Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06
THE RUTLAND HERALD.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1878.
Kansas Senatorial Election.

league, CaluWell, no rQSneS Dllnuiy lAto
the same pit, and incontinently pcrishes
there 1t might, perhaps, to his mind,
have been clear that the Kansas Legisla-
ture. having once allowed themselves to
be bought body and soul, would undergo
the same kind of treatment again. He
might have thought, with his facile
agent in the impeachment business,
that the man could not be found in Kan
sas, who, having received seven thou
sand dollars for his vote, would go back
on his bargain, whether real or pretend
ed, and give up the money. But he
reckoned, this time, without his host.
Samuel c. Pomeroy entered the United
States Senate, twelve years ago, a poor
man and is now wealthy. He has con-
triycd to make fortune out of his COM
parativcly small salary. How he brought
this about, may be immagined from the
sobriquet, under which he is generally
known-Subsidy Pomeroy. If the title
isproperly applied-and we may reason
ably infer that it is, not only from his
great wealth, but from sworn testimony
before the impeachment investigation
committee, some years ago, taken in the
light of recent develOpments-itm may aC-
count for his blind and almost fatal
bunder and crime of last week. He,
undoubtedly, thought it a fair inference,
Judging human nature from his own
standpoint, that all men were purchas-
able. The facts in the case seem to be
that State Senator York, in pursuance
Of plan agreed upon by Pomeroy's OPP
poncuts, was constituted, or constituted
himself, a special detective, and inter
viewed Pomeroy. The first interview
was public and consisted mainly of in
uuirics and explanations in reference to
what is known as the 81 Ross letter.
The second interview, we give York's
version of it, resulted in an offer by
POmnru 0f eight thousand dollars for
York's vote; two thousand dollars to be
paid down, five thousand dollars the next
day and the remaining one thousand soon
after York accepted the proposition.
received the two thousand dollars. and,
the next day, Tuesday, was further paid
by Pomeroy, the sum of five thousand
dollars. The joint assembly met Wedncs-
day to complete an election for United
States Senator, and before proceeding to
vote, York related the circumstances,
saying, in conclusion, here is the seven
thousand dollars paid to me by Pomeroy,
which now desire to place in the hands
Of cpresidentof this joint convention.
The Joint convention refused to wait fer
an explanation from Pomcroy, but pro-
ceeded at once to the election Of his sue
cessor resulting in the choice Of John
(. Ingalls,, most of the POmerOv and
anti Pomeroy members voting for him.
while poor Pomcroy, deserted alike by
friends and foes, failed to receive a
single vote. POmcroy was subsequently
arrested and held to bail on the charge
Of bribery. 1t is hat fair to state that
Pomeroy promises an explanation and
alleges that the whole charge is the re-
suit of conspiracy to defeat him. 1t
ia somewhat remarkable that a single
State should have for her Senators, at
the Same time, two such men as POme-
roy and Caldwell, and it would be an
interesting stuGy for a mOraliSt to en-
deayor to discover the moral and intel
lectual condition Of people that would
suffer themselves to be represented in
the national Legislature by such Sena-
tors, and in the State Legislature by such
representatives as originally elected
them. Fortunate it was for Kansas,
that the public expose of the means,
whereby Caldwell secured his election,
occurred at time so near the present
contest. 1t undoubtedly had its effect
in preventing the reelection of Pomc-
roy, as well as in preserving some Of
her representatives from the guilt of
being bribed. 1t is a matter of con-
graduation, too, that Pomeroy met his
political death at the hands of the Re
publican party. 1t proves that they, as
a party, are ready at all times and on all
occasions, when necessary, to apply the
pruning knife and lop off the diseased
branches from their political tree. They
will crush out bribery and corruption
whereverit appears, whether in the sale
Of cadetships in Congress, among the
judiciary of New York, or in elections
on the plains of Kansas. The new Sen
ator is a gentleman of different character
and calibre, and was not candidate for
the position He is native of Haverhill,
Massachusetts,, where he was born
December 90, 1884. He graduated at
Williams College, in 1855, studied law
and settled in Atchison, Kansas, in 1858,
and was a member of the Constitutional
Convention that adopted the present
constitution of that State. He has been
member of both territorial and State
Senates, and served during a period of
the rebellion as Lieutenant Colonel of a
Kansas volunteer regiment. He is a
ready writer, having been editor of the
AtChison ChGmpi0n a fluent and elO-
quent speaker, a sound lawyer aswell as
man whose integrity and character are
above repr0aCn or the suspicion or re-
proach. 1t is a somewhat singular
coincidence that Kansas and Nebraska,
whose territorial establishment was
wrought out in the same political con-
vulsion, should be represented, after the
fourth of March next, in the United
States Senate ly members of the same
graduating college class, Phineas w.
Hitchcock, one of the Senators from
Nebraska being, also, graduate of
the class of 1855 of Williams College.
The congratulations of their many New
England friends attend them upon their
entrance into new and higher sphere.
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