The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-18
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POMEROY's DEFEAT.

q telegraphic account of the extraor-
binary scene in the Kansas Legisla-
ture, the prominent incident Of
which was the exposure, by State
Senator Yorkof an attemptby United
States Senator Pomeroy to bride
him IN the matter Of the pending
Senatorial election. We have not
space for all of the published re-
marks made by Mr. York ON the oc-
casion referred to, but the following
extracts therefrom will serve to show
the deliberate and apparently earn.
est character of the same-as the re-
suits showed their tremendous effect
upon Pomeroy's candidature. Rising
in his place Mr.. York delivered him.
self as follows:
"Before place in nomination the
name of any man 1 have short expla-
nation to make, as it concerns all here
present, and is of great import to the
State of Kansas, present and future. 1
desire the close attention of the men,
beers of the convention to what l have to
say. Two weeks ago yesterday came
to Topeka, a sound and earnest anti
Pomeroy man. thought that in his
defeat lay the regeneration of the State
and party, and cheerfully and enthusi-
astically allied myself with the anti
Pomeroy element in the Legislature.
Gross charges had been made against
Senator Pomeroy, in connection with a
certain well known letter to w. w. Ross.
These charges had assumed serious
form in meeting of the anti-Pomeroy
caucus, few evenings ago, when a man
named Clark exhibited $4,000 in twenty
one hundred-dollar bills, declaring that
he had received the same from Mr..
Pomeroy for signing confession to the
effect that he had forged the letter and
the signature thereto. I had no evil
dence as to the truth of these charges,
but Mr.. Pomeroy's name having been
associated with SO many rumors OF a
similar nature, made me give this report
credence, though had no desire to con-
denim Mr.. Pomeroy without hearing.
"When came here I had been waited
upon at various times by friends Of Mr..
Pomeroy, who piled me with arguments
in favor of his pre-eminent fitness for
the position, and attestations of his in
nocence of the charges brought against
him. was asked several times to have
an interview with Mr.. Pomeroy, and
finally consented, if this interview could
take place in the presence of third
party. Mr.. Pomeroy assented to the
presence of one or any number OF my
friends. Accordingly. on Friday last, l
waited upon Mr.. Pomeroy, and there, in
the presence of Captain Peck and two
others, we had brief conversation.
After general talk about his prospects
and other matters relating to the cam
paign, I put to him the question direct:
Did you or did you not write the letter
signed with your name and directed to
W. w. Ross, and having reference to
certain profits in Indian goods?' In re-
ply he handed to me the affidavits of
j. B. Stewart, and one signed by several
citizens of Lawrence, and asked me to
read them and say whether thought he
was the author of the letter. / replied,
Mr.. Pomeroy, you have not said whether
or not you did write that Ross letter.
He answered, 4 did not write the letter.
I then said to him, Mr.. Pomeroy, you
are the most infamous scoundrel that
ever walked the earth, or the worst-de-
famed man that ever stepped on Kansas
SOIL
sHere the interview ended, and, as
supposed, all relation between Mr..
Pomeroy and myself; but day OF two
afterwards I was importuned to accord
to Mr.. Pomeroy private interview. AT
this time it became apparent to several
of the anti-P Omeroy members that illicit
and criminal means were being employed
to secure Mr.. Pomeroy's reelection, and
it became us, as far as lay in our power,
to circumvent the employment of them.
I consulted with the tried and trusted
friends of this movement, Messrs. Simp-
son, Wilson, johnson and others, as to
the course I should pursue, and upon
their advice I acted. I visited Mr..
Pomeroy's rooms in the dark and secret
recesses of the Taft House on Monday
night, and at that interview my vote was
barpained for consideration of S., 600
50, 900 of which were paid to me on that
evening, $1,000 the next afternoon, and
a promise of the additional 81 600 when
my vote had been cast i'll his favor.
now, in the presence of this honorable
body, hand over the amount of 81, ZOO,
lust as I received it, and ask that it be
counted by the Secretary.
Then Mr.. York advanced to the
clerks desk and placed thereon two
parcels of money, one open, and
amounting to 50, 900; and the other
wrapped up in brown paper tied
with Irvine and containing $1,000 in
ereenbacks of large denomination.
This done, Mr.. York resumed his
remarks in the following strain;
"Iask, Mr.. President, that this money
be used to defray the expenses OF prose-
cutting the investigation of S. C. Pome-
roy for bribery and corruption as my
limited influence extends in deed as well
as in thought. I have an aged parent |
whose life has been spared to bless me
with her love and her approval of the |
conduct of my life. ! have a wife and
little ones to whom I hope to bequeath
name which, however obscure, they may
have no reason to blush to hear pro-
nounced. Yet this corrupt old man |
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