Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1883 — DCRSEY'S CONFESSION! [ARTICLE]

DCRSEY'S CONFESSION!

HOW INDIANA WAS CARRIED IN 1880—5400,000 USED “Yes,” said Mr Dorsey, “d tha' banquet,” and he added iu a sotto voice tone: “A lot of cowardly - eatne t l \ere, had a glorious time, made speeches, and then -well, never mind.” aud Mr. Doasey puffed at his cigar as if nothing but smoke •would fumigate his memoiy. “But i stick ‘o it.” he said, “there is nothing in the 1 ndiana campaign to toe usbamt>j of. WV too.t the means that were available s o carry the State, am} we carried it.” “But now?” “Simply organization.” “No money?” “Why, y*s; I said before it took mouey.” -Row much?” “Well, in round figures, $400,000 ” “And how was that money expend ed?” “Oh. now you are going down too deeply. However, perhaps I can give you some idea when I say there were 1,000 and more Townships in the State, an l th,.t in each of the Townships we had three good, honest square Republicans to canv.ss the whole vote, find out what was wanted in their Townships to change the complexion of affairs or Iv-lpto do it, and report to us at Indianapolis.— When 'he time came each one of these nit'u, nearly 5 000 in iiurpber. reported v. hat they could do and how much t would take to ini', .ien.ee people to a change of thought Whatever each tone said was pai t. We paid S2O to some and as nigh as $75 to others, but we took care that the three men frein every Township sho’d know just what each got—no chance for nigging there. That’s all there was to carry ludiaua in October.— You mustn’t ask me to gc any deeper into particulars, for I won’t do it ”