Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-10
DORSEY'S STORY.



Omces BaEEainea tor ana Auessensa or
How New FORK vns carried In 1880
-Shamelsss Corruption.
The New York Sun has procured An
interview with Mr.. Dorsey at his ranch in
New Mexico. To the interviewer Mr..
Dorsey has reiterated with particularly
the substance of previous declarations
with reference to the management of Mr..
Garfeld's presidential campaign. The S,fn
summarizes Mr.. Dorsey's latest declara.
tions ~ follows:
First. That Sherman was betrayed at
Chicago that tho pretended surprise Of
Garfeld's nomination was q sham, and
that it was the result of a prearranged
plan.
Second. That jealousy and ambitions
appeared at the very beginning of the can
vass, and showed themselves in the organ.
ization Of the national committee.
Third. That it was at the earnest 70.
quest of Garfield, Governor Foster and
General Arthur that he accepted the place
of secretary of the national committee.
Fourth. That the rich bankers of New
York were 30 distrustful that they refused
to contribute a cent until a peculiar or.
ganization known as q finance committee,
composed of these bankers, was formed.
Fifth. He intimates that Garfield, Ar
thur and all the Republican leaders relied
upon money to win the battle, and admits
that very large sum was raised and dis
bursed by these bankers. It was purely
money campaign.
Sixth. He asserts positively that Gar.
field bought the New York Stalwarts'
support by a positive promise to appoint
Levi P. Morton secretary of the treas
ury.
Seventh. He reiterates the charge that
the pockets of the New York bankers were
reached through promise of Garfield's to
allow q syndicate of them to refund the
government bonds.
Eighth. He asserts with great positive
ness that bargain was made between
Gar6eld's representatives aud Jay Gould
and q. P. Huntington, by which Garfield
promised to secure the appointment of
Stanley Matthews as associate justice of
the supreme court, and the two capitalists
promised S190, 900 to the Republican cam
paign fund. He asserts that this money
was paid. was brought to him in Indiana
by Mr.. T. G. Platt, and that he caused
more than half of it to be sent to Ohio to
be used by Governor Foster in tho cam.
paign there.
Ninth. He asserts that more than S4OO,.
600 was taken to Indiana by a prominent
New York banker whom he names that
this was used there to carry the day.
Tenth. He asserts that Garfield was
most eager to have as much money raised
as possible-so eager that he made the
blunder of writing the Hubbell letter,
against his (Dorsey's) advice.
Eleventh. He asserts that the vast fund
raised, between one and two million dol.
lars, was corruption fund.
Twelfth. He tells the story of the curl.
Gus intrigues that led to the putting of
James and MacVeagh into Garfield's cab
net, and asserts that it was Garfisld's
| intention to remove them.
Thirteenth. He asserts that Garfield was
bulldozed by Blaine and prominent New
York editor into violating his promises to
Conkling, and into appointing Robertson
collector of the port Of New York. without
having first notified the New York sena.
tors that such was his attention. But
this bulldoziug took the shape of threat
to publish the details of the Stanley
Matthews scandal unless Robartson's ap-
pointment was made
Such are Mr.. Dorsey's charges. He
makes no apologies for such part as he
took in all this. but he seems now es-
pecially pleased that the books and
vouchers that the disbursing agent OF the
campaign fund has will show that he (Dor.
sey) never touched any of tho money
Dorsey does not directly charge that large
sums were used to bribe voters in New
York and Kings counties, for he has not
absolute p ,rsoual knowledge of it, but he
has no doubt OF it, knows that immense
sums were spent in these two counties,
and coupling that fact with the large and
wholly unexpected reduction Of the
Democratic vote, there is no room for any
other inference than that the vote of New
York was bought by the money of the
Wall street bankers.