Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-16
FROM WILMINGTON.
The story of One of DGrsey's Lieu
tenants in the Presidential Cam
pafgn.

The New York Sun Friday morning pub
l,shed an anonymous letter which may
possess peculiar interest for some persons
In this city. The writer does not give his
name, but introduces himself as "a Re-
publican office holder at the East in
1880" A fortnight before the October
election OF that year he received, he says,
a summons from Senator Dorsey to go to
Indiana. He took this letter to his official
superior and WAS told by him to go. Dur
ing the rest OF the canvass he worked
under Dorsey's directions, and was also
in correspondence with Garfield. With
charming frankness this anonymous
correspondent goes on to say:
"My particular and immediate functions
were the organization and control of the
parties Of strikers, repeaters, and roughs
brought to indianapolis from the East and
and distributed in small gangs to different
points in the State. The trick of impor-
tation and colonization had been tried on
a much larger scale, but without success,
In 1876, when was also in Indiana. In
1880 the means used to carry the State
were different. The chiet dependence
WAS put on greenbacks, not on coltnists
and repeaters
SIN the Garfield year,I think, not more
than $50 outsiders were sent to Indiana
from the East for these purposes. One
party, as l remember, consisted of 45
men from Baltimore and Wilmington.
There were gaugs from Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, and other Eastern cities. These
imported Republicans were letter carriers,
petty Office holders, and ward workers iii
the cities where they belonged. Their
duties were to intimidate Democratic
voters, to brawl, create disturbances, and
knock men down If necessary, to per-
senate Democratic voters, and to repeat
whenever possible"
"on Wednesday evening, October 9Th,
about dark" continues this eorre-
pondent with a nice eye to detail, Senator
Don Cameron arrived at the New Denison
House, Indianapolis, bringing small
black satchel containing 100000, con-
tributed by the manufacturers of Pitts
burg and other capitalists in Pennsyl-
vania to the Indiana campaign. He said:
81 have brought some valuable rein
forcements."
The money used in the canvass was
kept in the three drawers of black wal
nut bureau in little back room of the
New Denison House, separated from Dor
sey's headquarters by one passageway.
At one time there WAS not less than
$3.50, 900 in bank bills in this depository.
Bills were paid on orders from Dorsey OF
Gorham; possibly there may have been
payments on the order of Chaunoey l.
Filley or John G. New.
In one case within the writer's per-
sonal knowledge $500 was paid to
Democrat in Fort Wayne, prominent
local politician, for his inference in the
ward. The sale WAS arranged by
special agent of the post office, acting
under an alleged understanding with
Dorsey.
EX MARSHAL DUNN THERE.
In the concluding paragraph the
writer grows still mora locally interesting.
"Among the more prominent managers
and agents who were cognizant of all
these facts,' he writes, ''were Marshal
Dunn of Delaware, Special Agents Tidball
and Henderson of the Post Office Depart
ment, Surveyor Caulk and Major Wiegel
of Baltimore, Thomas Chappell and
Thomas Cavanaugh of the Treasury De-
partment. The last named was Deputy
Sergeant alarms of the last House. |
think he was the man who accompanied,
as a guard, the money from New York TO
indianapolis. Also, Detectives McEltresh
and George Miller were prominent agents
at Indianapolis.
1t will be very generally remem.
bered that ex-Marshsl Dunn was
absent from Wilmington about that time
and that popular report Esid he had gone
to Indiana.