The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-29
JAY GOULD AND STANLEY MAT
TRHWS.

he induced Garfield, for the sum of 100000
or any other amount, 20 nominate Stanley
Matthews for the Supreme Bench of the
United States. Unfortunately for Jay Gould
and the country at large, the letter dees not
make the slightest impression upon the pub
lie mind. In a matter OF so much gravity
10 one expects J. Gould to make an open
confession or TO plead guilty at the bar of
public opinion. Indeed. in any controversy
where Gould is interested no one expects
him to tell the truth. Jay Gould is known
TO be a wrecker, shyster, swindler as I'M
scrupulous and conscienceless as any man
who has made money by disreputsble meth
DDS. Those who believe that jaw Gould
bought Stanley Matthews do not presume
that he walked up to Garfield and made
direct proposition to pay 100000 for the
chattel nomination. Mr.. Gould does not do
business at least not that sort of business, in
that way. 1t will not be known probably
until Mr.. Gould and some other gentlemen
are on the stand, brought up with a round
turn, how much money Jay Gould con-
tIibuted TO the Republican corruption
fund in 1880. and the reasons which infu-
enced him to contribute. All of that is
further along. SO far. what is known has
leaked out to the public from Republican
slop buckets. In due time the entire fl thy
mass will be brought into Court. High
officials each with his contribution to the
fostering, sinking pile of corruption and
campaign filth, will be required to stand be-
fore a tribunal ard in the presence of the
Iublic anslyz9 his own quota OF the Insult
ferable nastiness. Stephen w. Dorsey is
yledged to make Republican bosses, Repub-
licsn "high officials in Indiana and else
where stand up to the trough. For a time
Dorsey has been the figair, and has been
feIociously hunted. Now the tigGir has
changed programme and will hunt the
hunters, and be proposes to do it with ven
geance. Summarized, Dorsey will make the
bosses dance to the following music:
!. That Sherman was betrayed at Chicago; that
the pretended surprise at Gar6eld's nomination
was a sham, and that 1t was the result of pre-
arranged plan.
2. That jealousies and ambitions appeared at
the very beginning of the canvass, and showed
themselves in the organization Of the National
Committee.
5. That it was al the earnest request of Gar
field, Governor Foster and General Arthur that he
accepted the place of Secretary of the National
Committee.
A. That the rich bankers OF New York were so
distrustful that they refused to contribute cent
until peculiar organization known a Finance
Committee, composed OF these bankers, was
formed.
.. lie intimstes that Garfield, Arthur and all of
the Republican leaders relied upon money to win
the battle, and admits that very large sum was
aised and discussed by these bankers. 1t was
purely money campaign.
9. He asserts positively that Garfield bought
the New York sialwarts' support BY a positive
promise to appoint Levi p. Morton Secretary of the
Treasury.
the New York bankers were reached through a
promise Of GarfeldS 10 allow syndicate of them
10 refund the Government bonds
8. He asserts with great posihyeaess that q
bargain was made between Garfeld's representa-
tives and Jay Gould and C. Z. Huntington, by
which Garfield promised to secure the appoint
ment Of Stanley Matthews Associate Justice oil
the Supreme Court, and the two capitalists prom
ised 600, COO to the Republican campaign fund He
asserts that this money was paid was brought tc
him IN Indiana by Mr.. T. c. Platt and that he
caused more than half of it 10 be sent to Ohio to
DO used by Governor Foster in the campaign there
Q. He asserts that more than 100000 was taken
to Indiana by a prominent New York banker
whom he names, that THIS was used there to carry
the day.
10. He asserts that Garfield was most eager 10
hare as much money raised as possible-so eager
that he made the blunder of writing the Hubbell
letter. against his (Dorsey'sl advice
IL HC that the vast fund hp-
tween one and two million dollars, was corrup-
ton fund.
- lie tells the story OF the curious intrigues
that led to the putting of James and Macveagh in
Gariield's Cabinet, and asserts that il was Gar
fields intention 10 remove them.
H. lie asserts that Garfield was bulldozed by
Blaine and a prominent New York editor into
violating his promises 20 Conkling, and into sp-
pointing Robertson Collector of the Fort of New
York, without having frst notified the New York
Senators that such was his intention. But this
buIldozing took the shape of threat to publish
the details of the Stanley Matthews scandal unless
Robertson's appointment was made.
1t will be boss VS.. boss, battle of the
rogues. 1t will be fight in which one set OF
scamps will chaw another set. 1t will be an
exhibition Of dog eat dog. a meeting of the
Republican sluggers, a c0mmingling OF sewer
floods. Fifty millions of people will hold
their noses while the tide of denominations
flows along. II will be sickening penalty.
The "Ndtioa" will yomit, and between
spasms inquire why 1t was that an inscruta
| BILE Providence saw proper to affiict the "Na-
| ton with party managed by such bosses
Ii is probably the last terrible ordeal through
which the country will have to psssl as q
penalty for the existence of the Repub
! lican party. The experience i
| in ali regards depIorable; but it will bring
| glorious compensatlons. for it will be the
death knell of the party which has forced
I such degradation upon the country. In con
templating the outlook one is reminded oil
the prophesy of Judge Black in his great
| speech before the Electoral Commission in
| 1877 in the case of South Carolina. On that