The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-03-14
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II Now, there are some crime
; which q gentleman may commi
sach e treason, or even occasioI
= As Is Fendekta 4
Of honor; other crimes belong I
natures SO mean as to be abeneat
i anger, such SIS common theft; bu
there is another class of crimes {
vulgar, low, british order. such .
. forgery, cheating and rape, Whic
n disgust and repel. Such is ia
, crime which these conspirator
deliberately agreed to commit b
, the hand of York, a crime one dc
| gree baser than that of Yhic
Rohrabacher was convicted; TO
] burglary has an element of physl
cal courage in it, which does no
i appertain to this conspiracy Z
| swindle Senator of the Unite
| States. And these coHspirator
are friends of education, ,forsooth
they must needs season gthei
criminality with cart on that sub
Ject; they were to chest in orde
90 get money for the school fund
/ When VesPAsian hibited to THU
| the AaG coin obj nee Sftom Is
tax on cI0ace he, said my, son, no.
\ eleE. What sort of smell wodi.
belong to g school fund angmentes
l BY money which Mr.. York should
4 ka2S saineda Ison Ar. R6mef6s
BY conspiracy falseRood and fraud
| Weepms noEsto the first pug
tpose of this conspiracy, that o
Cheating Mr.. PomeroyEsout of al
election for Senator. And in thi:
part of the argument we are onl,
to deal with intentions. sos
| Upon this point the following
avowals are made by. York in an
swer 70 questions put to him by
Mr.. Yickers and Mr.. Alcorn, mem
bers Of the committee: 81
20 When you went to have the
business transaction or business
interview with Mr.. Pomeroy, was
it your purpose to offer to sell your
vote, and afterwad to expose it?
"a. 1t was my purpose if Mr..
Pomeroy would offer me an oppor,
tunity of taking money TO take it,
and then / would expose him; that
was my intent; that was my object.
40. The object of your visit,
then, was to induce him to offer
you money for your vote which
You would take, and afterHard to
expose him? 1--aa4,' .Df-
! "a. 1t was rather the deter
mination of what would do, after
l had consented or determined to
visit him r.
I did intend when ! went there,
that If he offered me the oppor-
tunity I should take the money (;
and that I would induce him to
believe that I would support him.
90. Then. you went there in
order TO win his confidence by
what you would say; you went
there intending to win his conf
dence, to cause him to repose that
confidence in you which would in
duce him to give You money, in
order that you should vote for him?
q ga, / intended to deceive him.
- go. You sought his confidence?
"A. 1 simply placed myself in
position to receive the confidence
that he had been extending to me,
or seeking to place in me.
so. Did you not hold out the
inducement to cause him to place
that confidence in you?
"a. l did; most emphatically,
l did. --..-..-
"Q.-which man dealing
with a customer of this sort would
be disposed to place. ~
"a. Yes, sir. (. IN Fl, b.. ~.
''Q-believing he was reposing
trust in a man that would not be-
tray him?
"A. Yes, SIR .r.f
20. You state that after that
you did betray hun?
M "A. Yes, sir; / did.
Was 2 more cold 7blooded avow-
al ever made by living man? 1t
seemed to send a shudder through
the committee-room. ......-.
We now come to the other we'll
defined purpose, namely, to cheat
the Legislature ont of q free choice
of Senator. sFs.sE 81 ~. SD -. .sE4
In reference to a question of his
own counsel Mr.. York says:
Q. State now the exact agree
ment and understanding among
those parties on Monday evening.
State that agreement between
those parties to the fullest extent.
A. The substance of the agree
nent was, that if Mr.. Pomeroy
should offer me money at that in
terview I should take it, and
should expose him upon the floor
of the joint convention upon We'd
nesday; that should keep quiet
during the intermediate time.
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r Afterwards, in response to Mr..
Thurman, of the committee, York
testities as follows: ,g....
Q. That conversation was Mon,
day night2 q essTg saF 3 weF
4. Yes, sir; or interview.
@. Wee thu, question discussed
whether you shod4a make the dis.
closure in the Senate of which you
were a member? 4
A. On Monday?
Q. You say it was resolved that
you should make the disclosure on
Wednesday, the day of the joint
convention under the law2 7e i
A. Yes, sir. + Sasst &tl 3A1G
Q, But it should not he before
Wednesday?
A. No, sir. -a-- 7erlE
@. This was Monday, and you
were to see him that night?
A. Yes, SIR.
Q. And in case you received
the money that night, was it dis
cusseA between you whether i
would be proper TO make the dis
closure when the Senate came tC
vote on Tuesday, or that YOU
should refrain from making tn,
disclosure until the joint conven
ton met on Wednesday?
A. Ny remembrance is tina
the decision was that night that
should make the disclosure in join
convention. Eaal
To the same effect is the state
meat of all the other conspirators
They were to make no dfseiosur,
at the preparatory election OIL
Tuesday. They were to take grea
pains To conceal the fact; ant
then, by sort Of costP dc theatre
they were to practices surprise o.
the joint convention, so as to pre-
vent any rally of the majority il
4 behalf of Mr.. Pomeroy, or of an,
candidate other than such .
should be previously agreed upo,
1 by the conspirators. , - go = a. :
Mr.. York confeSsas in tbi