The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-30
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The Senatorial Election i'm Pennsyl-
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That immaculate friend of the purity of
elections, HORACE GREELEY, is very indig-
nant because SIMON CAMERON was not al
lowed second time to buy his seat in the
Senate of the United States. OF course
GREELEYs lamentations and misrepresent-
atoms are caught up and echoed in most
of the radical papers throughout the North,
including the St. Paul Press, which never
had an Independent opinion, and if it had,
would never muster courage enough to ex-
press it. The whole matter may be ex-
planned in a few words. .a f.. ..re..
The election last fall in Pennsylvania
resulted in the choice OF sufficient num-
Der OF Democrats to give them majority,
in joint convention of the Legislature,
which would ensure the election of Dem
ocratic United States Senator. But the
result had hardly become known before
the tools of SIMON CAMERON were at work,
and attempted to bride several of the
Democratic members elect, by offers OF
immense sums of money, to vote for
CAMERON. 1t is said that SIMON was will
ling to bleed to the tune Of 500, 900 to ef-
feet his object. What encouragement
they had from the weak and venal is not
known, but CAMERoN's friends openly
boosted of their success. Intense excite
ment was created, and universal deter
mination was expressed that the contem-
plated outrage should not be consummated.
There was an immense crowd at Harris
burg, and moral force was brought to
bear on the weakened, if any such there
were, which kept them up to their duty.
There was no violence, or anything like it,
but there was undoubtedly a fixed deter
nlination to make such an example of any
one who was base enough to sell his vote,
as would be q warning for all future time
to men Of that stripe. Bat, happily, every
man was true; and the election passed oil
peaceably, and to the satisfaction of a vast
majority Of the people of Pennsylvania and
the whole country.
The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday, in it.
Washington correspondence shows how the
affair was regarded in Washington, by
those whe know what appliances were used
to defeat the expressed will Of the people
OF Pennsylvania. We qoute:
The struggle between money and muscle
at Harrisburg, which resulted in the tri-
unph OF the latter and the election OF
Buckalew to the United States Senate, has
excited considerable merriment in Wash
ington, but it is surely greater occasion
for mourning among those who regard the
purity Of elections as essential to free gov
eminent. 1t is generally conceded that
the friends of Buckalew were justified in
meeting Camerons dollars with dirks or
knives. It is controversy which no hon
est man can possibly have any interest.
But Justice requires that it should be known
why Mr.. Wilmot, brave and true man,
cut no figure in the contest. Cameron's
friends in the caucus put this proposition
to Mr.. Wilmots supporters: eve can get
votes enough from the opposite party to
elect our man, If we have the entire Re-
publican vote. If you get one Democrat
c vote we will all 60 for MIR. Wilmot II
not, we insist that you shall all go for Mr..
Cameron. Mr.. Wilmot's friends frankly
admitted that they did not know of a sin
gle Democrat in the Legislature who could
be induced to desert his own party. but
they required to be assured, beyond all
possibility of doubt, that that one could be
found to vote for Cameron. Otherwise,
having a majority in the Senate, they
would refuse to go into joint convention,
and thus defeat the election of a Demo
crat. The Cameronians produced what
was regarded as proof that they had a
Democratic vote signed, sealed, and ready
to be delivered. All parties to the dis
graceful affair were cheated, as they de-
served to be.
TRAGEDY AT SPRINGFlELD, OHlO-A lady
whose name could not be learned, lately
committed suicide at the American House,
in Springfield, Ohio. She arrived there, a
few days ago, in company with an officer,
who subsequently eft the place, whether
deserving her or not, was not ascertained.
The chambermaid found the lady dead on
the floor of her room, the pistol lying on
her breast, and her hands raised over her
head. She had shot herself, the ball pass
ing in at the temple, producing instant
death
DEATH OF A PROMINENT SoUTHERNER.-
Ex-Governor Branch, of North Carolina,
died at Enfield, N. G, on the 4th inst, in
the seth year of his age. Governor
Branch was q State Senator from 1871 to
1917, also in 1922, and again in 1884
He was elected Governor in 1917. He
was United States Senator from 1923 to
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