Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-01

Governors, Congressman. and Rel,
road Officials. ALI I'm the Rtnr-rh..
Tools EuEittVes from the st.,.
ROgueS Going Back ON One sposhe.
Why POEnerOy Didn't Pay His NOT.
TOPEKA, KANSAS Feb. %
The Bribery Investigation Committee &c.
ported To the House to-day. The reno,
was signed by every member of the con,
lnlttee. 1t says, in regard to the Senate
rial election OF 1867 that they find mt
money was used by Pomeroy, Carney AMI
Perry Fuller, but the committee had no,
time to make thorough investigation.
Regarding the election last winter. the
conli:lttee reports a mass Of evidence show
ing bribery and corruption OF the part od'
ooth senator Caldwell and ex-Congress-
man Clarke. The proof is positive tha;
caldwell stated that his election cost bir,
over $4,000, and that lie paid Of th;s
amount over ten per cent. TO ex-Governoy
Carney, and that he several times of,era,;
Ito refund to Clarke all his expenses. n h.
(Clarke) would withdraw from the contest.
he report also says that Alexander
caldwell used bribery and other corruns
and criminal practices by himself and his
friends, with his full knowledge and e.,p-
sent, to secure his election TO the United
states Senate; that there was also an o.,
gained effort from the Commencement 70
Keep important witnesses out Of the way,
sand that IL has been impossible to procure.
their evidence. Fifty thousand conies NJ
the report and evidence have been ordered
printed, and copy was ordered 10 be sent
4 to each Kansas Senator, and to the Vice
President TO be laid before the United
States Senate for its confirmation.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. q.
The Democrats Topeka special, refer
! riug to the report cf the Bribery Investiga
: ton Committee, made TO the Kansas Hous..
to-day, says:
''Some curious facts have come to light
& IL seems that Senator Pomeroy and Sidney
Clarke gave II. w. Reynolds, at that tine
editor Of the Lawrence Journal, their note
for 81 900, in March, 1866, in considera-
n lion that that journal should support Penn
leroy Tor reelection to the Senate and
EClarke to Congress-
~ reynolds went back on them, and they
refused TO pay the note as it was brought,
land POmerOy md Clarke put in as de-
Efence the fact that the note was aiyen for
Fan improper purpose, and Judgment was
Egiven for the defence
reynolds had the papers all made out TO
scarry the case before the Supreme Court
Nat its next term; but Just before the meet
ling Of the court he received the
&appointmeut OF receiver Of the Land
HO1fice, and the appeal was accordingly dis.
missed. He is now the editor of a week.,
paper, Which supports Pomeroy's re-elec
x tion for third term.
1t also came out that the President 9th.
N kansas Pacific Railroad promised Caldwell
$3.50, 900 to help to elect him TO the Senate
"A and that after the election he refused tt
pay any more than be had already paid
VA which was $4,000.
Mr.. John Anderson, the agent Of til.
NJ Kansas Pacific Railroad at this place, ant
Through whom the $4,000 was paid, ais,
paid out large sums besides, as the test
mony shows, but has not been before The
committee. He, with Eben Smith, the bus
mess partner Of Caldwell, and JOIN
Fletcher, and another person, who, Ii wa
proved, paid out money to use in the elee
teen, were, in the words Of the report. '1fi,
II gitves from the State"
The report will cause great commotio,
in the State, and show that money h..
been spent like water for years.