The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-02-19
Pomeroy's Defeat.
xrp .oRp1NARY SCENE IN THE KAN
sAs LEGISLATURE.

when The House and Senate went
-" ;oipt ballot to-day, there was no
m sn in the entire hall whose face had
=! nc; r. 60 much of the lurking devilment
: ~ ~ conspiracy as glittered ia York's
o. o.ss and balefully lit up his pale face.
1 was not long after the assembling of
!Ss mint convention before the presid-
; ; oAicer raped order with his gavel,
md announced that the Legislature Of
Kansas in joint convention, would now
nroreed to ballot for United States
Senator, for the full term, beginning
March 4, 1873. There was dead hush
then. as Senator York, of Montgomery,
a a and claimed the floor on qaes-
t;on of privilege, which was granted
him, He drew from his pocket an en-
yelope containing $1,000 in current
fnnds. walked down the aisle and laid
Il in front of the Speaker, with the re-
nnest that he count the money. There
Was little buzz of surprise, and then
hnsh of strained expectancy, as the
Sneaker turned over the crisp notes,
and York walked back to his seat.
1Geptlemen,n said York, III have an
exclamation to make to this body upon
INV vote for Senator. l shall vote for
Samuel G. Pomeroy for the best reason
in the world, and that reason is now
on the desk of your presiding officer"
There were a good many pale and
scared faces in tlmt hall then. He then
went on and detailed the cireumstan-
ces of his bribery.
As he proceeded the excitement be-
came intense, and finally, whenever
the name of Pomeroy was mentioned,
there would he storm of Indignation.
Il was a revolution. York caught it's
feryer in the fine fibres of his nervous
organism and became inspired. He
said: III know l am a disgraced mau.
have willfully and of malice afore-
thought betrayed trust reposed in me
he a fellow man. | did it with eyes
wide open and mind full of compre-
hension of the consequences; but l did
it because thought it was sacrifice
required of me to save my State from
sinking still deeper into the quick
sands of corruption in which her once
fair fame ia already almost swallowed
I'D. I staud before you pledged to vote
for Samuel G.. POmeroy, in considera-
ton of $1,000 to me in hand paid cur
rent funds, and promise of $1,000,
payable upon contingency. l ask
YOU, must 7 redeem that pledge =?
iCries of NO." "No." "Damn Pome-
roy and his money."l ask you if I
am iu your minds a disgraced mani
Tcrips of "No," "No." "YOn did
rrisht."l I ask you if the end does not
Justify the means7 7" Cries of EYES,"
eyes" and loud cheering.] Then Mr..
York closed his speech with an impas-
stoned peroration that raised the Wild
est tumnlt in the hall and in the gale
ries, and sat down. 1t was several
minutes before the presiding officer
conld restore order, and then the bal
loting began. The Pomeroy forces
stampeded like hord Of Texas steers
breaking for timber when norther
comes {" theH' CFifStHS iheice'iaties,
who had sounded his praise preparato-
~ to their votes for him on Tuesdays
ballot, SHRINK down on their seats till
Won could have hid them behind 60
pher hill or q stand of bunch grass.
When their names were called they
feebly voted for ingalls, and subsidized.
1t was route and slaughter. The
battalions had gone forth in all the
pride and panoply of Pomeroyism and
patronage ir the morning; they were
Sinking, shave, quiescent at noon
Topeka correspondent of StLouis Re-
publican.