The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-06
fHE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, FEBRuARY ., ls7s.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1879.
KAxsAs DoRy AoAM!I
Ths election Of John J. Ingalls to the
u. 8. Senate, last Wednesday, - the
sucosssor Of 8. C. Pomeroy, was proba-
bly, Tie most remarkable and unlocked
3br event thst ever happened. On tho
dsy prseeaing Pomsroy had 50 votes
whils Ingalls, bad only one. Afssr inc
ballotng, and up to the very hour OF the
cosvssing of the Legislature in joint con-
vsatioa q. the following day, tho Pome-
rev usn wcre confident that their can
didsse would b elected. Much - We
deplorsd the fsct, No were about con-
sineed, - 10 arose from our slumbers
ON Wednesday morning, that's c. Pom
eroy would be his own successor. The
eventfdI hour came. The rolls Of both
houses had been called and the ballot
- about to be taken, when Col. A. u.
Ysrk, . senator from Aontgomerysoun-
T.. arsse and delivered theAPsech which
l. published in full tho first page OF
this paper. Hs detailed in thrilling
woras his conversations with Pomeroy
andaahe 6nal sale Of his vote for tho ss'n
'sof 1900. Tho effect WAS wonderful.
A person would hardly witness such 40
event more than once in his life limo.
The stage has no play equal to this.
Mr.. Ingalls, friends taking advantage OF
the astonishment which the disclosure
hsd fixed upon that vast audience, i'm
mediately called for the vote, and there
upon Mr.. Iagalh was elected almost
unanimously, Mr.. Pomeroy not oven re-
ceiyins ono vote. The question as to
whether Col. York's action in this mat
ter, which exposed tho tremendous cor
ruption of Pomcroy, is to be commended,
makes no material difference hero. We
do not consider him u martyr and a saint,
nor rascal and pcrjurcr. He has
won many admirers for his course, and
there arc many who thoroughly detsss
his mode of procedure. He may have
boon actuatcd by the purcst Of motives,
or have been led on by infatuation after
notoricty. His actions arc to be weigh
cd by the revelations Of time.
lfJohn J. Ingalls, is the good man
many represent him to be, Two do not
expect that he is paragon of virtuc) the
triumph has been great not only for Kan
sas, bot for the cause of honesty and in
tegrity against commercial politics
throughout tho Nation. One thing is
certain, and time and its discl ,surcs will
~ etfoct the result: That the day of
.bsyins.and selling in Kansas legislatures
10 past, and men.hereaftcr must depend
solely and wholly upon their merits for
tkeir election TO either branch Of Cong |
ross. Money will not do it in tho future.
Waile Kansas Is disgraced by the expos
usa, der future bids fair to be resplend-
eat and she is to mako . thorough atone
uent for the past Redeemed, she is
prepared to pronounce "a long faro
we'll " over the carcass Of " Rotten Com |
monwealth."
We have opposed Mr.. Pomcroy from
the first to the last, because we thought
him corrupt, and.thc exposure made by
Col. York docs not mako this opinion
stronger. We rejoice ~ith tho few Pc
psrs Of Kansas which have persistently
opposed him through "thick and thin
-nsver having been "on the tcncc," nor
non-committal, as have some Of the Or
eans hsreabout which have 90 lately
Joined with 20 much zest in the popular |
acclaim. In oil our reioicings wc cannot
bat help having pity for the old man
who waited With 20 great expectancy for
the messenger to bear tho welcome news
Of his reelection to . high Office, and
who found instead an officer Of the law
ready 70 bring HIM before tribunal to
asswer to ono of tho gravest criminal
charges upon our statute books. We
also have pity for tho weaknesses OF
many who, "befors tho battle" (and
many Of them aro we'll known in this To- !
caiityl gave secret aid and comfort to
the now fallen senator, and were ready
to snip ct his table but now como back
raving and ranting anti-corruptionists,
= IL they, and they alone, had made tho
senator.
Mr.. Ingalls, is young man compare
lively, though old in the battles Of tho
Rspsblican party Of kansas- He isrcp-
resented a being possessed Of brilliant
talents, and BY far the ablcst candidate
IN the late senatorial contest His name
b not unknown to literature, and per
sonaily We know him to be an elegant
speaker. If he possesses the Aeart and
peiscipls the friends Of reform expect of
Nh, the victory is most complete. No