Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-08-11
DORSEY INTERVIEWED.

The Chicago Herald sent a cor
respondent 300 miles to interview
stephen w. Dorsey, on the so called
sun exposure. The correspondent
found the famous ex-secretary of
the republican committee and star
route thief living in two story log
house, thirty-five miles from rail-
road, in the midst of his ranch of
~, 900 acres. Dorsey was found,
with heavy wire goggles over his
diseased eyes, trimming the trees in
his yard. He had not seen the Sun
article, and after it was read 10 him,
declined to discuss it until he had
slept on the subject. The follow
ing are extracts from two column
talk the next morning.
When breakfast was served-and
Il most charming break fast it was
Mr.. Dorsey hauled chairs out on
the Veranda, and, producing Il box
about that Sun article again. l
still think MIR. Dana has done me
gross injustice in publishing it and
connecting my name with 1t so
pointedly. | did not write it; l
did not prompt it. / did not know
that 1t was to be published. | did
not even see it entire until you
brought ct here last evening. But
now that it is published, | will say
that parts of 1.-THE more impOr-
tant parts-;ire true. There are 9TH
er parts VIGOROUSLY untrue.
Mr.. Dorsey then made the repOr-
ter read him the Sun article and AS
it was read ne made various COM
ments asserting some things to be
true and others false. When they
came to the part about the Indi-
ana election the reporter said: Here
you are distinctly charged with
having run things in Indiana, hav-
ing won the fight, and having been
rewarded by a banquet in New
York"
eyes," said Mr.. Dorsey, "that is
so. D-that banquet, and he adj
ded in soto voice tone: a" A lot
of cOwardly- came there, had
a glorious time, made speeches, and
then-well, never mind" and Mr..
Dorsey pulled at his cigar as if moth
ing but smoke would fumigate his
memory. "But | stick to it," he
said, "there is nothing in the Indi-
ana campaign to be ashamed of.
We took the means that were avail
able to carry the stSte, and we car
ried it,"
"But how ?'
"Simply organization"
mo mOney?'
"Why, yes; said before it took
money"
"H0w much ?''
swell, in round figures, $780,
OOO."
"And how was that money expen-
ded?'
"Oh, now you are going down
too deeply. However, perhaps l
can give you some idea when say
there were 1000 and more town
ships in the state, and that in each
of the townships we had three
good, honest, square republicans to
canvas the whole vote, find out
what was wanted in their town
ships to change the complexion of
affairs or help do it, and report to
us at indianapolis. Wh9n the time
came each one OF these men, nearly
5000 in number, reported what
they could do and how much il
would take to influence people to
change OfthOught. Whatever each
one said was paid. We paid $40 to
some and as high as SO to others,
but we took care that the three
men from every township should
know just what each got-no chance
for nigging there. That's ali there
fS, In N
You mustn't ask me to 60 any
deeper into particulars, for l won't
do it."
Ibid MIR. New know anything
about these things ?"
MIR. New knew the state was
carried, didn't hep"
He said that the story of Gar
fields agreeing to appoint Stanley
Mathews to the supreme bench i'll
of Gould and Hunt
ingdOn, subscribing $4,000 each to
the Republican campaign fund was
true, though no such |
had ever been put in Wri-
ting as the Sun article stated.
But, after ali" Mr.. Dorsey con-
tinued, "what the Sun has publish
ed is only a thistledoWn floating in |
the cloudy air of suspicion. The
great dawn of truth has not yet bro
ken. 1t is not the time, nor place,
nor presence for me to say what
ought to say. Some time we will
ak this thing over, and then I'll
ell you the whole story, but at this
moment it would seem best not to
;ay word that would reflect upon
Garfield or upon Arthur.