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

Senator Pomeroy, that an investiga-
lion into the conduct Of that Sena-
tor was ordered by the Legislature
of the State of Kansas Immediately
after the Senatorial election. and as
soon as they testified there that they
were compelled 10 appear here, and
that neither herenor there was there
sufficient time to fairly present all
the testimony relating 20 the subject
matter of this inquiry.
This investigation Is tIie result of
the demand maIie IN the Senate by
Mr. Pomeroy. His emphatic denial
and broad and sweeping assertion
of innocence, aud his charge that he
was the victim of conspiracy. are
th0 proper inquiries here. York is
not being tried. The conduct of
Pomsroy, not y Ork, ia being inYes-
tigated. 1t is immaterial whether
York is gentleman of high moral |
character or not. Did Pomeroy pay
him for his voter If he did, wheth-
er York is n saint or a villain is OIL
no consequence. Honest men do /
not pay brides TO saints, eonspira- /
tors, villains, or any one else. An /
attempt is made here to place York |
in the attitude OF q prosecutor. but |
the real question is, whether 8. &. !
PomeFoy, now a Senator of the |
L nited States from the State off
Kansas, and recently seeking a re-
election by the Legislature of that
State, is guilty eff a corrupt use of
money in his attempt to secure his
reelection.
Mr.. Pomeroy has taken upon
himself the burden OF showing that
he is not guilty of the charges that
have been preferred against him.
These charges are: First, that he
eOrrupfly paid York The sum of 81, !
coo.
| Second, that the confidential
friends of Senator PoIasroy, to-wit:
a. ii. Horton, Brown, Hoke and
Lowe. offered money to Bacon.
Bond and 7O'Driscoll TO influence
their votes In favor of MIR. Poneroy.
On the first proposition, Ar. POM
eroy, in his own statement, admits
that he paid York the nfdhfey. at the.
times, places and inJhe amount as
sworn to by y orb, the only differ
ence being as TO the purpose for
which this money was paid. York
states it was on account of q prom
Use made by him to vote for Pome-
roy. Pomeroy states that IL was a
loan to friend Of his. TO be deliver
ed by York to that friend
J. The first payment wac made az one
lo'clock in the morning of the day
the first vote was 10 be taken for
Senator, in the private room of Mr..
Pomeroy. The second payment was
made in the private room of Ed
ridge, friend of Pomcroy, at 4 o.
clock in the afternoon of Tuesday,
the day before the final vote for
Senator. Why IN Eldridge's pri-
vate room: ii is was en ordinary
business transaction, why at mid
night in private roomI- Why not
give the money TO. Eidridse, who
was friend of POnefoy's, and a
member of the Legislature from the
county in which Page resided /?
Why send currency to Page, when q
draft, check or n certificate OF de-
post could be so easily obtained
The purpose for which this money
was paid by PomeFoy TO l oFK, rests
alone upon the testimony of York
and PomeIoY, and at this inYestiga-
lion Mr.. PouleroY undertakes TO
prove to the Senate that he has done
J nothing that would tarnish the name
OF Senator. KS ~ s-Sr
Thsre may have been some talk
in Pomeroy's receptions room about
the establishment OF q national bank
} at Independence if there was, the
recollection Of ii at this luncture is
the foundation for theory of de-
Tense, but after all ii il a slight
foundation upon which 10 build a
suDerstructure that will inclOse the
testimony of York and all the at
tending circumstances. Page, with
all his fertility of mind, does not
venture to affirm that he knows for
: what purpose the money was paid.
His statements might. authorize an
: inference, but the statements are
not of. a character that commend
themselves to an unprejudiced mind.
PomerOy's friends never claimed
J that Y DIRK would vote for him until
after the payment ofIhe $4,000.
The testimony OF Mr.. P0meI oy,
and Of Page, disc!oses most re-
markable business transaction.
J Without stopping 10 comment upon
the time when this banking project
| " hS 4ANLNNLJ LAAS
under which it was hatched into
being the Senatorial surroundings
of its baptism !; we only cali the at
tention of the committecto the con-
fidence reposed by Pefaeroy in
Page. lie had known him but q
short time had seen him but once
before, aud that only for short
time at Independence; had no
, | -ni II, l.
his advent in Topek a, as an advo-
cate for Pomeroy'9 reelection.
Then, in gratitude TO Page. for
what Page had failed TO accomplish,
to-wlt: the support of Pomeroy by
York, he agrees to lend Page, for
thirty or forty days, without inter
est, security, pledge, receipt or
voucher, the sum OF seven thousand
dollars. Is not this & remarkable
business transaction? At the same
time, does it not demonstrate. the
trusting and confiding nature of
short friendships formed in the
midst of q Senatorial strife? Com
pare the testimony of Page and
/ Pomeroy- and see the glaring in
consistennies. Pomeroy testifies
that he procured from BOTland,
cashier of the second national bank
of LeaVenWorth, the sum of seven
thousand dollars to lend to friend
with which to purchase bonds TO
start q national bank. The cashier
might have suggested with some
lprOPriety that New York Exchange
would hava been better suited for
the purpose, as the necessary United
States bonds would probably have
to be purchased ia the east and not
in Kansas. But the banker furnish
ed Mr.. Pomeroy the money, and,
according to POmeroy's statement,
he furnished it to him on Friday or
Saturday of the week previous to
its delivery TO Y ork, on Monday or
Tuesday. Borland is not here,
neither IS he in Leavenworth, his
| home; he is conveniently absent
and cannot be served with process.
Page testilies that the final ar
rangement between himself and
POmeroy, about the gratuitous loan,
was made on Thursday o: Friday
of the week preceding the Sena-
| torial election, and that when il was
| consummated the agreement was
that Pomeroy was to let him have
| the money sometime previous to
! the Senatorial election-Pomeroy
having used language that conveyed
that idea TO the mind of Page.
Page again ssw Pomeroy on Satur-
day and then again on Monday eve
ming, after supper, at which latter
interview he Page) told Pomeroy
that he would leave Topeka the
next morning on the early train. |
and wanted to know of Pomeroy ii |
he had the money. P0ineroy told |
him that the money had not YET ar |
rived; and yet. according TO Pom
eroy's statement, the money had |
been received By him the Friday or |