Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1884 — Page 1

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DORSEY’S REVELATIONS.

Some Reasons Why He was Pf.esecuted AND Others Spared- 0 -Hr Has No Lev® kor MacVeagh, James. Brewster, Merrick. Ker and Oth ers. Ne ; v York,February 9—The World publishes the following interview with ex Senator Dorsey, in Washington, to-day: Wasshington, Feb. B.—ExSenator Stephen W. Dorsey has been in town for a week or more, advising with his friend and attorney Col. R. G. Ingersoll, about his big law suit in New Mexico. This legal difficulty involves a half interest in his cattle ranche, which he values at a trifle over $1,400,000, and as might be expected, he has given it his undivided attention. He has received few callers, although an almost continuous procession has been knocking at his door oi standing in the Barrow hallway at Welek. er’s while the heavy footed waiters have tramped upstairs and back with their cards; , Mr. Dorsey has almost eniirely recovered from the affliction of the eyes, which anno) ed him during the progress of his trial, though h© still wears glasses. “They talk about Dorsey’s revelations,” he said to-day to the World’s correspondent; “but I have made no revelations in comparison with what 1 could make. However, I have, perhaps, said enough.” “But there have been new revelations about the Star Route troubles recently,” suggested the correspondent. “It has been stated that Mr. Saulsbury, one of the largest of the Star Route contractors, publicly asserted that he had secured immunity from criminal prosecution by the payment of >IOO,OOO. Do you know anything about this?” “The on 1 y doubt there is about the truth of that statement is that it was $200,000 instead of SIOO,OOO. In saying his I don’t mean to intimate hat Mr. Saulsbury was any more guilty than you are You know it is better sometimes to sell a vicious dog than to kill him. Mr. Saulsbury was by far the largest of the Star Route contractors, and, therefore, afforded the best subject for blackmail. It is said that one of these large contracting firms agreed to pay a large sum for the appointment of a Board of A ■ bitrators, and after the trial was concluded refused to pay.” “Do you know anything of the details of these transac tions?”

“Parties to bribery have no companions, and when you add bribery to cowardice they have no associates. The dirty muck of the Blisses and Brewsters, and the gang with which they associate, was only worthy to fertilize the garden of their infamy.” “Were you ever offered immunity by the payment of money to persons representing the Government?” “Why, certainly. Don’t you know the whole Star Route business has two purposes? One was to gratify the ambition of idiots and pretenders; and the other was to fill the pockets of the blackmailers. A demand was made upon me for $30,000 to guarantee immunity.” “Who made you this offer?” “That I will not tell.” ‘Was political influence used as well to shield these lan e contractors, cr any of them?” “I had not married the niece of a Cabi et officer, nor had I contributed large sums to the personal success of ambitious people.” “Do you know whether the Government got the money paid by these men for immun ity?” “The. bribe-takers never divide with anybody. The books of the Treasury Department will show whether any of this ever went into the vaults or not: and if you can discov-

er a dollar of it that ever did reach the Treasury, I will give jrou SIO,OOO for each dollar you “If this money was paid, and it did not go into the Treasu ry, where did it go, if you know?” “While I did not see it paid, nor trace it after it was paid, 1 will make a wild guess that the bank account of George Bliss in New York shows pret ty large depc sits outside of his sls0 t a day about the time the moneys was paid. And Ker’s (it ought to be spelt with a c) account in Philadelphia—if he knows enough t keep a bank account—makes a good showing. It is more than likely that the other two parties to this fraud, Brewster and Merrick, have spent their share for whisky.” “Was there any political reason for prosecuting you and leaving the great contractors out?’ “Well, answering that question will involve a good bit of political history. The appoint mentof MacVeagh from Pennsylvania as a member of the Cabinet seemed to me to be an insult to the best element of the Republican party of that Btat», and when I was asked to express my opinion to General Garfield, I did it with frankness, and I believe with entire truth. When General Garfield asked me to write him about James, of New York, I didn’t know whether he refer red to a letter carrier or a polio jman. I never heard of any James that ought to represent that great State in a President’s Cabinet. I made some inquiries, and I found out who James was, and I learned, as I expected, that he was a sycophant. My urgent advice to Garfield was that if he wanted to appoint any member of his Cabinet outside of lup pwn party, that instead of selecting MacVeagh he should take a Democrat, as a Democrat without pledge son his part. I advised him that it might be wise to make General Hancock Secretary of State; that we had only carried the election by a very small majority; that the voters were nearly equally balanced; that on the theory of civil service reform he sho’d give the minority- that was scarcely a minority—represeh-

tation in the Cabinet. I suggested to him that pretense wasn’t statesmanship; that assumption always represented small things: that scolders never accomplished anything except to wear out their own tongues; that James and MacVeagh represented the pretenders and the scolds—the sycophants and incapacity of disappointed ambition. MacVeagh and James know what I had said to Garfield. Doesn’t this answer your question?” “Was there not another reason why you opposed these appointments or at hast one of them? Had not General Garfield pledged Senator Platt, Mr. Crowley, General Arthur, Levi P. Morton yourself and others, that New York should have the Secretary of the Treasury, and was not that nledge made in the presence. Of the parties named? ’ “Yes, sir; and if you want to know —though I don’t see any good now, it’s old history—l’ll tell ydu about it. When we had our so-called conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel a meeting was had in my room at which the above named persons were present. General Garfield the \* promised the persons above named to appoint a New Yorker Secretary es the Treasury if among the names of those presented to him by those present that of Levi P. Morton was included. Phis, of course, was a substantial pledge to Mr. Morton.— With this understanding, which seemed to be perfectly clear, a Committee on Finance was organized, to raise all pro per means to conduct the cam

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paign, and they raised the money. When General Garfield was elected, this promise that he had made was characteristically disregarded. When Garfield came to New York I never saw a man so apparently hopeless, and when he went home I never saw one so hopeful.” “While in Indiana, did General Garfield write you in reference to, and suggesting that use of the Campbellite Church to secure his election, on the ground that he was a member of it?” ' often. Not only wrote to me, but sent out the most prominent men of that church—among them Mr, Phillips, of Pennsylvania, and his own successor as President of Hiram College. w e did all we could, and used all the methods in our power, at the suggestion of General Garfield, to Froduce the results we desired. say this because I don’t think there is any secret about it.— If there is it is so open that tens of thousands of people know it” “Ehat method did he suggest to change the political convictions of the members of his church?” “General Garfield seemed tj think it best, where we found a church in debt, that represented a large number of voters, that, if we had the meins, we should pay off the debt, and where we found a community with a good number of Campbellite voters without atehurcn, we had better contribute liberally toward building one, and especially *f the voters were Democrats. I carried out these suggestions to the best of my ability, under the guardianship of Mr. Phillips and others. e tried to make the way of the Campbellite as pleasant as possible, and there were about 25,000 of them in the State.”

President Hayes.— Mr. R. B. Hayes, of Fremont, 0., is the alleged President of the National Prison Association of the United States of America. w e say alleged President, for we have no evidence that he was honestly elected to the place. He signs his name as President it is true, and as President he solicits contributions to the fund of the Prison Association; but fraudulent pretension and the misapprojriation of money are no new ffiing with this man. The Secretary of the prison Association recently applied to the Secretary of State of Indiana for certain documents relating to the Penitentiary system of that Commonwealth. The Indiana Secreta’y of State Hon. u. R. Myers, sent the desired pamphlets. and wrote a letter, the concluding paragraph of which was this: “If the name Rutherford B. Hayes, that adorns the top of your letter, is the same individual that lately figured as the continental fraud in t hfhite House, in Washington, D. C., there is certainly a grim fitness in his being associated with gentlemen who are interested in Prison affairs. No criminal in this country has been more fortunate in escapinc- the rigors of Prison life than he. The mere mention of a Prison sho’d inspire him to sing psalms and give thanks that he has thus far eluded justice, and is not to-day an occupant of the most loathsome cell in Sing Sing.— If justice should overtake him on this side of Jordan, I will ; vouch for our Prison officials giving him a he arty welcome. Very truly, youis, R. Myers, Secretary of State. : If the Prison Association of ■ the United States desires to i pursue its useful work and at i the same time to preserve the respect of the community, it had better get another President. Hayes name is enough to damn any organization. He (Continued on 4th page.)