The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-03-14

the falsity of the charges against
HIM.
The charge that Mr.. Pomeroy has
voluntarily assumed to prove 20 tie |
Senate and country to Be false and /,
il stated with such can
dor and minuteness, sincerity ard
detail Of circumstance, by York,
and is 30 generally aud specifically /
corroborated by the testimony of
the other witnesses, as to leave NO
Lo0phole for the guilty to escape, in
the judgment of every fair and inn
partial mind.
Mattheneyis evidence furnishes q
fact that strongly fortilies the state. I
ment of York. III. w. Revpoulds.
Receiver of the land Office at indie 1
pendence, stated to Matthew. on
Tuesday evening, that York sshad |
been bought" that t.he.twas oure,
and would vote with us tomorrow"
in the Joint convention.
Where did this land officer receive |
the information that Yotk was
bought? Certainly not from York,
or any one Of the 'sconspirators,a
but from Pomeroy. He alone could
and would give the receiver the de.
sired hint. One of the most re-
markable phases of this transaction |
is that Reynolds is not here TO testi-
fly TO his want of knowledge. York
asserts that he received the money
on Monday night and on Tuesday
afternoon On Tuesday evening
one of Mr.. Pomeroy's friends said
that York had been bought, and yet
it is assef Ted that Pomeroy declared,
time and again, that he would use
no money.
1t is shown by the testimony of
r. McBratney and +. n. Shaw,
bankers, that Mr.. j. Q. Page was
about Mr.. Pomeroy's room; that
they met there many times. Mr..
Pomeroy had many opportunities TO
make the arrangement with him 70
let him have the money to help his
bank, had he desired TO do so.
Isaac s. KaifocA's testimony Is
that he notified Mr.. POmeroy before
going to the State House, ct least
two hours before the Joint conven-
ton met, that he had heard there
was to be an exposure made, and
that Mr.. P0meroy then assured him
that he had not made ase Of any
improper means to secure his cleo
ton. If Mr.. Kalloch, who was one
| of Mr.. Pomeroy's Warmest sup.
porters, believed this TO be true,
why did he not rise In the Joint
convention and defend his friend 2
| If Mr.. Albert II. Horton, who
| was on the floor of the convention,
| and testifies that he was one Of Mr..
Pomeroy's confidential advisers,
and thai ne had no reason 30 believe
any improper means were being
used to secure his election, was sin.
cere in his belief, why did he not
Immediately inform Mr.. Pomeroy,
so that he could either come or send
to the conventionS
The same may be said of Thomas
Murphy, ID. w. Houston, ID. H.
Horne, John A. Martin, conflden-
tial friends of Mr.. Pomeroy, all of
whom were on the floor of the Joint
convention. Surely some of these
gentlemen, if they disbelieved Col,
York's statements, could have gone
to the left House with the news, q
distance of about three and q half
blocks, and only n FIVE or ten mir :
| utes' walk.
| AuS we "OhAO 1nOEO Particularly
refer to the fact that Mr.. John O.
Page, the gentleman who testifies
that this money was paid to Col.
York on his behalf, for legitimate
purpose, and also testifies that he
was urging Mr.. Pomeroy's re-eIec-
ton was On the floor of that con-
Yention, and could easily have COM
municated that fact to some friend
of Mr.. Pomeroy's. This, taken in
connection with the testimony of
s. A. Cobb, that lie met said Page
soon after the joint convention, and
that Page then made no reference
to the money having been paid to
York on his behalf, for q business
purpose, but on the contrary en-.
dOrsed Mr.. York's character, and
admitted the truth of his (York's)
statement, shows that this whole de.
tense was an afterthought. If Mr..
Page knew of this fact, that this
money had been advanced in q le-
| climate way, it surely was his duty
at that time to have it made known,
and eXonerated his friend Pomeroy,
Mr.. Pomeroy's duty, not only 10
himself but to the friends who were
supporting him, was equally clear
that he should, without hesitation,
have sent his statement to the Joint
convention; but he makes no reply,
and two long hours elapse before
the roll call is made, and not a word
from him. lie had fifty friends who
voted for him the previous day, and
of all these not one had the hardi-
hood to cast vote Tor him after
Col. York's statements.
The testimony of Mr.. B. O,DLis-
coll, q member of the lower house,
that he was approached by three
| different persons and offered money
to vote for Mr.. Pomeroy, is corrobo.
rated by the testimony of the per-
sons referred to, o-wit: J. 8. Hoke.
j. P. Brown and A. Low, all of them
friends of Pomeroy, and at Topeka
working in his interest.
The testimony of VIM. Simpson,
q member of the Senate, that Mr..
Pomeroy offered to pay the expenses
of Mr.. w. II. Laughlin, the delegate
IN Washington representing the set
tiers on the Neutral Lands, if he
would vote for him (Pomeroyl, is
c0rroborated by the testimoneY of
MIR. Laughlin, who swears that he
wrote to Mr.. Simpson wanting him
to send him some money for ex-
penses. Mr.. Simpson, however, did
not accept the profered considers
ton bat declined the proposition.
and the payment by Mr.. Pomeroy
of $50 to Langhlin, after his Pom
er0y's) return to Washington from
Topeka, and after he had been de-
tected in his crime against Kansas
and the Senate, was but . weak in
ventiOn to hide his infamy.
The counsel for Mr.. PomeroY take
great pains to show the bad charac-
ter of Mr.. Rohrbacker, and the per.
sistency with which they tried to
rid themselves of his presence. Yet
Mr.. Pomeroy, after knowing that he
was graduate of the Iowa peniten.
itentiary. opened his heart and hts
pocket and gave him q $50 green.
back, though it does not appear that
Rohrbacker had any intention of
starting q nationa. banEI RoLr.
hacker may be the scoundrel they
claim him 10 be, but scoundrels are
just the men to be engaged in the
business which Rhorbacker pursued
while in Topeka. If Rohrbacker is
first-class villain he is well quail.
ned to act as Pomeroy's agent in
buying votes. The evidence fails to
connect him in any manner with
the anti-Pomeroy men except in an
attempt to corrupt them.
Mr.. Halrgrove is introduced for
the purpose of impeaching Colonel
I ork's statement that he was invit- |
ed by Hairgrove to have a private |
business interview with Poneroy.
Mr.. Hairgrove admits, on cross-ex-
animation, that after some general /
statements in confidential CONVEX.
sation with Col. York, in which the
Senatorial question was discussed
in connection with same businesa /