Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-17
JOE GEIGER.
Some of our citizens remember the i'm

Some of our citizens remember the i'm
mortal little "Joe,' who accompanied
"Gov." Ranny through the State last
campaign, and the speech he made here
Well, Joe has got up an 'sirrepressible
conflict" in the Douglas ranks in the
Columbus District JOE is furious
Douglasite, and so is the Honorable S.
S. Cox, member of Congress from that
District. Mr. Cox is nominated by the
Douglasites for reelection, but the i'm
mortal JOE won't go him.
It will be remembered that Cox was
one of the fereest opposers of Lecomp-
tonism in all its forms. But Cox, be-
longs, soul, body and estate to Miller, of
Columbus. Miller held the Columbus
Postofice, and was Cox's special friend
When Cox refused to support the
Lecompton swindle, Buchanan, to
punish him, turned Miller out of Office.
That did not help the matter much, as
Cox's vote was wanted, and Cox would
not vote for it without pay. So Geiger,
Smith, and other prominent Democrats
were employed to buy up the great
Sam Cox. They did so, and a part OF
the consideration was, that Miller
should be put back into the Postoffice
Cox, to the utter surprise of everybody,
suddenly turned round, and in the face
of his most solemn declaration by
speeches and letters, voted for the
English swindle. Thereupon Buchanan
completed the contract by putting
Miller back into the Postofice, and pay
ing over whatever else remained of the
consideration named in the contract.
The whole thing looked and stunk OF
bribery and corruption most foul, but
the legal proof was wanting to show the
influences brought to bear on the Hon.
Mr. Cox. But the celebrated Covode
Committee, appointed by Congress to in
vestigate the corruptions of the Admin
istration, investigated this transaction
along with others. Geiger, and other
leading Democrats were summoned be-
fore the Committee, and on oath were com
PEELED either to perjure themselves or
reveal the whole swindling transaction
They made clean breast of it, and ex-
posed the rottenness of the Hon. Sam
Cox. But Cox has, by some 'hocus
pocus," secured the nomination of the
Douglasites for reelection. Geiger, and
others, although leading Douglas men,
having once bought the little Congress
man, know his "salable' qualities, and
fear that others might overbid them if
elected, and they therefore oppose him.
The charges which these Democrats
Douglasites-bring against their candi-
date ought to sink him forever, and the
party which supports him, in the esti-
nation of all honest men. We do
sincerely hope that these purchasable
dough-faces may be defeated. 1t is a
disgrace to our country and our institu-
tons among the nations of the earth, to
have it publicly known that our legisla-
tion is the result of votes bought, as any
other commodity is purchased, and that
even detection and exposure will not
deter the madness of partizans from
voting for the culrrit again if he can sue
ceed in getting caucus nomination.
Geiger promises to take the stump
against Cox. And we sincerely trust
that he may meet with merited defeat.
We are no special admirer Of Gen.
Geiger. But if he will aid in keeping
Cox out of Congress, he will do his
country service which he could hardly
do in any other way.