The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-17

writing letters ana studying the canned fruit ques
ton from o pamphlet entitled colorado ana its
Resources, and Its Relation to kansas" senator
Winter, nice, religious old gentleman, who very
much resembles Victoria Woodhulls father-ex-
wcnderfnl dauehter-was in peck Of trouble be-
cause the Leavenworth commercial has got after
n ~. . saP w $ ev anS
time It .goes for him.n The old gentleman could
not squirm more II
by Kaw Indian. He will never make good
..Bsss, Tweed. He is too sensitive, and II he
spell his name with little "w'i in day or two.
The whole Senate Chamber was redolent OF the
aroma OF Fplay's cigar, and mellow sunset light
came through the western doors OF the room as the
sun declined TO rest on the brown turfed prairie,
with his ruby chin pillowed the distant Shenun.
an es The
secretary, ten minutes yesterday to decide which
was the proper way to spell the name OF these hills.
his chin comfortably settled, e above stated
and, asking me II had leisure, said he would ike
to have short talk with me; and as /, Of course,
assented he led the way 70 two vacant chairs near
me Senator seated himself and throwing his
feet up on the hot air register, said:-
l S% not asking TOO nue. should IKE 70
have met here. ana 5S what COM nts yon have made
asking this merely desire 70 {rrvs a. an idea as
to pubic impression regarding it.n
in any way upcn him Or upon his ACTION II In NV let
ters to the HERALD, but TO deseribe simply what
saw and heard and to redect the state Of public
ing him was derived from such sources, and from
his friends as well as his opponents.
have learned is the drift Of public opinion concern
ing me- :. J, suppose you hear good many hard
AS he SAID this he smiled in a confident way,
which clearly showed that he was satisfied in his
own mlnd ana that the public was welcsme to its
replied, $50 far as l have been able to ascer-
tain no one doubts the general truth Of your whole
PonERoY's ATTEMPT TO BRIDE YOU.
that It carries with it its own veTidoation. This
nerentS; but have yet to see the man VINO would
be willing to have your fame and win it by the same
'.They think it was pretty tough piece of bust
ness on my part to 60 as far as l did and then
to expose the old man. DO they'" asked York,
''Tney DO" responded. "People everywhere
seem willing and glad to accept the results of your
WSrs IN s the STATE OF ION but they
with all their little personal condolences. They
will as individuals, always be little afraid OF
yOu.o
AS said this York smiled smile, which said as
plainly as words, .well, Isuppose they must think
himself a IN s he Very
serious expression and said:-
Il expect 50; expect SO. Bat 1t won't always
seeking nOt0riety when die it. was doing what
believed 70 be my duty as man, as citizen and
~ = for No n ~ an bo ose
years shall be none the less satisfied that have
done right and that have benefited the people.
few such cases as this would
MAKE CORRUPTION DANGEROUS
all over the land. and am content to wait for the
pose, Of Course taat Pcmcroy viii bear 0 hard on
me, and That his friends viii do the same. He has
all the power which his great wealth gives him. and
doubtless find 1t very troublesome. But, Of course,
shall be very careful to carry myself very up:
must rey upon myseif not to be led into any trans
that may be set for me-"
Senator York. should like to ask whether there
Is anything further in connection with the bribery
matter that you would now state to me, or
whether anything is covered by your evidencei''
replied, Sat least everything that could be OF any
interest to the public. Since giving my testimony
one or two trinlng incidents have required to me
as my mind has rested on and reviewed the sub
ject; but they are mere trivial crcumstances-in-
cdents OF the interviews and OF no bearing what
ever on the main facts. No, no." he continued, In
an distracted, bordering mood, ~ think have
stated ALL"
senator" again asked, as handed him slip
career at all accurate ~
He took the slip and read down, .1awyer by pro-
yes" he calculated as he read on-"and was pro-
NOTED to be lieutenan mt colonel OF volunteers while
serving on the stan Of General Fiske IN Tennes
see." Now, there, there, right there" he said,
with great emphasis, as
HE THREW HIS LEG
over the rail OF his chair and drove his thumb-nai
into the slip Of paper which he held In his left
hand. "Rieht thi$e comes in matter that may
enable people to Judge perhaps whether am act
ing according to principle in this matter. At the
time was serving in Tennessee as this slip states,
was captain, and for some time was engaged in
recruiting. We were stationed at Springfield,
Tenn. and exposed case Of corruption and fraud
there Colonel Downing and Lieutenant Colonel
Jackson were the chief officers In command OF the
post, and they approached me with proposition to
make money out Of the recruiting business. / ex-
posed their plans and they were both cashiered
from the army"
'Tn what way, Senator p" / asked.
well. the story would be a very long one II
were to tell you ALL" said he, ''but they wanted
men who enlisted from State that was paying
only 500 bounty to o State that was paying $500,
and to
DIVIDE THE PROCEEDS BETWEEN US.
When refused to do SO and insisted that the full
bounty money should be paid to each recruit,
agreeable. l stood it, however, for time,
and as final means of annoying me
the post. When he intertered With my WIFE he was
treading on delicate ground, and resolved to ex
pose the AFFAIR so preferred charges against them
both. They were tried by military commission
and were cashiered Colonel Downing. however,
was compelled for some time TO work on the forth
at S s 10
OF delraudingi through false enlistment rolls. was
shortly promoted to be lieutenant colonel and
placed in command OF the post, and my wife did
not leave the post either. Day after day saw
Downing go down the street in the morning be-
tween two soldiers with fixed bayonets, on his way
to work.
when you went to Washington and asked Mr.
Pcmer0y to aid the people OF Independence in
getting the Land Office removed from Neodesha to
Independence, and after you had shown Mr.
Pomeroy the afidavits in reference to the Alice
Cation scandal, did he make any very explicit denial
Of the charge embodied in those affidavits ?
"Well," replied the Senator, 81 don't remember
that he was explicit beyond what have stated in
my testimony He admitted being at Barnum's
Hotel
THE SAME NIGHT
that this Cation woman was there and denied that
he slept with her, but said he slept with young
man whose name he could not remember He
thought, however, that he would be able to md
the young man. Now you know United States
Senator's don't often sleep with strange young
men. He said 1t was blackmailing game on the
Lieutenant DppIavy."
who are these people, sepatorYn / asked.