The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-09-10
Very respectfully,
S. C.. POMEROY.
True copy 4:
CORNELIUS WENDELL

The publication of this letter caused
considerable CONSERVATION among that
class of people who had heretofore had
confidence in Mr.. Pomeroy's radicalism.
One j. +. Legate-"D Dear Legate"-
than whom there is perhaps not big
ger political shyster in the State, rushed
into print with denial, charging that
the letter was a forgery. This denial,
however, had not the effect of convinc-
ing the public in the slightest degree, that
the letter was not genuine. The Sena-
tor, well knowing that Legate's L" certifi-
cate of character" would be rather dam
aging than otherwise, comes to the res
cue i'll the following card, which we find
in the kilograms:
"The above slip, containing what pur
ports to be letter from me to one Mr..
Legate, concerning the Leavenworth
postoffice, and my promised support of
the President, is, as have once or twice
before published, entirely false, from
the first word to the last. Not one SEN
tencc, or word, or syllable, was ever
seen or written by me or by my sane
ton. A baser forgery could not be per-
petrated, as l have proved before a COM
mittee of the House of Representatives,
of which Hon. B. F. Butler was chair
man, called, think, the Investigating
Committee, and defy them to produce
the letter i'll my handwriting, or of my
signature.
The Missouri Democrats Washington
correspondent has the following in re-
lation to the matter:
Gentlemen of this city (Washington)
to whom eX-Postmaster General Ran
dali explained his connection with the
alleged letter of Senator Pomeroy to
Legatc, gives RandalPs version of the
story. He says that Cornelius Wendell
was in his room at the Post Office De-
partment, when the alleged letter of
Pomeroy to Legate was shown him.
He asserted that lie knew the Senator's
handwriting we'll and that the original
was in that handwriting that he insist
ed upon having the letter or a copy.
The original was refused, but at Ran
dall's request Wendell made copy in
his presence and certified to it. Randall
afterwards took the copy to the Presi-
dent and explained his possession of it.
This was in the presence of a gentleman
now in the city"
The Topeka Record throws more
light on the subject, and administers
some wholesome advice to the Senator
We confess the matter looks little bad
for Mr.. Pomeroy. OF course he is all
interested party, and his denial is there
fore to be taken with that degree of
allowance which should be accorded to
man pleading his own case. The
| Record says:
''The Senator is no doubt perfectly
safe i'll ''defying" any one to bring forth
the original letter; for, as we are in
formed, he, by some means, induced
LeSate TO return said document to him
and Owe presume) he destroyed it.
But there are several Photographic
copies of the valuable missive i'll exist
ence, which Cornelius Wendell went to
the expense of obtaining, and which
are scattered around among Kansas
men as souvenirs. If the defiant Sena-
ator would like to see one of those fac
SMILES, we think we can put him on
the track of it without any trouble.
| And furthermore, we repeat the fact
stated few days ago, that n prominent
citizen of Topeka gentleman whose
testimony cannot be impeached, stands
ready to make affidavit that he sac and
read the original letter while it was in
the hands of Legate, and that the copy
as recently published is, he verify be-
| lieves, substantially correct. If Sena-
tor Pomeroy would like to have the
name of this party he can get it by ask
| ing us for it.
We have no desire to do Senator Pom
eroy or any other man injustice; but we
are anxious to see the much-talked-of
corruption of Kansas politics uncover
ed and laid bare to the public gaze, no
matter whose reputation may suffer
thereby. And now, since Senator
Pomeroy, after so long silence, has
entered the field to defend himself
not subside until he has given some
attention to the numerous other accusa-
tions equally as important as this, that
have from time to time been brought