West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-08-18
STEPHEN ". DORSEY GIVES
SOME NEW POLITICAL
TORY
Roscoe cs.kiinx's .ac.sa tru.t
That Prevented His Nomination
At tthe Chicago Conyention-He
Was There for Grant, first
Last, and all tn Tine.
CHAMPAGNE AND CLEAN IpIocY
The Ruhng Spirit Among the load
ing Republican Politicians
OF New York-Another
Blast From tho Great
Star-Route.

SbuA -houtc-
New YORK. August 9.-The Sun
publishes a FIVE column interview
with Stephen w. Dorsey, all OF which
is devoted to the Garfield nomination
election and ADM nistration. In
this interview dorsey sustaius every
thing that was said in the Suns ar
ticle published one month ago, al
though he denies that he inspired
that article or knew that il was to
be printed. He distinctly AYERS that
the article was true 80 far as it went,
but it did not tell half the truth.
The present interview contains much
new political history. The Suns
correspondent said:
You were at the Chicago Couven-
ton, Senator. There seems TO be a
general impression that the nomina-
tion OF Garfield was presrranged,
and many thought hls speech nom
mating Sherman was subtle nom
lntion oil himself. What was your
impression r
AS Garfield is dead. l doubt
whether 1t would be worth while to
say anything about that remarkable
event. But there are
Living Witnesses
oi all that | care to say | couldn't
help noticing at the convention that
gang OF c'appere were employed by
some body TO applaud Garfield wnen.
ever he came IN, and that the speech
itself was euIogy that mi ght as wei
have applied to Garfield as to Sher-
man. | will say further that Gar
field s nomInation was the result of
a prearranged scheme, we'll and cum
ningly laid aud vel managed. Nv
State was one oil the first to vote, az
they voted alphabetically. You see
IT would have been OF great effect il
Arkansas should have swung from
Grant to G rfeld. Why, Gov. Fos-
ter himself came to me repeatedly,
both In the convention and in the no.
tel, and urged me to transfer our
vote from Grant to Garfield. | as
sumo, esid the Senator, with a ely
smile, that he did not do this until
he saw that Sherman could not be
nominated. l refused. / went to
Chicago to vote for Grant, and l 70
ted Tor him even after Garfield was
dominated.
Was it true that Conkling could
have been nominated 2
Yes, sir, and that is part Of the
unwritten history oftbst convention
Roscoe Conkling
could have been nominated If he had
raised his foger. The whole Grant
vote could have been transferred TO
him, and there were prominent gen
tlemen reprdsenting States opposing 2
Grant, who came to ne aud to Gen
ersl Arthur and promised to 90 with
US If we would drop Grant and take
up Conkling. / myself told CoDk-
ling that his nomination could be
contaminated il he would allow us
to make the combination. What do
do you suppose CoDkling said p
(Here the Zen stor arose aud paced
the versnds.) Said Conkliug :'Sen-
stor Dorsey, l was sent to this con-
vention TO secure the nomination OF
General Grant, 1 sm here for that
and that alone. shall vote Tor Gen
ersl Grants nomination if am the
only man IN the convention TO do it.
l should be false to my State, TO
General Grant and to myself. if a.
lowed anything to be done that
might lead TO the
Defeat of General Grants
nomination. ] therefore would not
accept the nomination from this con.
ventlon if it would be rendered u
nsnimously,' That Of course, set