The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-13

Pomer0y causas that lghs aud make the
same sostenseas tnera, which he did. Be-
fore fo( Clark) had finished rcsd,ng his
statsrnvs,t in tne cslacus l Askcd senator
JOHNSON If u would mot DO best for mo 10
| go end See what PSmercy hsd TO say be-
tore no Received Intelligence of Clark 2
disclosures, and he thought best that i
should do 50. | accordingly left the cau-
Gus and went directly TO Pomeroys room.
1 remember seeing Mr. oncnnvr ut the
Lawrence Tribune, la the hail, near MI.
~ mercy roouns, aud requested hlm 10 as
| cer,ain whether Mr.. Pomrroy was at hb
crty. He went into Pvmcroys room,
| ~biio remained near the door IN tne hall.
| lie came aud told me PouerUy would be "a.
liberty very soon that Col. Martin, OF the
Atchi.on Champion, would "wiIk to
me when 10 enter. Presently Col. Mar
| tin ca me to the door aud nodded tor the to
come in. l passed through the arst room
into tho room in the rear ot the same
Mr. Pomcroy's private room. i should
say that was somewhere between $50 and
10 O'Clock that night. MT. Pomeroy was
In the room, and VIZ had considerable talk
about the senate, isl question, bu, of "A
general nature. We were frequently in
terrup,ed by parties wishing 10 900 him.
! think be was called out once by Judge
Horton, and 1t WAS determined to post
pone our interview till IL o'clock that
night. Pomeroy told me i could come
through the pIlor instead of through
the other room, through which | had en-
tered that time. Al that interview do
not think there was any proposition talk
| ed OF the interview wa, quito pref Az
N. a.. In. mi Mt
through tho parior. Pomeroy came to
Der of gentlemen there, and
requested me to return again
at o'clock. remember seeing Senator
Murdoch ia the room ut that time. At
o'clock I returned again through tho
parlor, and at the time had private in
tervicw with Pomeroy. TO the best of
my Judgment was alone with him in
that room at that time from an hour and
n half to two hours. Almost the IRIS, thing
no did was TO show mo n list of the men
he expected to vote for him on the fret
vote, and a list no expected to vote for
him on the second vote. Those lists wore
printed senate and house rolls. Those
whom be said were certain to support
him we're marked with a circle on tho left
he regarded doubtful were marked with
character somewhat resembling bo-i-
Lontal % on the right Of the name. TO the
best OF my recollection. he claimed ma GER
tain thirteen in the senate, and forty
or forty-eight in the house on the fret
vote, and what he wanted particularly was
10 get enough to give him q majority in
each house on Tuesday, AMI have IL de-
.tl nH In, La tnsn ta
claimed q great increase, but / cannot re-
member the number but it was largely over
a majority. He expressed himself very
anxious that should sup
port him on Tuesday, that
he could control the house, but
that he needed four more Senators, and If
would come over he thought 1 could get
enough more TO support him to give him II
majority in tho Senate. After looking
over his lists, told him that thought hc
Was mistaken in his estimate Of this fret
vote; that dad not think ho would get
over lorty-iive IN tue Senate and House,
and, possibly only torty-two. He wanted
me W tell him IN wnom l thought lac Was
mistaken. l told him that was somethiLg
1 could not do, to beiray the secret coun-
sells OF the men l had been working with.
lie urged me, for my own interest, W sup
port him, and said he was sure ~ be elect
ed, and he wanted me to be on the win
ming side; that success would make 1t all
right with the peopo of my district and
they would think l had acted wisely 10
changing over IN time TO keep my iufu.
ebce. listened TO and talked with him
about half an hour, l should think, in the
peculiar strain tn that / have stated. l
said 10 him that failed to tnko the same
view of the matter that he did, and WAS
satisfied that he would not get near 50
large u support rs he expected and that |
saw no reason for my remaining longer
that | had been informed that he
desired to have private business
interview with me, and asked him II
was correct. lIe said | was correct;
but until 1 would say that | would go for |
hun IL would not do for hun TO offer me 4
Hs sad ho was tno old pollli-
clan ~ briUe woes but II l would say | |
would vote for him | would thea be one |
OF his friends aud he said he had perfect |
right to help me, tho same as be would
any OF his friends. | told him | could
not under any circumstances say | would
vote for him on Tuesday, that | must
vote for Mr.. Lowe then, even II should
decide 10 vots for him tPomeroy) on
wednesday. lie said Well, say you
Will vote for me on Wednesday, / think
were hs exact words. / reflected II mo-
meni, and then said, / will vote for you on
Wednesday, with the privilege Of recon-
sideration. Hc then asked me what
wanted. | told him it was not for me to
say. He then said, ! will give you $1,000.
| told him 1t was evident he did not place
very high estimate upon my services.
This seemed 70 Rstonsh him. and no re-
plird, why S5,O00is very large sam 1t
lis almost n fortune for some men, | think
those were the precise words. ] said that,
under some circumstances, i. was very
large sum; but wo might as well look
this matter squsrely in the face, and call
things by their right names that If took
tho money and voted for him it was
bargain aud sale, and il was useless to try
and make anything eise out OF II;
that bs was asking me to risk
everything reputation, honor, char
acter, the confidence Of my friends, md
IS 900, was a small amount for what he
asked. He then asked me what ! thought
| ought to have. | said that $4,000 was
certainly tho lowest sum ! ought To think
Of taking. He said hG would not think of
paving any such amount II IL was not
that he knew ! bore good reputation Mt
home and was regarded MS IL man of truth,
and, IL he paid me that amount, he would
do it only in consideration Of the services
| could render him In tho joint conven-
ton that, when got up to explain my
vote in the Joint convention. and should
~ 10. /. int