Evening journal., 1910-09-05
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How a Famous Political
Expose Came to be Made
n OH-rru1U
BY "HoIland."


ton period. told how, as secretary of
the Republican National Committee in
1880, he had collected and used
100000 in new two-dollar bills for
the purpose Of influencing the state
Of Indiana to return a safe majority
for the Republican presidential ticket
of that year. Now. for the frst time,
is told in print how Senator Dorsey
came 10 make the confession which
created such intense excitement
throughout the country in the sum-
mer Of 1888
Early IN Garfields administration
the so-called Star Route frauds were
brought 10 light. and in connection
with them Senator Dorsey was in
dicted for conspiracy At the first
trial the jury failed to reach a de-
cision, but upon q second trial, in
1883, be was acquitted. I reported
this second trial for the New York
Sun on orders from Mr.. Dana direct.
It was late in the day that Senator
Dorsey was acquitted About 10
o'clock that night there came a knock
on the door of the hotel room was
occupying. and, opening the door in
response, ] was confronted by Sena-
tor DoTsey's negro valet. "Senatah
Dorsey wants TO see you-all at once,
sah," be reported. HE done sent me
10 tell you-all So"
Deeply wondering at the message.
/ went Immediately to Senator Dor
sey. He received mo cordially, and
az once began TO explain why he had
summoned me.
Il have read every day your report
Of my trial." he said IAN through
yours has been the only true report
of the trial. You have told exactly
what happened, what was said and
done. You have not colored your re-
ports at the instigation Of those of
my political enemies who caused my
Indictment when they should have de-
Tended me from the charges brought
against me | am grateful TO You for
your fairness TO me. and I am now
going TO prove my greatfulness.
have Just finished a statement I'm
which ] tell why ! was indicted and
tried In it ! charge that all this
trouble was brought upon me ma
liciously by my political enemies.
Here Is the statement. You alone Of
all the newspaper men who reported
my trial Will get It. Send Il TO your
paper if you like, and you can assure
Mr.. Dana that he will have the ex-
elusive publication of II. At mid
night leave for my ranch in New
Mexico. Goodbye"
l had tried to report the trial I'M
partially. and I believe that Senator
Dorsey was not quite accurate when
he charged that all the other reports
had been colored against him. Yet
this I know absolutely for a fact.
hardly took time to thank the Senator
for giving me the exclusive use Of
his statement, so anxious was to put
Il on the wire after he had handed II
10 me And next day, when II was
published in full, its accusations
against the Senator's former political
associates and fits vlndictive tone
caused II 70 be the sensation of the
hour
A day later I received a wire from
Mr. Dana instructing me to call on
Senator Dorsey while he was In a
vindictive mood and get him. II pos
sible, to describe how the doubtful
and crucial state of Indiana had really
been influenced 10 go Republican
three years before, I telegraphed back
that the Senator had left for his
ranch in New Mexico an hour or SO
after he har given me this statement
and in a short time word came from
MIR. Dana to follow Senator Dorsey
| thltner az once.
A week or so later was sitting
with the Senator on the porch of hj;
ranch house.
Senator" I said, Il have been SEN
all the way out here from Washington
to have you tell me Just how the state
Of Indiana was influenced 10 go Re
publican in 1880 Will YOU tell me III,
story? ! known you can, If you will
For several minutes the reconstruc
ZIONIST who had become q toga weareI
from Arkansas at the early age Of SO
receiving the almost unanimous vote
of both Democratic and Republican
members of the State Legislature
gazed thoughtfully into space Fin
ally. with a set jaw, be turned to me
"Ill tell you" be said. grimly. "Th
bond Of secrecy was removed fron
my lips when the very men VIII
should have shielded me from prosecu
ton in the Star Route matter 70
what | had done for the Republican
party actually conspired to persecut
me. I'll tell you the whole story, an,
I'll tell you things that can't be de
MED. For II was /, the secretary 0
the Republican National COMMITTEES
who planned anS7had carried out tn
trick that did the work in Indian
tnat year.
The next minute Stephen w. Dorse
started in with his confession. For
week thereafter / remained az hi
ranch. questioning, picking up
thread here and thread there, writin
the story and playing billiards wit
my host When my task was all don'
he read Il and vouched for every state
ment made therein Then the manu-
script was sent East. Printed a shol
time later. it filed nearly two page
in the New York Sun, and caused
veritable countrywide sensation An
10 this day what Senator Dorsey tol
me and what / wrote about how II
diana had been made Republican
1880 by the purchase Of colored vote
az two dollars apiece has never bee
denied.
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Liter
airy Press.)
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