The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-15

loCLOf OF the ROrG OF new 1OrK u6p6lOoO
the conduct of those in New York who
had supposed they were his friends. At
last the peremptOry telegram went to
the White House. It was signed by Mr..
Whitelaw Reid, and it contained an in
timatiOn upon which Garfield thought
1t best to act at once and he sent RO b.
ertsOn's name to the Senate. A copy Of
that telegram Is eXtant and copies Of
others that passed from the New York
Tribune Office to the White House are
also in existence, and those who have
seen the first say that there was a clear
threat that unless RObertsOn'5 name was
sent In at once it might be necessary to
publish the Jay Gould agreement. Sub
sequently, when the fight was hottest
and Garfield thought of Withdrawing
RObertsOn's name, another telegram was
sent to the White House by Whitelaw
Reid, which was afterward published.
On that Garfield stood by his nOmina-
ton. With that the rupture was com
pleted by the resignation of COnkling
and Platt, while MacVeagh and James,
having failed to bring about recOncil-
iatiOn, plunged vigorously into the Star
route Investigations.
XIV.
The news reached Dorsey away out at
his Chico Springs ranch. Surprised and
angry, he hurried to Washington to see
what it meant. With his counsel, Col.
IngeTsOll, he called on MacVeagh for
conference and an explanation. and was
staggered to hear the Attorney General
say that he expected to send him to the
penitentiary. Then he went to the
White House. He asked Garfield if he
proposed to allow his Administration to
be used to crafty the malice of one Of
one of its members, and against him,
who, as the President had over and over
again assured him, had done more than
all others to bring about a victory for
the party the previous fall. Dorsey fur
ther said that he was entirely willing
to have his connection with the Star
route contractors thoroughly sifted, and
If anything wrong was found therein
he would stand the consequences; but"
said he, 81 do not want to have it done
by any man with personal malice TO
Crafty.
Garfield heard him through, and then
went up to him, put his arms around
him, and said: "5teve, old boy, don't
you worry; go back to your ranch" He
also said to him that he had the whole
business thoroughly in his own hands,
where he proposed to keep it. Dorsey
went away again greatly relieved. He
had, however, hardly got home, before
news came that distressed him. He
learned that MacVeagh expected soon to
get an indictment against him. Back he
came to Washington. Garfield seemed
annoyed at his lack of confidence in
him he told Dorsey that not step was
taken without his know ledge and he told
him that if he would be at his room at a
certain hour that evening, he would
send him transcript of all the evidence.
That was done. The papers were taken
to Dorsey by member of the celebrated
''chum Cabinet" In the first report of
the progress of the investigation, which
was submitted by the investigators, the
name of Dorsey appeared many times,
but before that report was given to the
press, the name and all illusions to his
connection with the Star route system
had been stricken out by lead pencil
erasures. Dorsey and Brady both had a
strong friend in the Administration. Mr..
Blaine, while moving very circnmspect-
ly, felt very bitterly about the treatment
they were receiving. He had, besides
his own grievances arising from Mac
Veagh's almost OutspOken hostility, and
he early began to prepare the way for
the speedy retirement of MacVeagh and
James from the Cabinet. SO much fuss
had been made about the Star route
cases that it was thought unwise to shut
down on all proceedings at once, but the
whole busines was to be slowly strangl-
ed and gradually to be allowed to disap-
pear from PUBIC Slgnt. MacFeaRn knew
this, and he also had reasons to believe
that on the morning of July 2, 1881
when Garfield rode to the depot with
Blaine, the interesting conversation in
which they were engaged had reference
to early changes in the offices of AttOr-
ney General and Postmaster General.
Guiteau's shot caused the Star route
prosecutions to be handed over as
legacy from the old to the new admins
tratiOn. The history of the prosecution
by Gen. Arthur's administration is long,
and in some respects as remarkable as
that which has just been told.