, 1873-02-10
STATE LEGISLATURES.
KANSAS.

bT. LOUIE EGus Us---4ue 1ull0RllHt Huicu ~
part Of Colonel York'a testimony before tho In
voetIgating Committee. at Topeka, Kansas, has
not before appeared in any published nccount Of
tho Senatorial contost In that Slate: In answer
to question concerning trip mado by York to
pondoneo, Ransas, to secure tllo removal Of tho
Iand Oilfco to TINT city, tho wltncss said he had
an interview with Senators pomoroy and Caldwell
on that ;oct tho eyening Of Jan. IT, aud that
soSn s sfR1 % fiji aaae ing he
(York) called upon General hIcl;wen, Of Waah-
ington, to whom he had letter Of introduction,
and Mc15won gayo him tho afldaYits Of tho
a h ss s GaSn soenaseSs ssns RGSnSaes sr Il Bn Be
num'a Hotel, in Baltimore. Tho aanle ovonfng
tho witneas won't to pomoroy'e houso, whero ho
had all intorviow With tho Senator, which ho
thus details: "Alr. ro1neroy EXCUSED himself
whore showed him tho paporg received from
General MoEwon, md askod him to read
them: ., Ao saia, in .,,+ reply ,t' t9
o poaitfon in the Unitod gtatos Treasury Depart
mont Of tho woman thoroin referred to; TINT ho
was at Barnum's Hotel 10 Baltimore ut tho timo
stated in auoh papors; that tho woman referred
know whether said woman occupied the room
adjoining, but thought hor room was near his;
could not say whether thore was communicate
ing door between his room and that occupied by
tiona With tho woman. IIo said young man
whose name ho could not then call to mind
went to Baltimore with him, aud occupied tho
ea1no bed with him TINT night; Waa confident
that ho could get tho young mans affidavit to
by ". @. Car1man, and some one else, think
Lieutenant Duulay, % q blaokmaiing Rohcme !;
that the same thing had boon attempted upon
Senators Morton and Chsndler. I understood
him to moan TINT the woman had mado
o}r nh nrrao Aenjrnt hIortnr and Ghnnd{er
Ho .aald lie hatod to. have such things
brought out against him, oven it they
we're falae. Ho did not want to
take tho time and trouble to disproyo them, md
things Haid Of him BY persons Of character and
standing, but did not caro- what tho Democratic
party might asay, rs it would DO regarded as o
ed those papors to Senator Pomeroy speak
about the Land Office, and say in substance that
you wanted to show him TINT you wore in ear
most. or that you had never beon able to mako
him undorstaild the Importance OF tho removal
Of tho Land offico to Independence to him por-
Ansver-I did, and explained to him in what
manner that ho Ind bitter ronomioB in 1ndepcnd-
once, and that the matter tho papors referred to
crat Ind already published something about it,
but that the bo1ter part Of tho community had
wU 1Aleu to- got the Land Oi11Cc after what no lau
promised to tho people while thore and to Col
.oonel Gross and Mayor Wilson since theu, 1t Was
not improbable that, in their dtsappofni-
mont in not, gottlng tho office and
their indignation towards him, thoy
might use these statements agafnst him !;
that Wilson Was oognizant of the matters and
charges contained therein was personally &C.
ql1ainted with ". O.. Carman; that the removal
Of tho Land OfIico would tend to mako him
frlonda, end disarm any attempt to slandcr him
or injuro his character in connection with those
charges. That lis just as I can remember my
stntemcnt to him.. Pomeroy further stated tl,at
lie particularly desired mo to know that llo could
have whatever he asked Of tho Interior Depart-
ment; that he WAS, in earnest now about
this matter. and would moot mo tho
next morning at s o'clock and arrange
the matter definitely. Tho Land Office was re-
movea to Independence, rs promised, . short
timo afterwa9d. The witnoss added that he had
not used tho Caton document againat Pomeroy
III tho Senatorial contest and t!lat it's publica-
ton in Topeka during tllat contest, wns without
his knowledge or conniynuco, and that ho did
not approve Of tint publication.
dospatch has been sent to Poneroy, by tho
Chairman of tho Committee, requesting him to
appear, and informing him Tint, 1t ho 10 unable
to nttend. my Btatomont lo may see fit to make
in the n,attor. will bo duly considered.