Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-25
KANSAS.
Official Showing OfRadical Corruption
Out q ions Of the Political shomh10s
teOs 700 for a Federal senatOrship.


SeOp 700 for a Federal SenatOrsF,fD,
TOP EKA, Feb. 24.-The Bribery Inyesti-
gaIlOA Committee reported to the House to
oay' The report is long and signed by
every member of the committee. II saws
regarding the Senatorial election of 1867,
That they fnd much money was used BY
Pomeroy, Carney, Perry and Fuller, but
] they had not time to make a thorough in
Vestigation, Regarding the election last
winter the committee reports a mass of evil
dence showing bribery and corruption on
the part of both Senator Caldwell and ex-
! Congressman Clarke.
The proof is positive that Caldwell stated
that his election cost him over sixty thou
sand dollars, and that he paid of this over
ten per cent. to ex-Gov. Carney; that he sew
eral times offered to refund to Clarke all
his expenses if he (Clarke) would withdraw
| from the contest.
The report also says Alex. Caldwell used
bribery and other corrupt and criminal
practices by him and his friends, with his
full knowledge and consent, to secure his
election to the United States Senate; that
there was an organized effort made from
the commencement to keep important wit
nesses out of the way, and that it has been
impossible to procure their evidence.
Fifty thousand copies Of the report and
evidence were ordered printed and copy
ordered to be sent to each Of the Kansas
Senators, and to the Vice President, the
latter to be laid before the United States
Senate for its information.
The Power of POmerOy's Pocket.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.-The Democrats
Topeka special, referring to the report of
the bribery investigating committee made
to the House to-day, says some curious
facts came to light. 1t seems that Senator
Pomeroy and Sidney Clarke gave NJ. W.
Reynolds, at that time editor;of the Law
renee Journal, their note for $1,000 in
March, 1866, the consideration of which
was that the Journal should support Pome-
roy for reelection to the Senate, and Clarke
to Congress. Reynolds went back on them,
and they refused to pay the note. Suit was
brought, and Pomeroy and Clarke put in as
defense the fact that the note was given for
an improper purposes and judgment was
given for the defense. Reynolds had the
papers all made out to carry the case to
the Supreme Court at the next term. Just
before the meeting of the court, Reynolds
received the appointment of Receiver of
the Land Office in Southern Kansas, and
Immediately dismissed the appeal. He is
now editor Of weekly paper, which is SUP
porting Pomeroy's reelection for the third
term.
How Railroads Buy Legislatures.
1t also came out that the President of |
the Kansas Pacific railroad promised Cald- |
well $4,000 to help him to be elected to |
the Senate, and after the election refused |
to pay any more than he had already paid,
which was ten thousand. Tom Anderson,
agent of the Kansas Pacific road at this |
place and through whom the ten thousand |
was paid, and who also paid out large sums
besides, as the testimony shows, has not |
been before the committee. He with Len |
Smith, the business partner of Caldwell and |
John Fletcher, and another person who it |
was proved paid out money, to use the words /
of the report, were 'fugitives from the
State"
The report will cause a great commOtion |
in the State, and show that money has been
spent like water in the elections for years.
How the Report is Regarded.
LAWRENCE, Ks, Feb. 24.-The report !
of the committee to the Legislature to-day, |
on the Caldwell bribery case, is received |
here with some surprise. While the evi-
dence is overwhelming against Caldwell, the
committee attack Pomeroy, Cooney, Clarke
and others, it is thought have attempted to
complicate the real issue for political pur-
poses by assailing outside parties, 1t is ex-
pected here that Caldwell will now ask an
investigation in the United States Senate
or that the Senate will order one.