Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-02-06
THE FALL OF POMEROY.
Senator Pomerov stands before

Senator Pomeroy stands before
the country, to day, a disgraced man :;
disgraced. too, because he has bro't
disgrace upon the high position he
occupied as Senator of the United
States. For long time he has been
the subject of severe, but. it is be-
lieved, just criticism. His conduct
in the Senate justified suspicion that
he was foremost in the ranks of those
Senators whose votes are usually on
the side of the land -grabbers and
subsidy seekers. If this public YER
dict is not correct, he is wonder
fully illused man. 1t is believed, too
that he bought his way into the Uni
ted States Senate. and that in this
respect he Is on the same footing
with Caldwell. whose conduct has
recently been exposed, and who must
soon be expelled from the Senate it
he does not sooner resign. Pome-
roy took care to take no notice,pub-
licly, of the charges so often made
against him. Had he been innocent
he would, long ago, have called for
an investigation, but he took care
not to ask his fellow Senators to in
quire into his conduct. Like Sena-
tor Harlan, who had been persistent
ly accused of corruption, he meekly
bore it all, and sought to overcome
it by obtaining certificates of char
acter as Christian statesman from
men who sadly need good indorse
ment.
Pomeroy, in the face of a tremen-
dous public sentiment; notwithstand
ing his case, was an issue in the late
election and that large majority of
anti-Pomeroy men had been chosen
to the Legislature, returned to Kan
sas as candidate for reelection.
His own experience and that of Cald-
well led BIN to believe that money
would carry him through. and it has
lately been apprehended that he
would succeed, and that fresh dis
grace was in store for the gallant lit
tie State of Kansas. But, at the last
moment, he was caught. That was
sharp practice of Senator York,
which exposed and defeated Pome-
roy; but it was effective; so much so
that Pomeroy, who fully expected to
be elected, did not receive a single
vote. And he was not only defeat
ed, but was arrested for bribery.
We suppose Senator York is prepar-
ed to prove his charge. AS it was
set up on Pomeroy, it would be
strange if the proof was not at hand.
In this case the man who figured so
extensively in washington society,
and is now a United States Senator,
may find himself in the Penitenti-
ary.
Upon this point, however, it is
proper to await the facts. Honora-
BILE men do not play such games as
that which York mad hand in, and
upon his uppermost testimony it
would not be fair to condemn any
body. 1t may have appeared diff
Guilty to those on the ground, and
the result of the ballot indicates that
York's statement was believed in the
Legislature. At any rate, Pomeroy
was deserted by his friends at the
critical moment, and no one had the
courage to give him vote.
Bad as our or::onion is of the man
we would be glad if he could be ex-
tricated from this last charge; but
whether innocent of this or not, he
deserved to be defeated, and this
result we record with unmixed plea
sure.
The people of Kansas are now
fully aroused to the Importance OF
putting down corruptionists within
her borders, and it is to be hoped
that they will preserve until honest
men shall represent them at the cap
ital and at their own capital. II
honest men had been elected to- the
Legislature heretofore, the part per-
formed by corrupt senatorial aspir.
ants would not nave been possible
Inc people must not rest satisfied
with the exposure and defeat of Cald,
well, Pomcroy ard Ross, but apply
the knife to the men who sold their
votes to the corruptionists, always
bearing in mind that the man who
sells and the man who buys are
equally guilty.
We know nothing of ingalls,, who
was elected to succeed Pomeroy, but
hope he will prove an honorable man
and one who will be strength and
not a weakness to the party to which
he belongs.
Exit Pomeroy! Next.-Cincin-
natl Gaz.