The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-01

Jan. -, the Legislature appointed
joint committee ofthree Senator'S
and i've Representatives, to investi-
gate the charges of corruption in
the Senatorial elections of 1867, and
1871. Feb, oath that committee
UNANIMOUSLY submitted the follow
ing report to both branches. 1t
will ring throughout the land, and
be read from ocean to ocean:
REPORT
From the testimony taken your
committee find,
That, at the senatorial election of
1867, a large sum ofmoney was used
aud attempted to be used in bribing
and in attempting to bride and in
fiuence the members of the legisla-
ture to secure the election OF S. C..
Pomeroy, E. G. Ross and Thomas
Carney, Perry Fuller ana others in
their employ.
See the report of committee ap-
pointed in 1867, in house journal of
1867, from page 957 to page OIL in
elusive. Also see testimony here
with submitted of Geo. A. Reynold,
l. S. Kalloch, r. D. Mobley, S. d.
Mcdonald, Thos A. Osborne, JOSH
ia Wheeler, William Spriggs, d. r.
Anthony, Milt Reynolds, Edward
Russell, ct al.
1t also appears in reference to
that election that S. G. Pomeroy and
Sidney clark, in March, 1866, Jointly
paid one thousand dollars and prom
ised to pay the further sum of two
thousand dollars, for which they
executed their joint notes to NJ. W.
Reynolds, who has been recently
appointed receiver of the land Office
at Neodesha in consideration that
he. wonld use the columns ofhis pa
per, the Journal, at Lawrence, to
secure the election of S. G. Pome-
roy to the United States senate in
1867, and Sidney Clarke to Congress
in the fall of 1866. It also appears
that S. G. Poneroy paid in addi ion
to the further sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars to the said N. w.
Reynolds. It further appears that
NJ. w. Reynolds sued upon these
notes in tho Douglas county district
court, and the defendants Pomeroy
and Clarke pleaded therein an ilie-
gal consideration for the notes, and
that the findings of the court upon
trial upon the merits were for the
defendants and the Judgment
against the plaintiff Reynolds.
That Reynolds had the case prepar-
ed for the supreme conrt and then
directed his counsel not to proceed
further in the cause, and that short
ly thereafter heswas appointed to
the pphlic Office he now holds.
From the depOsitious of Pomeroy
and Clarke taken and used in that
cass It would seem that the payment
of the one thousand dollars and the
promise of two thousand dollars to
NJ. W. Reynolds, were to advance
repubIicanism in Kansas and secure
q republican victory at the election
of the fall of 1866.
When such testimony as this is
viewed in the light of these wen
known facts. and the subsequently
demonstrated truth that the state
was then republican By 3 majority
of IL 900, without the aid of the
Lawrence Journal, it's falsity is APP
parent. That the one Thousand
dollars was paid and the two thous-
and dollars promised to be paid,
Was so paid and promised to be
to be paid to subsidiEe the Journal
in the interest of S. c. Pomeroy
and hidney Clark, personally, is q
fair conclusion from the testimony.
(See lhe testimony of George A.
Reynolds, w. w. Nevisou, and the
depOsisions of s. @. Pomeroy. 9ld-
ney Clarke and George A. Reynolds
and the findings of the court.) AS
q thorough investigation of the sen.
atorisi election Of 1857, by reason
of the lapse of the time since that
date, absolutely required for its
preparation and completion much
mere time than the ordinary length
of legislative session, the commit
they wefe forced to hs content in
that regard with what they
could CLEAN from tile witnesses
brought before them for the proof
of othsr facts. Yet, from all the
testimony before tao committee ON
that question, We have no hesitation
in recording our we'll establiehed
that money was usesd
in large smoHnt and in q corrupt
aud criminal way By candidates for
U. S. senator and by thsir friends
with their knowledge.
Sidney CLARE N 1871.
In relation to the election of 1871,
the committee find that, the testt-
paony shows that Sidney Clarke
was q candidate for election TO the
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