Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-06-03
Radical Corruption.


them with being influenced by bribery
and corruption, met with sad disaster in
the examination of Col. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. His testimony
makes sad work with the Senatorial In
peachers, and proves an unsuccessful at
tempt on their part, to make money out of
the bluster. Forty thousand dollars was
the price of Pomeroy and four mongrel
Senators. What Bntler's price was, has
not yet been made public.
The first witness examined was Colonel
Edmond Cooper, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury. He was asked whether he
had been approached on the subject of
using money for the acquittal of the Pres
ident, and made in reply, the following
astounding and disgraceful revelation. -
Colonel Cooper said that person pro-
Tossing to act on the authority of Hon. }. e.
Pomeroy, Senator from Kansas. calling on
him, Cooper, and proposed that for $4,000
in hand, Senator Pomeroy would control
four Radical votes in the Senate, and put
in bis own so as to insure the Presidents
acquttal. When as Colonel Cooper testl-
fed, he professed to doubt this persons
authority, the person produced letter
from Senator Pomeroy dated, day
-, substantially as follows
SIR-I will, in good faith, carry ont any
arrangement made with my brother ill.,
law, Wills Gaylord, to which am a par
ty.
At this jancture in the examination
Butler objected TO witness's testifying TO
{ ButIer would produce it. Then, As
Colonel Cooper went on to testify, Willis
Gaylord was introduced by the person
who produced this letter, who read it to
the witness and Gaylord, the person who
first called then retired, leaving Colonel
Cooper and Gaylord together, thereupOn
Gaylord renewed the proposition, namely,
to secure five votes for the President, for
100000. The patronage of the Admins
tration to be thrown in for PomeIoy i'll
the State of Kansas. Colonel Cooper,
having test fed SO far, said he had believ
ed that this proposition from Senator Pom
eroy was inten led te entrap him, and act
lug under that belief, he had determined
to lead the paltics on to exposure. lie
assigned reason for that belief. First,
that Senator Pomcroy was a strong parti
san, that he felt bitterly towards the Pres
ident and that if money was his object.
the party to which he belonged was much
more abe to pay than the administration
was. Second, the person who approached
him, Colonel Cooper, with the proposition
enumerated, among the nam's OF Sena-
tors whom Pomeroy proposed to control,
those Of Morton, Of Indiana, and Nye, Of
Nevada. Colonel Cooper did not believe
it possible that Senator Morton could be
bought. Colonel Cooper resumed b!
stating that the interviews were sought by
the persons protesting TO act for 5 nator
romeroy. That letters were brought
showing their authority, that the terms
were not accepted. and tha; be, the wit
ness, had never intended to accept them
The additional testimony of Colonel
Cooper was to the effect that he was not
advised of any money having been used
When Colonel Cooper allegations were
brought to the notice of TLad. Stevens,
that good man, according to a current
statement, asked
"Who were present in the committee
room when Colonel Cooper was examin-
ed 2"
Having been told that Butler, Boutwell,,
and Wilson were there, Mr.. Stevens, as
the report goes, said :
They are a set of tyros. Nobody but
a Set of tyros would have admitted such
testimony. l. has knocked the impyaeh-
ment into fits
The expose of Senator Pomcroy's prop
osition has, in tact, caused a tremendous
sensation. The reputation of this particu-
lar Senator from Kansas has never been
too fattering, and, some of his friends
allege that he really wanted the money
The Chicago convention---Smau Dodg
ers:
1t is probable that those who prepared
the resolutions of the Radical convention
thought they were doing smart thing in
trying to dodge the nigger suffrage ques-
ton which they did in the following man
ner
Second. The guarantee of Congress
of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the
South was demanded by every corsidera
ton of public safety, OF gratitude, aud of
justice, and must be maintained while the
question of suffrage in all the loyal States
properly belongs to the people Of these
States.
Here is plain assertion that what is
correct principle in the Southern States
is not a correct one in northern States
for, if what they call equal suffrage be
principle, it must apply to Riggers in the
North as we'll as to those in the South
and if the question of suffrage properly
belongs TO the peopIe of States in one Sec