Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1883 — DORSEY AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

DORSEY AGAIN.

interesting Correspondence Bearing on the Campaign of 1880. A Series of Letters from Leading Members of the “Great” Bepub- ,. . • lican Party. The liaising of a Corruption fund—The Sale Topic Discussed. [From the New York Sun.] Soon after. the Republican National Committee was organized Gen. Garfield began an active correspondence with Senator Doraey and with Gov. Jewell, which lasted throughout the campaign. He was especially concerned about the election in Indiana, and July 9 wrote the following letter to Senator Dorsey: Mentor. Ohio, July 9, 1880. The Hou. 8. W. Dorsey, Secretary, e'c. My Dear Sir: I hope my anxiety to see Gen. Arthur, Gov. Jewell, and yourself will not be considered unreasonable. I cannot withhold from publication my letter of acceptance much longer, and I should be glad to counsel with you all in respect to it before it appears in print. I am glad to know that you and the Governor are coming, but if you could start twenty-four hours earlier than the date indicated in your telegram I should be glad. There are several topics concerning which we ought to consult. Very truly yours, J. A. Garfield. This letter shows that at the very beginning of the canvass Gen. Garfield sought the advice of Mr. Dorsey respecting such an Important matter as his letter of acceptance. July 19 he wrote as follows: INTERESTED IN INDIANA. Mentor, Ohio, July 19, 1880. The Hon. 8. W. Dorsey, No. 254 Fifth avenue. New York. • My Dear Sir: Yours of the 16th inst.*with inclosure came duly to hand. I am glad to hear that the letter oi acceptance is so generally well received. Some parties are kicking, as 1 expected, but, on the whole, no serious damage has been done. Thomas M. Phillips, of Newcastle, Pa., will visit you in a few days, and I ask you to give him a careful hearing. He has made- a special visit to Indiana, and he has much of interest to communicate. Yours very truly, J. A. Garfield. This indicates that at that early day Gen. Garfield’s mind was turned to the Indiana election. The same dav he sent the following letter to Gov. Jewell: Mentor, Ohio, July 19,1880. My Dear Governor : Yours of the 15th from Washington came duly to hand. lam gratified with the results of your visit. I expected to hear of some dissatisfactim in certain Washington quarters with the letter of acceptance, but it cannot be helped. Please let me know, as soon as you can, the result of the Philadelphia matter. I have had a long interview with Mr. T. M. Phillips, of Newcastle, Pa., who has just made a tour in Indiana, and, after a full consultation with Mr. New, has made an important side arrangt ment with reference to the campaign there. He will leave for New York Wednesday, and I shall send him a letter of introduction. He is an intimate friend . . . I believe bis plan, if carried out energetically, will of itself save the State of Indiana. . . . Please tell me how the letter of acceptance is received in inner circles, and especially what is thought of it by our New York friends. Very trulyyours, J. A. GabftelD. The next day Gen. Garfield wrote the following letter"both to Dorsey and Jewell: Mentor, Ohio, July 20,1880. Messrs. Jewell and Dorsey. 1 r Gentlemen : This note will introduce you to' my friend Mr. T. M. Phillips, of Newcastle, Pit,. of whom I, nave recently written you. He has made a tour of Indiana with a view tp special work in tne State, the full details of which he will privately give. you. Mr. Phillips has been my intimate friend for many years, and- yon may implicitly rely upofi* his thbfightfulnemr and good judgment in anything he undertakes.. I have no doubt that the result in Indiana can be made secure by following up vigorously the work he has begun. Of course it is imperative that whatever is done in this direction shunld be done quietly. Very truly yours, J. A. Garfield. MONEY WANTED FOB MAINE M i The National Committe, before tfce Indiana campaign, were besought for money, for Maine, and the following letter iron) Mr. Blaine shows that they were not satisfied wite the amounts that were contributed h - - My Dear Dorsey : Your committee was appointed early in July. It is now the middle of August, and we have not received one penny’s aid in the closest and most central battle of the campaign. Ido not wish to be a grumbler, but I assure you that you are imperiling the whole campaign. Yours, Jas. Q. Blaine. Senator Allison, who was in Maine,, seemsto have been encouraged at the r»stilta.<lL Mr. Blaine s letter, for he writes as lollowx fromMhine: ’ v .’**'! Dexteb, Me., Sebt. Jte Dear a Mb. Jewell: J will In New , .York at . the Brevoort House* Monday. I want to see you before going I wish you could come down to the during the day, where we can have a quiet riWk of half an hour. Why not dp this? Matters are looking well in Maine. ,1 am greatly deceived if our people do not have a decided victory. Yours very truly, W. B. Allison. To the Hon. Marshall Jewell. THE OCTOBER STATES AGAIN/ •’ The next letter which Mr. Allison wrote < was written to Senator Dorsey, and reads ps follows: Dubuque, lowa., Sept.lt. My Dear Sir : The Maine business is very bad. 1 tell you you must get down to serious work. Money must be had, and must be sent to Indiana. If we lose Indiana in October we. are beaten. z No stone must be left unturned in that direction. You gather about you h corps of strong men who.can aid you in raisjng’funds. We mast recover this disaster'in Maine by carrying Ohio and Indiana. Maine was carried by money and the still hunt tactics. Those same tactics must be played in Indiana and Ohio. Book out. Hastily yours, - ■ ?:■ -M W. B. Allison. AID ASKED FOR WEST VIRGINIA. But the National Committee at that time were having demands made upon them from other diiections. For instance, here is a letter from the Hon. Steward L. Woodford, from West Virginia: Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 29,1880. My Dear Sib: . . . No* for busines-'. These people ought to be helped. Here, if anywhere, the South is to be broken. . . . You know what funds you have. Sturgiss and Atkinson agree to raise $lO,000 if you will give them $15,000. With $25,000 they can make an effective campaign. Of this SIO,OOO Wheeling men will give $5,000, and Sturgiss agrees to raise the remaining $5,000. With $25,000 they can organize the State. . . If you can possibly do this without endangering Indiana, I advise it very earnestly. . . . Your friend, Stewart L. Woodford. The Hon. Marshall Jewell. Sept 7 the Rev. J. R. Thompson, President of the West Virginia University, wrote to Secretary Dorsey as follows: If you put men and sinews here at once the Republicans will carry it (West Virginia) in October. THE OLD DOMINION. But the Republican National Committee had more important business to attend to than putting men and money into West Virginia. There was a plaintive howl from Virginia herself for cash, as appears by the following letter from Mahone’s chief Republican Lieutenant: Linwood, Sept 22, 1880. Gov. Jewell: My Dear Sir : The expenditure of $50,000 by your committee fiill insure the electoral vote of Virginia to Garfield and Arthur. “Help us, Cassius, or we perish.” Yours, truly, John F. Lewis.

HENDERSON’S ADVICE. The attention of the committee was from the first turned toward the Indiana election, and not only of their own accord, but at the suggestion of many of the prominent Republican politicians of the? country. Mr. D. B. ’Henderson, of lowa, who succeeded dlorsey as Secretary of the committee, however, had a difl erent view. He writes from* fiubuque as follows: • „ „ „ Dubuque, lowa, Aug, 8,1880, The Hon. 8. W. Dorsey. Dear Sib: Maine must not be lost. If you can make sure of New York give Indiana to the enemy, excepting keep them busy there. In other words keep up a fire in Indiana, plant the troops lii New York, “pr t money in thy purse.' Yours very truly, D. B. Henderson. WHAT MR, RICHARD SMITH KNEW. The opinion of Mr. Henderson was not

shared by Richard Smith, editor of the cinnati Gazette. He writes as so lows: Cincinnati, Ohio. Sept. 1?, 1880. The Hon. Marshall Jewell: Drab 8m: Your favor of the 10th instant came duly to hand, and it surprises me. I was amazed at what yon Mid had been represented to you by Nash and Garfield, because I know what I said to you was true. I am not in the habit of misrepresenting matters of this kind, and I now repeat every line I wrote you before and since the Maine election, and support evdly line of that letter. I probably know more about what the Democrats are doing and proposing to do than Mr. Nash, Chairman of the Republican Committee of Ohio, became the brains of the management are here. Perhspi you will say lam meddlng. W. 11, yon know I am up to my eyes in this fight, I am devoting night and day to It, and in feeling am “all over” in this business. Therefore, I keep posted both aa to this State and Indiana. That, too, is my busfness; and I now tell you that as matters are going in Indiana and Ohio we are beaten in both States. There should be $50,000 judiciously placed in each Stote within the next ten days, and two-thirds of it should be reserved for use on election day. If your committee conclude to let Ohio take care of herself, and meet the enemy in a half-way style, you might just as well give up nowand not spend another dollar in effort. Now mark what I tell you. I inclose my correspondence. Truly yours, Richard Smith. GOY. FOSTER Gov. Foster seems to have been of the opinion that money was necessaiy in Ohio, for he writes aa follows: State of Ohjo.Executive Department, I Columbus, Sept. 16, 1880. J The Hon. Richard Smith, Cincinnati, O.: Dear SUj I have given the subject of our finances some attention, and have received and am promised $15,000. We ought to have $40,000 obtained—slo,ooo of it for Cleveland—and am trying to get hold of some of your men who can contribute Überally. I hope to have your aid and sympathies in my visit to Cincinnati, Yours very truly. Foster “me too” PLATT. But Mr. Dorsey was making arrangements by which the wealthy men could be brought together, the results of which were seen afterward in large contributions. Here is a letter from an eminent citizen of New York, indicating that in what Dorey did he had the cordial support of the stalwarts: Auburn. July 29,1880. My Dear Dorsey: Received your telegram here. I cannot go down to-night. In fact, it is impossible for me to get away before Monday. I wiU inclose a letter to Rutter, and you can see him. It he refuses, caU upon Mr.. Blanchard, of the Erie, who will do all you ask. If you want me to urge the Senator (Conkling) and Arthur to be th< re on the Sth I wiU do so at once, and any other things you may need of me telegraph me at Oswego and they shall be done at once. I congratulate you on the success of your efforts. Now I begin to see daylight. Yours truly, T. C. Platt. NOT A FRIEND OF DORSEY’S. This letter shows that, as Dorsey’s friends claim, he had the confidence of the Republican leaders, and was really the man upon whom they were relying for the arrangements which subsequently resulted in successful bargains by which the election of the President was procured. There was one man, however, who did not seem to have confidence in Dorsey. In a letter written by the Hon. JohnM. Forbes, of Boston, to Gov. Jewell, dated Boston, Sept. 21, he says: If we have any money to spare to Indiana, besidS what the New York Committee cheeses to send through Mr. Dorsey, r suggest sending it either to Ben Harrison or Gpn, rorter. asking him to co-operate with the others. I have sent you SIB,OOO, and promised Barbour $3,000 for West Virginia, and with $2,5(0 come in to-day I hive about $25,000 on my list which I can call for, so I could supply you by advancing $5,000, but will not advance it unless it goes to Han ison or Porter, whom I happen to know better than I do Dorsey. Moreover, as New York chooses to discriminate in favor of Dorsey, I think we heie magchoosaour medium of. sending it as you may approve. Very truly yours, - ■■ - . . John M. Forbes. ■ Ms. Forbes also writes to Gov. Jewell as ifo'lowfi, the letter not being dated? ’ gXheJton. Jowell,,New*York—>. > Dear toceivej yovfr telegram, of this fnorhing, and replied thafTwould by to-night’s mail advanee check for $3,800, which I advance, ajthough I am already under advances to you beyond my subscriptions. It is currently reported that your New York members of Congress ofteß pay from $20,000 to $25,000 to secure their elections. If you do not soon get steam up in New York we shall break. New York ought to pay'frt-least $3 for every ,$1 raised in Boston, yet «i to ye are ahead. JohnM. Forbes. ' JOHN c. NEW- t “ Mr, JofcnC. New, who was Chairman-of the Republican State GonftilittAein' lndianß, carried op a ve»y voluminous correspondence . with the National Committee, of which the fdllowing letters are samples: • Indianapolis, July 24, 1880. The Hon. Marshall Jewsll, Chairman, etc. Dkab Sib : lam glad' yow recognize Indiana AS the battlefield. I had a letter from Gen. Garfield to tfie same effect. When I see you in New York next’week I will explain to you our wante,sand£Ml ctrtfidefitly rely on you for assistance. jWe must have material aid.for purposes Which I will explain, but it will be for the ‘-national ;fio;Hmtttee to maxethe battle in Indi- : APB a Victory sure and overwhelming, or to ieoparalze oflr cause for lack or it. Youse truly, ■ . • a-,.. '‘JdfflvONew. '-‘•■‘♦hr j, to • InDianlpolis, Aug.M,“lßßo. Of' tbe 28th lust, at hand. That Wabash raM matter is of very great importance, and I am glad you thought of it and accomplished so much. I hope that you can be equally successful in ouc eUysr Sherman is a Director in Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne. WonIdarM he would jhelp uei > GonHtoeeu control a coume-and fb&ClevelAncyjarties,Devereaux and darfiera the ClevtWand'people. Dorsey is in Chicago.' ‘Don’t know,hgw long he wjll remain. Do nqt,disappoint me in egard to the SIO,OOO written tor yesterday. We must have it or stop fighting.' - .■ .Yours, John C. New. HE GETS SOME CHECKS. X <- Sept. 4, 1880. The Hon. Marshall Jewell, Chairman, New York. My Dea-r Governor: Yours of the 2d Inst, covering check on Levi P. Morton for $4,000,: at hand, for which you have my thanks. Yours trnly, John 0. New. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10. The Hon. Marshall Jewell, Chairman, New York: Your favor of the' 6th Inst., and covering check for $4,000 at hand, for whli h this is your receipt. You have our thanks, and we realize that you are doing your whole duty In our I behalf, and we hope and believe that we will re- I pay your good deeds by victory. Yours truly, John C. New. IN ACCORD WITH DORSEY. Indianapolis, Sept 10. The Hon. Marshall Jewell. Chairman, etc. My Dear Governor: ’. . . The prospect grows brighter. I saw Mr. Dorsey on Thursday, ■ He is up to his eyes in 1. tiers, etc., etc. He is doing us good service, and we are tn accord. Yours in haste, John C. New. Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 28, 1880. My Dear Governor: I want you to send ma SIO,OOO. We are out, and our expenses are very heavy. We must have SIO,OOO at once. We shall commence a canvass, and have money next week, but it will take us some time to realize, | and in tbe meantime we will need what I ask for above. Please send me your check, and I will use it Inclosed you will find Treasurer’s receipt fbr the first sum you sent me. I tell you we are going to carry Indiana, and don’t you forget it. Yours truly, John C. New. A GREAT MANY LIES TOLD. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25,1880. My Dear Governor: I thank you for your confidence. I know that a great many lies are being told about me personally and about our friends, but I am too busy to pay attention ,to these charges now. They will only start another lie when we nail one. If we can only carry Indiana we can afford to tell them all to be d d. Yours in baste, John C. New. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25, 1880. Tbe Hon. Marshall Jewell: Dear Sib: ... So far as it is possible I I have and shall avoid any parade, but do our work from an individual standpoint. Yours truly, John C. New.