The Portland daily press., 1883-07-17
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New York, July 16.-The Sun prints seven
columns of an abstract OF the statements oil
Stephen w. Dorsey Among the statements
are the following:-That MacVeagh opposed at
meetings of club in Philadelphia in 1880 the
nomination of either Grant, Blaine or Gar
field, but MacVesgh was outvoted, and the
club, in which Mr. Wharton Barker was quite
prominent, decided in favor of Garfield. This
fact was made known to Garfield, and it was
agreed that Gov. Foster should also take part
in the scheme for Garfield's nomination. After
the nomination Garfield expressed his gratitude
to Dorsey and at the latter's suggestion Garfield
held his interview with leading stalwarts in
New York to secure their aid in the campaign.
At the meeting Garfield promised that the
Secretary of the Treasury should be New
York man. 1t Is also asserted that at this meet
ing Garfield agreed that the operation OF re-
funding the Government 5s and 6s, which
must soon take place, should be given to such
syndicate OF New York bankers as should be
DESIGNATED by the stalwarts, and at such com
mission as should be fair.
Dorsey, in subsequent interviews with Gar
feld, arranged to carry Indiana; and in Sep
tember, after Dorsey had completed his organ
lzation in that State, q special messenger left
New York fol- Indianapolis. He had with him
over $aOo,000, either in cash or in convertible
paper This money had all been raised in New
York, and principally by the efforts of Levi r.
Morton. Dorsey never touched penny Of the
money. though urged to see to its distribution
personally. He was there not only 10 see that
his plan of organization was followed to the
letter, but also to sprevent, SO far as possible,
any OF the money from sticking in the pockets
OF the men who were trusted TO distribute it,
When the money reached the local committees
1t was found to be largely in crisp new So bills.
Ii Is believed that Mr.. John Q. New could tell
how bills and drafts of large denomination
were thus converted into bills of this denomi-
nation. At all events there they were. They
were distributed through the State Just as bal
lots were, in great punches. The destination
OF each was well known, and by noon of cleo
tion day they had fallen like snow fakes ST.
lently all over the State, although more in
some parts sthan in others. Then came the
count OF polls In the evening. The " bills
and the $432, 900, combined with Dorsey's plan
of organization, had won.
The statement goes on to show that at the
sugges tion of Hubbell the Star route contrac-
tors were called upon to contribute for the
Presidential campaign through Brady, in the
arranging for which Garfield wrote the note to
Hobbell, in which occurs the expression, ASK
Brady how the departments are doing"
The statement also says that Jay Gould.
when waited on for a subscription, declined,
saying, II can have no interest in an admin
istration, at the head of which there would be-
man who, as leader of the Black Friday in
vestigation, denounced me as a corrupt man
and compared me TO Catiline a corrupter of
the youth Of Rome' This was reported to
Garfield, who satisfied Gould that he was of
the same opinion as Gould relative to corpora
tion interests, and he wanted Mr.. Gould to be
assured that if elected President, and if it
should fall to his lot to nominate a member OF
the Supreme Bench, that he would take great
care to appoint man whose views in that re-
gard were the same as his own. Gould, it is
stated, and another thereupon subscribed
Sl50,CcJ, part of which was Sent to OHIO and
the rest to Indiana.
After the election Garfield offered Dorsey a
cabinet position, which Dorsey declined. He
also urged Garfield not to appoint either
James or MacVeagh to his cabinet and when
he learned what was the character of the cab
met he bade Garfield goodbye.
The statement goes into detail OF a confer
ence between MacVeagh and James, at the re-
quest OF Garfield, with Arthur and Conkling
in New York on the Friday night before the
nominations of Robertson and others were
sent to the Senate. AT this conference Mac
Veagh, in behalf of Garfield, promised that
there should be no change in the collectorship
OF the New York custom house, and noappoint-
ments would be made without consultation
with the Senator and other New York leaders.
On the Sunday night succeeding, Mr.. Conk-
ling, accompanied by Vice President Arthur
and Postmaster James, called at the White
House. Mr.. Garfield vas profuse in his pre-
testations of friendship. Mr.. GARFIELD assured
MIR. Conkling andsothers that there was notf :
ing he would not do to please the stalwarts of
New York. He insisted only that Robertson
and his friends, whose break from the instruc-
tions OF the State Convention had made his
nomination possible. should not be punished.
Mr.. Conkling was not deferred by the Presi-
dents evident liking for Robertson from ex-
pressing his opinion of him, and of what he
denounced as his treachery and infamy in re-
iusing to vote for Gen. Grant and in persistiDg
In voting for shat man Blaine" Garfield ex-
clteo Mr.. Oonkling's suspicious by alludiDg to
the possibility of giving Robertson the collec-
torship; but his (Gai6eld's) attention was at
once called to the pledge that Wayne Mac
Veagh had given in his name, and he aban-
doned his apparent purpoce to insist on a
change in the programme laid down on the
previous Friday evening.
Finally, after Conkling had strongly opposed
the nomination OF Robertson as Collector,
President Garfield suggested that he appoint
Robertson as District Attorney, to which
Conkling saids "Well Mr.. President, / sup
pose can go out into the lobby and hold my
nose while the Senate is voting ON the nomi-
nation. The interview ended PLEASANTLY
enough Garfield repeated the assurances
that MscVeagh had given that he would not
make any change IN the Custom House until
the three men then with him had been CONSUL
ted. He was so happy that he walked to the
door OF the White House with his guests, re-
peating his assurances of eternal friendship.
During this time Dorsey was at his ranch.
He went to Washington and asked Garfield IL
he propoSed to allow his administration to be
used TO crafty the malice of MacVeagh
against him. Garfield heard him through and
then went up to him, put his arm around him
aud said: "Steve, old boy, don't worry. Go
back to your ranch" He also said to him
that he had the whole business thoroughly in
his own hands, where he proposed to keep it,
Dorsey went away greatly relieved Shortly
after Dorsey returned again to Washington,
had another interview with the President,
who gave him transcript OF all the evidence.
In the first report of the progress of the inves-
tigatioD, which was submitted by the inyesti-
gators the name OF Dorsey appeared many
times, but before that report was given to the
press the name and all illusions to his connec-
ton with the star route system had been
stricken out by lead pencil erasures. Dorsey and
Brady both had a strong friend In the admins
tration. Mr.. Blaine, while moving very circum-
specify, felt very bitterly about the treatment
theylwere receiving. BE had, besides, his own
grievances arising from MacVeagh's almost
outspoken hostility, and be began to prepare
the way for the speedy retirement of Mac
Veagh and James from the cabinet. So much
fuss had been made about the star route cases
tnat 1t was thought unwise TO shut down on
al proceedings at once, pub the wnole Dusl-
ness was to be slowly strangled and gradually
to be allf wed to disappear from public sight
MacVeagh knew this, and he also had reason
to believe that on the morning of July 2 1881,
when Garfield rode to the depot with Blaine,
the interesting conversation in which they were
engaged he'd reference to early changes in the
offices OF Attorney General and Postmaster
General. Guiteau's shot caused the star route
prosecutions to be handed over as legacy
from the old TO the new administration.
STRIKE THREATENHD.