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was offered for his vote by friends of Mr.

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Pomeroy.
Bacon testified that Judge Horton seEt
for him to 60 to the Tiff House, when Hor.
ton offered to pay his campaign expenses il
he would vote for Pomeroy, as it was to
the interest of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad that Pomeroy should be
elected. he told Horton his expenses were
about s.. 900, but Horton declined, and
said he would pay 5000 or $1,000. Next
day white seated in the Legislature, DR..
Rosebacker came and urged witness to
vote for Pomeroy, saying the $1,000 wer g
ready for him, but witness refused.
Witness in answer to question said his
expenses were not 81 900, and he did not
know what they were. Tie Judge Horton
who made the offer TO Bacon is
Counsel for Pomeroy,
and the witness pointed him out as sitting
with the committee.
w. H. Bond, of the lower house of the
Kansas Legislature, testified that Jno. T.
Murphy met him in Topeka during the
canvass and said he had seen PomeroY who
wanted him (witness) to vote for him. On
the following Thursday he came to him
again and said that Pomeroy had said if
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him anything that was reasonable and ad-
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He did not call on Pomeroy. On Saturday
before the election he called on Pomeroy
and had talk about the election; told him
he could not vote for him. On the morn
ing of the joint convention at about IL o.
clock, one of bis colleagues called him out
of DIR. Logan's room, saying some one
wanted 10 see him. He found Horton in
the hall, who said he did not want to bother
him but had something to say to him, and
could say it in five minutes. He took him
into another room, locked the door and said
he understood his (witness's) position;
knew he had trouble in his family by death,
and knew what his circumstances were.
He was his friend and as bis friend advised
him to
Take Care Of Himself.
He then said there was no use of mine
ing matters. Witness name stood first on
the list of his delegation, and he was very
desirous of having his vote. Then he said
that whatever was given in the way Of
money was toibe considered as in the way
of defrayipg expenses, and added, s.Now
name what you want, and l will 60 right
down TO Pomeroy's room and fix it up i'm
mediately.n Witness answered that he
could not see Pomeroy; that he had some
other business to attend to, and then left
the room.
The examination by Mr.. Horton and
members of the committee elected the fact
that witness had given certain parties to
understand he would vote for Pomeroy.
Did so at the instance of his friends, who
thought there was no chance of beating
Pomeroy, and wanted him to vote for him
If this was found to be true, because his
county had always been on the losing side
in Senatorial contests. Witness did not
say that be would vote for Pomeroy, and
did not mean to if it was possible to beat
him. t.
b. o. Driscol, member of the lower
House, sworn testified that he had been
approached in financial way four times in
relation to his vote. Asa Law urged him
to vote for Pomeroy and intimsted that
$1,000 would not break him (Law,I and
said he would stand between witness and
his constituents. Three days latter Law
said that Pomeroy was sure to be elected
and urged for his vote. Understand me,
Mr.. Chairman, he did not offer anything.
but left the impression on my mind that L
could trade off in that direction if | choose.
Another time Mr.. Paine told witness that
there was money in Topeka, and he could
have some. Witness said he did not want
it. Payne said that the money was
stolen from the Government
and that he might as well have it as any
one else. Said it would be given him with
out his making any pledge, and that 3
friend would call on him in two or three
days and ask him to do favor which he
could do or not, as he chose. This was
the first direct offer of money, and witness
was hurt because he considered the offer
degrading to himself. Witness reported
these facts to Mr.. West, who said that it was
nothing; that he had been asked if he
could use $1,000 or 81 1,2C0 to advantage.
The third instance was when Mr.. Hoke, a
member of the City Council at Atchison,
took witness into room in the Tiff House
and said, rs-
Business Is Business;
Just say how much money it will take to
secure your vote" Witness was angry and
| told Hoke that ne was not the first of Pome-
rows strikers who had offered him money
and that he would have him to know that
| Pomeroy had not money enough to buy his
vote. Paddy Brown, of Atchison, came
into witness room and said te liked the
way he talked. Then he said, 'No one will
be here tomorrow; l will have money and
you can have some just as well as not
and advise you TO take it." Witness con-
cluded to take the money, and then go into
the Tiff House and expose the bribery. So
he made no reply, but bowed Brown out
| of the room. Witness did not see Brown
on the next day, but on the day following
be came to him and said he could not gel
the money the day before but had it then
and was ready for business. Witness an
swered, "Brown, don't show me any money
if you had come yesterday, you ard Iwoult
| have been ruined. should have accepted
the money and then exposed you, and my
name would have been disgraced." Brown
asked witness
Not TO Tell Any One.
Witness said he would On condition tina
Brown should go and tell Pomeroy tina
none of his strikers must offer him any
more money, and if they didn't keep away
from him he would trumpet it all over The
world. That was the last ever heard o
| money.
There being no other witnesses for tn
prose cution present, nor likely TO- be to
morrow, the committee adjourned till Fri
day, when Deverin, Chairman of the To
peka Investigating Committee, is expected
TO beIpresent with the original package
of money exhibited by York in the join
convention as having been paid him by
Pomeroy.