The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
ITEMS POLITICAL,
The Dorsey Disclosures-..A Maasa-
chusetts Man on Buffers
Chances.
Saratoga and the NationaI CoUyeu.
tiOns---keIIy and and the
"0id Ticket"


tfons---k Kelly and and the
"Oid Ticket"
CHICAGO, July 23.-The Herald has a
special from Washington which SAYS: By this
time ex-senator Dorsey, who is resting at his
New Mexico ranch, will have gagged the eff
feet OF his first broadside against the Repub-
hcan party He must see that it has had lit
Tie or no effect on popular opinion Most of
Tie inside history Of the Garfield campaign,
rs published in The New York Sun, was pub
Tic property 1t was given out in parcels at
various times, Nearly every correspondent
mad whack at some portions of It, The
strnglng together of the fragments into a
consecutive story made readable article,
but it changed no ones views as to the meth
DDS used in the Garfield campaign, and added
nothing to the'general knowledge of GarfeldS
political vacillation Dorsey must be con
WINGED that documentary evidence is needed
to back up the sweeping assertions That he
possesses such evidence few people doubt,
but why he keeps it back is not wholly un-
derstood. His friends here say he will use
it when no deems the time ripe
for its publication. Efforts are being made
TO induce him to suppress the CORE
Spondence in his possession 1t is hardly
likely these efforts will succeed Dorsey is in
no mood for conciliation and he has more
than once threatened the political ruin Of
certain Republican statesmen who displayed
more zeal than prudence in his persecution -
1t would certainly suit the public temper il
be would.
Should Dorsey and Brady make combined
onslaught on the Republican leaders tho
newspapers will TEEN with lively matter
There has been enough of bold assertion,
however. The people want to see the docu-
ments They especially want a glimpse OF
that Mentor agreement Dorsey has it in his
possession 1t has been Acknowledgements,
and can easily be scattered broadcast The
zine has arrived for its publication, and Dor
sey cannot do better than crafty the popular
craving for more of the inside history of the
most remarkable and corrupt campaign ever
engineered by any political party.
New YORK, July 2S.-Judge Advocate
General Swain, who was, as Mr. Dorsey
knows, the most intimate friend of the late
Gen. Garfield, is reported to have said re-.
Gently that IF Stephen w Dorsey can pro
duce any letter to show that he was ever of
fered cabinet position he owes it to Gar
fold to do So Gen. SWAIN adds that,
While Garfield appreciated Dorsey S services
as politician he had said to him [Swaiml
that Dorsey had a screw loose in his moral
makeup" The evening Post, quoting this
from Gen. Swain, says that Gen. Garfield
said in Washington, month OF two before
his tIOn pnn1mantlnor
then current concerning the makeup of his
cabinsnt, that such scaly characters as Dor
soy and such deadbeats as-tnaming another
statesman of that ink had, of course, mover
been thought of for cabinet positions
THE MASSACHUSETTS OUTLOOK.
NEW YoRK, July 23.-A dispatch from
Boston says Gossip and speculation arc rife
as to the probable outcome of the contest fol
governor. A well.khown Republican, who
has returned from an extended tour through
the state, says: - We are going TO whip
Butler badly. Everywhere that have been
| have found our men enthusiastic over tht
coming campaign. There is.a general seuti
| ment that there should he no wrangling ovel
| a candidate Only give US a sound Republic
| can, and then go ahead The best thing that
| | have seen is the enthusiasm of the old
| party leaders in the country towns They
| don need any c0axing this year, and
when they are aroused you may lOot
| out for the Republican reserve vote comins
out. Last fall fully q, 600 Republican voter
stayed at home, and all of 10000 voted fo
Butler. Now this year two thirds Of the stay
at-homes will go to the polls and large pro
| portion of the Butlerized men of our party
| will return to u.s. The statement of IA Demo
| cratic state committeeman that it will require
| $50, 600 votes to whip tie Republicans is mol
so wide of the mark. 1t will require NOR
votes than that. / have found many influen
tial men who voted for Butler last year who
frankly declare that they are going to yotl
and work against him this time. They eX
pected better things of him, and ar,
both indignant and repentaDt. TIL,
Republican managers are apparently
undecided who to put forward a
a candidate Several names have been men
toned, but it is impossible at this date to say
who the coming man will be. Ex-Gov. Tai
bot is strongly urged by some, hut he woul,
be opposed by the liquor interest through
out the state, owing to his strong Temperance
principles, and to his positive position in re-
| gard to the Civil-damage act. Congressman
| Robinson is also favorably mentioned. Those
who have an eye on his money bags are per
sistently mentioning Lieut.. Gov. Ames. Hi
chances of election however, would be slim
He Is too strongly tainted with Butlerism an,
knows too little aboutpuhiic affairs TO fit hin
for a strong candidate Charles Francis
Adams Jr., is also strongly urged by the in
dependent voter, but all predictions at thi
| time are likely TO prove false ~
THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
New YORK, July 23.-The movement t.
secure the holding of the national politica
conventions at Saratoga next year has been
constant theme of consultation and specula
ton, and it has now progressed TOWARD
definite action Mcssrs Clement and Cox
the proprietors of Congress Hall, offer to Civ,
| g., 900 toward the construction of a suitable
''wigwam" or convention hall, provided TIN
proprietors of the Grand Union and tn,
| VTn;+oJ Gfafao ua+aIS mill &yS0 90 m M,