumstances permit anC
domestic happiness on those wilds woull