Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-11
Case Ex-senator POmerOy.

In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. POmcroy, rising
to question of privilege said:
MIR President, | embrace the first opportu-
nifty after being able to reach my seat IN the
Senate to arrest for moment the business OF
the session in oldor to make statement per-
sonal in its general character to myself, and
one which, III Justice, is due also to the mem
bers of this body with whom | have so long
been associated.
"Senarors as individuals. aswell as the coun-
try have had their attention called through
the press 10 The late senatorial election 10 han-
Sas, and have had some information OF the
conspiracy there, planned, plotted and eXecu-
ted for the purpose Of accomplishing my de-
feat. Upon the subject matter OF that act OF
vliany, unparalleled in wickedncss, my lips
have heretofore been sealed for the want of a
proper place and opportunity to speak. | now
propose to break this silence.
I'm your presence, sir, in the presence of
my fellow Senators, and before the country, l
publicly deny the truth Of each and every
charge of bribery and corruption made by the
chief instigator Of this conspiracy, or by whom
soevcr made. | deny each and every state
ment imputlng to me any act inconsistent with
moral rcctitudc and correct conduct, and de-
clare all such statements to be totally, absolute
y and wickedly false. Aud | further speclh-
caIly deny that ever entered into any contract
or agreement, directly or indirectly, With any
man Ia member of the Kansas Legislature or
mott for a vote in my favor, or that ever, d.
rccily or indirectly, paid any individual one
dollar, or any other sum, for his vote for me in
the late Senatorial election.
II know the pressure Of public business, and
am mindful Of the great labor imposed upon
every Senator in the closing days and nights of
an expiring Congress- Still am the subject
of such serious charges, and shall so soon retire
from the jurisdiction Of the Senate, that must
now ask and urge. and if deemed proper de-
mand, that a select committee be appointed,
with full power to investigate, fully, through
~ aud quickly, each and every charge of the
above character made or even lnslnuated
against me, and that the fullest authority be
given them to send for persons and papers,
aud to compel the attendance Of witnesses,
even though they may be mem bers of a State
impartial aud unbiased judgment of the COM
mittce and OF the Senate may be reached while
am yet member of this body; and that there
may be no possibility of ANY party bias 10 the CON-
position Of this committee, | should be espe-
cially gratltied if gentlemen from the other side
of the chamber were largely represented on the
committee, and that neither myself nor any
poltica associate should be even consulted as
to the members composing the committee, or
as to who should be its chairman.
Under all these circumstances; is 1t too
much to ask for this committee, suggesting its
powers duties and composition, knowing, as l
do, full we'll that have committed no crime,
and am asking only TOR patent and ialr lnves-
tigation that, an impartial verdict may be rem
dered ?"
He concluded by offering resolution for
the appointment Of select committee OF i've
to investigate his case. The resolution was
adopted.
DESTRUCTION OF TIE BUFFALO.-There is
more than probability that the buffalo will
disappear with the Indian; that both the native
man of North America and the animal mainly
relied upon for his meat and his clothing: will
become extinct The AtchiSon, Topeka and
Sauta Fe Railroad reached Fort Dodge, above
the great bend 90 the Arkansas River. in
Kansas, on the 23d of September, 1872. From
that date to December 81, the shipment at that
station of buffalo hides was 43,029; of buffalo.
meat, |, 1856, 800 pounds. These figures do not
include the many butfaloes shot by sportsmen
in warm weather, nor those slain for food by
frontier residents; and, although they show
slaughter of over 4, 900 in little over three
months, they are considerably less than they
would have been had not the prevalence of the
horse-d disease seriously hindercd the trausporta-
tiou Of hides and meat to the station. That
hinderance having disappeared, it is estimated
that the shipments for January will exceed
those of the preceding months by $50 per cent,
aud that, for the season of lS72'773 the slaugh-
ter in the neighborhood Of Fort Dodge will
amount to at least 100000 bufaloes.