The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-08-22
DORSEY'S 0 L G
The Purchase Of Votes, Supreme
Jud2eshipe aud thu Presi-
dency by Corruption
Money.

dency by Corruption
Money.
From Dorsey's PERSONAL Statement in the Ne,
York Sun.
"We have heard a good deal abou
the remarkable canvass in New Yorl
and Kings counties. You cut dOwl
the Democratic majorities nearly Il
per cent. How was that dOne?'
"When l came back from Insian:
General Arthur seemed anxious tina
l should take charge Of the politics il
New York. | was utterly worn Out
and could scarcely walk from my
room to headquarters, but at the ur
gent request OF General Arthur l ran
over the reports he had from New
| York with him. I told him it was
nv Judgment We were beaten. 1t was
| then so late that I thought cur sole
chance lay in concentrating all oul
powers on New York aud Kings
counties. Well, we did 80. We Gu.
down the Democratic majoritles more
than 1900; and the state was carried
by ~, 900. You want TO know how
this was done?n continued the Sena-
tor smiling. '.Weil. we had a big
campaign fund, but as to the way il
was spent I would refer again 10 Mr..
Stephenson. He handled the
money"
ut mas been charged that a large
sum was used in New Jersey and
Delaware. Is this true:"
N Dn ,N,,n u.aS raiS0H
there and a good deal spent, had
a notion that We ought to carry every
State that we could, whether the do
main of Robson or the bailiwick OF
Bayard."
You say you spent money there"
eyes. We spent about $4,000
there"
"Wss there any agreement made
there to which General Garfield, as
the candidate, became a party?:"
why, certainly" said the Senator
in most vigorous u%tterance. 1T was
agreed point blank, and promised, as
the price of the support of these New
York Republicans, that Levi P. Nor
ton was to be made Secretary of the
Treasury in the event of Garfield's
election. There ran be no possiole
question or denial of that. The per-
sons whom I have already named
above must bear witness to the truth
of this statement. Senator Plumb, of
Kansas, can bear witness, and from
Garfield's own talk with him. |
know it is a convenient way now Of
answering me to say that | do not
say what is true. I tell you that to
Mr.. Morton was pledged, in the
presence of these gentlemen. the
Treasury portfolio, and that pledge
was violated"
at would seem from Gartield's
published letters that you were the
trusted man in Indiana, and that he
knew this large sum was raised and
sem to you. Did you receive such
sums, and if you did, what did you
do with them::"
"Now, you put my answer down
Just as I tell you. l know that you
don't want to impose on me because
[ am almost blind. There was spent
in Indiana about $4OO, 600, not a cent
of which came ilto my hands. The
Republican organization there was as
good as it could he. and the credit Of
it is due to John C. New and Colonel
w. w. Dudley. What | did Was
simply supplementary to their work.
All of this money was paid out by
Mr.. Stephenson and Mr.. Dillon.
They live in New York. There can
be no difficulty in verifying from
them my statements. LIDO not think
they will deny them,'
"How about the promise to allow a
syndicate of New York bankers to
control the refunding of the bonds?:'
"Well there isn't any doubt about
the practical truth Of that statement.
I know by that arrangement we
pulled the ~pin-feathefs out OF one
man in New York who had been get
ting rich at the Government crib,
and who refused to contribute any
thing. He's a prominent banker,
net far from Wall street."
Now, Senator, is it true that a
trade was made with Garfield by Jay
Gould and G. P. Huntington to Sc
cUre the appointment of Stanley
Matthews for Assistant Justice of
the Supreme Court, and that the
consideration was the payment of a
large sum into the treasury of the
National Committed"
"Well as to that [ will say that
Garfield being dead and the men be
left behind him being many Of them
liars, l hardly care to trench upon
the grass-plot of a grave or upon the
eager ear of falsehood. Still, 1 think
it i, just to be just. 1 think it wise
to o. truthful. Men are living who
cal, defend the dead if they car or
dare to. I will say, then, positively,
emphatically, that the trade intl-
mated by the Sun is true in all its
substantial features. L say catego-
that Garfield promised the
two greatest monOpOlistsin New York
Jay Gould and C.P. Huntiagton-that
Stanley Matthews should 60 at the
earliest opportunity upon the Su-
preme bench, and he agreed, if the
vacancy occurred before he was in
augurated, that be would see to it
that Hayes made the appointment.
These interested parties, who seemed
anxious to control the Supreme
promised the Garfield cam
fund 100000. They paid their
money and they got their man."
do you speak of your own knowl.
"Why, of course, and I hardly
.hink the parties to that arrange
nent will make anydenial. 1t is all
true"
"Hew do yon know this money
vas paid?"
lone of the most eminent men in
lew York brought it to ME in In
Annapolis"
"Mr. Thomas C.. Platto"
"Since you name him, he was the
1 turned the money owe to
'Ir. Ed. Stephenson, who is now. I
the president of a bank on
sixth avenue. in New York. I told
i'm we didn't need so large a sum in
indiana, and advised him to take a
art of it back to Governor Foster in
)nio. Forty thousand dollars was
;ept for Indiana, the rest went to
)hio. I want to say right here that
never received or paid out a penny
uring the whole campaign. At the
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