The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

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ana}. unless rejected by concurrent votes
or both houses, In which ect>at their order
should prevail. -Four OF the austtccs were
aasirnoted ii the BILL. and they were to
select The fifth In such manner as they
might decide. 1t was tho hope OF the
trainers OF the bill that commission thus
,,atie up would decide with Judicial I'M
nart,alsty the vexed and puzzllng Ques-
tions involved; but q strange caprice OF
fortune interviewed to disappoint tnom.
The four Justices designated as members
or the commission were Clifford, Field.
M,,Ier. and Strong-two Democrats and
two RepublIcans. This equally divided
the commission In politics with tho nr-
tecn,h member In aheyance ana Z 70 %
chosen BY the four justices from their
associates. 1t was generally UNDERSTOOD
thnt seniority OF service would control
their choice, ana that It would fall on
Justice David Davis. Of Illinois. WHO
was believed to favor Tilden.
Strange Caprice of Fortune.
Here interviewed tho strange caprice OF
fortune. A senatorial contest was III
progress In Illinois, with John a. Logan,
the incumbent. an active candidate for re-
election, The legislature was so nearly
a tic between the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis that f,ve independents" held the
balance OF power. They supported JUS
tice Davis, and. after q. prolonged strus.
gle the Democrats united with them ana
elected him MS Logan's successor. Then
Davis resigned from the Supreme Court
TO take his seat In the Senate and Brad
10y, the next ranking Justice, was maze
tbs fifteenth member OF the commission
Bradley was q Republican. and his selec-
ton gave that party a majority OF the
commission. whose every vote proved 70
be vote upon strictly partisan lines. a
vote of eight Republicans to seven Demo-
Gratis decided all disputed questions IN
favor of the Republicans and though the
process Of decision was Slow--not untn
two days before the date set by the
Constitution for tho inauguration OF the
new President was the counting fOished-.
It was duly determined that Louisiana.
Florida, and South Carolina had cast
their electoral votes for Hayes. who was
declared elected. Chambers shrewdness
and foresight lost Tilden the presidency
to which he had been elected by q popu-
lar majority OF over 10000.
Managed Garfeld's Fight.
Dwight NJ. Sabin, OF Minnesota, was
chairman Of tho Republican National
Committee In $780, but the real manager.
OF Garneld's successful campaign In that
year was ex-senator Stephen w. Dorsey,
Of Arkansas. Than Dorsey. few Ameri-
cans OF recent times have had a more
checkered career. He was born in err
mont and reared In Ohio and fought as
O. private soldier in the Civil War. Then
he became cashier OF bank In Ober-
lin, but tho lifo was too dull and slow for
him, so he borrowed money, went South
and for six cents a pound In gold bought.
cotton, which he took to Mobile. repairing
the railroad and running the engine which
carried 1t himself, and sold for eighty
cents a pound It took him week to
travel eighty miles by shaky and d.
#lapidated railroad. but he made $50, 600 by
the enterprise. He invested It all, and
as much more as he could borrow. in a.
stock Of goods which. sold In Alabama
yielded him within a year a profit OF s2U,
co., Dorsey's success now attracted the
attention of capitalists, who engaged him
to estab lish a. tool company IN Sandusky..
The city Of Sandusky aave him valuable
property and wharfage rights to encour-l
age the enterprise and the tool COM.
pany quickly became one Of the biggest
Industrial concerns OF the West.
It was not long, however, before Dorsey
was Induced to accept the presidency of
the Arkansas Central Railway, which was
such financial wreck that its stock had
no market value. Five years later the
road was in fiourishing condition and
Dorsey was a mlllion aire. In 1873. when
he was thrty-one years old, he was
elected Federal senator from Arkan.-
sas A year later he was a bankrupt,
and gave everything over to his credi-
tors IN 1850, he was again q millionaire.
made SO by specuations in New Mexico
cattle lands prosecuted on borrowed
money. The same year he managed
Garfleld's campaign with vim and ener-
gy, and without scruple as to the weapons
he employed Then the Star Route scam
dai burst upon the country, and Dorsey
was caught in 1t and swept from his
feet. It left him a bruised and broken
man. His name still appears now and
then in the newspapers, but his financial
sun has set, and he will never regain
either youth OF fortune, while with politics
he has had meth ng to 10 for yours. Yet
his past career has had a meteoric bril-
linncy that will make 1t long remem-
bered
Pitted against Dorsey In 1880 was VIII
liam H. Barnum. OF Connecticut, then
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. Barnum was a born fighter.
He not only set forth the good qualities
Of his own candidate. but he made per-
sonal warfare on the opposition. his cam
paign book in 1850 being enc Of the most
Issued. In 1884. he continued his policy
Of bitter personal attacks on the enemy.
and the campaign OF that year was
memorable for exposItlons OF ''Mulligan
letters" and other unsavory affairs. The
Burchard incident came as climax TO
the contest, and though not designed by
the campaign manager, It served, never
theless. as one of the most effective fea-
lures ol the canvass. Blaine went to his
grave believing that it caused his de-
| feat.
German Elects Cleveland.
Barnum's chief lieutenant In 1854 was
| Senator Arthur P. German. Of Maryland.
and /. s not too much to say that the
| latter had more to do with the election
| of Cleveland than any other man. To-
| ward the close Of the campaign things
began to look blue for the Democrats, and
| it was clearly shown that unless they
| cnuid CAPTURE New York the fight would