, 1873-03-04
CHICAGO, TUESDAY, MARCH A, 1873

and deliberate choice Of Senator. Thoao cir
ol,matancos DO not provo that Pomoroy did not
York aa 2 xltnoss for, Wien tho limo Of docop-
taon nus boen entorotl upon, no ono Gun uay whom
H. y Is dropped, and Eoon-tl,read truth adopted.
Inc truth Which tho Committee sought was aa
tNa 1G %as Occurred ,sa IN tho Toom on Monday and
eacl, otller." Thoy ' nay t1soro @ is, now
otvor, oyitonce rclating to York's purposo
~ i! going to p,o'noroys room,. Which evidence
to discover from wllero York doriyod hts alleged
ASSURANCE tint ho was to be bribcf and knew
that 1t aB.to DO tl1at night, and to he In largo
sum, from auy fact consistent with his stato-
TINT afternoon, told him That pomcroy would
probably give him package Of money to bring
to him, NO cal moro roality understand this
confidence that he .waa to raceivo moaoy, but
tint lo Ind my such notice York onieB. If York
,,t Tas netting on tho information pngo gayc him,
tncro Is no evidence tint llo communicated it to
llaataoc!atos. Tho Conlnittepont out wl1nt they
deom another improbabitity lii Yorls's statement,
nafnely Mat ponloroy, on Mondny night, agreed
to Five him a0oo for hia vote, ,tndor tho stipu-
lntion TINT llo might vato against him III tho
sonate on Tuesday, w1aon hl5 villa might DO in
Desirable as on Wednesday,. md thu! llo was nt
voting, for him on Wodncnday, and TINT on aNeh
nn understanding ho pnid him OIL Monday 81, 900,
and OH Tncsday, aftor ho lad that day vototl
against lin, 1000 moro, and Pomoroy did this,
that ho was oithor honorably rofraining from all
corrupt influences to promote hiB election, or
that ho was carefully OH his guard against being
ontrapped in tho uso Of money, and whilo 1t ap-
pears that York was attending tho anti-Pomcroy
cauouB netting as its Secretary, mud known
considering tho statement Of .pomoroy that ho
gayo York tho a7, 900 to take to Pngo to onab}o
him to purchase United States bonds to mid in
establishing National Bank, tho Committed 5ay
pomoroy il ontitlct1, to the oxtont TINT other
mon aro to the presumption Of innocence, pre-
sumption which, they sny, is somewhat strength
enc tho fact that his acouaera hayo
tain thcr other clsarges against him In tho Same
election. Aftor a further review Of the tc8ti-
mony, tho Committee aay TINT there are Bovcrat
questions tlat arise in this transaction which
aro not satisfactorily explained, among which
arc tho following: Why did not pomeroy do
Monday? Ho thon had tho money. Why did
not Polnoroy giyo York tho money he was to
take to pngo in selled package? pomoroy may
hayo desired, in Wow OF the coming election, to
sisting, bis friend Page, BY showing him that ho
WINS aiding him in establishing bank in his
town, and by roposing confidence in him; but
ovon tho suggestion Of this improper motivo id
not d satisfactory answer to thaao questions.
Thoro aro also some discrepancies betweon tho
statementa Of pon1oroy md Page, such as to
whether it WIS in the morning or in the aftor-
noon of Monday that pago last callcd on pome-
roy. Pcrhaps they arc not other than auch ns
show an absonco Of arrangement botweon them
as witncHsca.
Tho Committee, nomo Of whom were absent on
other duty from tmo to time as the ovdouco
waa being taken, did not receive tho printed tea-
timony until tho morning Of Saturday tho 1at
examination % in preas Of business thoy
have beon ablo, which las been by no
moana aa thorough as desirable. Tho Commit-
too boaring in mind thnt tho whole transaction
remembering that the burden Of proof is On tho
party making tho accusation, hayo como to tho
conclusion thut York las not sustained his
charge by sufficient proof, contradctel aa 1t is
By the evidence Of pnge, and Pomoroy himself
Tho Committee report herewith tho ovidonce tn-
ken, md with the briefs of tho respective coun-
sol.
Tho report is signed by Senators Froling-
huyaen, buckingham, and Alcorn.
SENATOR TuuAalAN's oPlE1oH.
Tho following aro the yiews of Senator Thur
man:
II cannot agroo with tho report. Of the ma-
iorlty Of the Committee. think that tho ten-
Benator Simpson, Of tho Kansas Legislature. 10
obtain tho vote of tlo latter. nlno
helioYe that the testimony eonyicts POM
eroy Of having attempted to- bribo Son
for Tor him. That pomeroy delivered tic money to
York is not douied. Tho only material issue be-
tween them Is, for what purpose was tho money
given? York Hays 1t was brbo for his vote.
Pon1eroy says it was handed to York to carry to
one Page, whom Pomoroy lad promised to as
aist in starting National Bank. In MY iudg-
ment, tho Ataten1cnts Of Pomeroy on this sub
toct aro contradictory; aro inconsistent with
Pago'a statements; nro SO opposed to the naual
circumstances attending business transactions,
and aro 30 Improbable, especially In yiew OF tho
circumstances attending tho Senatorial Cleo
tion, tint reliance cannot, ho placed upon
elaborate statement as to. the testimony
and roRsons that bring mo to thoAo conclusloug,
Irefrain from making such statement, We're
thore time for tho Sonato to consider the subject
fully, should fool 1t my duty to give at large
the reasons for my convictions, but this is tho
tho last day of the session and Of pomcroys
Senatorial term, and boforo tho reports can be
printed, much less considered, tho session will
be ut an end. therefore Say no moro than to
report tho conclusion to which my mind las re-
luctant1y aud painfully been brought"
SENATOR yICEEnD
sayB: considering the nature and character OF
tho testimony for tho prosecution and dofenso
with all surrounding circumstances, have not
been ablc 10 conclude beyond q reasonable doubt
that tho charges against Po1noroy have beon
sustained"
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
CREDIT 1{OB1f41EH TESTIMONY,
WA5r1NaToN, March 3.-The Bcnuto concurred In
tho House rcso1Gtt0u to print 600 copies Of tho tes
fm1 t,tfnrn In Mn1,i1ar