Daily globe., 1883-07-30
The Ex-senator Disclaims Having In.
spired Or Authorized Its PubH-
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 2S.--The recent pubIica-
tion by the New York Sun OF the so-called
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 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 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,
ard extends from forty to fifty miles due
eastward. It is not all in 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 100
acres each, in all about 1000 acres.
Every one of these quarter sections
carries with it water privilege, great or
small, which is often all the real value of
the land. The ex-senator has consslida-
ted his cattle interests with those of J. w
Bosier and others, and formed the Palo
Bianco 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. It 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
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. It
was about o'clock in the afternoon when
the Herald commissioner rode up to the
door Of Mr.. Dorsey's house.
lie came to the gate, and without await
ing the Herald mans Standardization, in
v1ted him cordially to the house, and, with
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. 1t
seems that this style of hospitality Mr..
Dorsey has borrowed from the Mexicans,
who invariably make welcome every stran-
ger, nc matter who he may be. "Come
right in, sir" he insisted, 'let me take
your traps. Here, Isaac,' and he rang a
bstI for his valet; ''see that the gentleman's s
b4x5 90 is taken to his room" In ''Isaac'
tas Herald man recognized the faithful
c0iored serVitor whom Mr.. Dorsey immor-
talizsd in mis- famous Dickinson letter as
tle 0ne who resisted manfully the efforts
made - bribe him to deliver up his mas
ter's letters and papers.
Finally the guest presented his creden-
tiais, ana the genial most went down to the
broad piazza TO glance over them When
fresheued up from his three days Journey,
adc. Dorsey renewed his welcc ne ven
more cordially. 'Of course" he said,
"nowever much appreciate the honor the
L raid intends Tor me in sending repre-
sentative 1900 miles to visit me, have no
idea what it expects me to say. But be
that as it may, you are entirely welcome.
s+n down here for rest and quiet, but still
Ne are always glad to see guests, come in
what guise they may
52ou after Ms. Dorsey, the noble little
woman, = nose heroic devotion 10 her hus
psId Ia all ms trials and anxieties has won
piaudits from press and pu5lic, appeared.
To her the Herald commissioner was pre-
sented. and the cordiahty of her husbands
welcome to Chico was fully supplemented &.
Mrs. Dorsey is a charming little lady,
with a cordial manner and a pair of
brilliant eyes that seem TO look
straight through man. She is
her husbands mainstay and prop. She
has clung o him through his short life like
a; ivy vine, and in all his cares and
auxieties, and especially in the physical
intirmity 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 tha capital, to follow him to
New Mexico. They had no house then,
and the country was full of Indians. For
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. place chief Victorio and
thirty of his band made raid upon her
larder, and not only devastated it, but
made her cook a breakfast for the entire
outfit. She says the memory of that aw-
full two hours when she was at the mercy
of the savages will abide with her as long
IS life lasts. Subsequently Mr.. Dorsey,
being then IL the senate, had all the indians
. removed from that region to reservations
elsewhere, and now not one is to be seen.
Mr.. Dorsey's house Is a commodious
structure. built of hewn logs two stories
hign and surrounded with every adjunct of
an immense ranch on the frontier. Ia ad
dition the gentleman has provided hircself
with every facility for comfort and even
pxury that the circumstances permit and
domestic happiness on those wilds would