New-York tribune., 1873-03-04
POMEROY WHITEW ASHED.


TIVE.
GENERAL BELIEF IN HIS GUILT - THE EVI-
DENCE AGAINST HIM-sENATOR THURMAN
DIsAGREEs WITH THE MAJ0RITY-POMER0Y'S
INFLUENCE WITH THE COMMITTEE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.I
WASHINGTON, March 3-Senator Frelinghnysen's
majority report in the Pomeroy case, declaring the
charges against the Senator unsustained. helps the
Senator from Kansas very little in the estimation of
those who heard the testimony and watched the
progress of the case before the Committee. The
testimony in reference to the chief accusation
against Mr.. Pomeroy, that Of Senator York, was
briefly rs follows: York testified that he received
from Pomeroy at the first interview $4,000, and at
the second 5000 He said that this money was
given him after he had promised to vote for Pome-
roy, and in consideration of that vote. de swore
that no other consideration was mentioned at either
interview. The money produced and shown in
the Committee. To rebut this evidence there is
Pomeroys statement that the money was
delivered to York to be taken to one
Page, to whom the Senator had promised
to lend some money with which to establish ma
tional bank. To couoborate his own assertions
Pomeroy introduced Page, who testified that Pome-
roy had promised to send him some money. OF
course there could be witnesses to the converse
tions between York and Pomeroy and in Judging of
which to base AN opinion except the statements of
two the parties themselves, the manner in which they
given, and the examination. Yorks tes-
timony straightforward and consistent with IT
self throughout. Pomeroy's statement contained
several contradictions. and was in many re-
spects improbable. In one portion of his
testimony the Senator was asked why he did not
pay York all of the money at the same time, and he
replied that the money was not then in his room.
At another time he admitted that the money was IN
his room when the first payment was made. Again.
the hour at which it is admitted that the first money
was paid during the small hours of the morning and
after interview of several hours at the time the
Senatorial contest was at its hight makes 1t sus-
picous and it is still more 40 that he took no re-
ceipt for the money when delivering it TO York, who
was to take il TO third person. II is reported that
Pomeroy discovered one of the contradictions in his
testimony after it printed and attempted to
have change made in it.
The majority of the Committee do not appear to
be very well satisfied with the conclusions they have
reached as they say that they did not have time to
give the evidence the careful consideration which it
deserved, and some of them were quite unfamiliar
with as they unable to be present at all the
sttings of the Committee. II they had been per-
fectly sure of their ground they would have been
likely to have given the public opinion of the
coiiSSriracy by which Pomeroy was defeated.
1t has been currently reported that Pomeroy has
been working with members of the Committee to
induce them to put into the report some expression
of their opinion TO the right of Mr. ingalls, to his
seat in the next Congress, and that this was the
cause of the delay in making the report. Mr.. Ere
linghuysen says in the report, that the testimony
was not printed until last Saturday 1t is under
stood that the report in print as early az that
tune. Mr.. Thurman's report will be received with
great confidence not only because he is one of the
most careful Senators in the body, but also because
of his known habit of keeping himself entirely nn-
prejudced in regard 10 questions Of investigation on
which he is to act in judicial character.