The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-03
After the ROut.

The Kansas City Times, writing after the smoke
OF battle had lifted, thus comments upon the stu
alton. That portion covered by asterIsks makes
charges Of grave nature against the moral char.
acter OF Mr.. Pomeroy, and in the absence Of the
full afidaviJs, OF course, cannot be reproduced
here:-
Another Palsdn has falen-the great champion
Of corruption and &nality. The icOnocastic
present IS striking down many false gods all over
the land, and among all the victories achieved
than the defeat the humiliation and dis
grace OF S. q. Pomeroy. Cadwens fate
Is also sealed. and next week VIII bring
fraud and corruption are being exposed and the
thin veil of seil-assumed piety ana patriotism Is
being torn from the faces the corrupt hypocrites
some of whom have been party demiguds But
it remained for Kansas-"bleeding Kansas
yclept ''the corrupt Commonwealth"-tO give a
finishing stroke to this good work. week ago
the great subsdiZer seemed to have possession Of
the field. lie was there in person and supported
workers imaginable. lie made good use of all his
most deceptive and auring arts. lie pretended
TO be making the race solely on high moral prin-
cpes. 1t was industriously noised abroad
by his followers that mo money would
be used"--that the "o0 man" would make
a square fight and submit his claims on
were tried. Even the women tnemselves-the
wives and daughters OF his lollowers-must be
dragged into the dirty contest and while q depu-
tation of them in Topeka paid their respects IN
person, others IN Atchison improvised public
meeting anu endOTseu Ills honesty, morality ana
PATRIOTISM, all OF which was industriously used to
manufacture capital, and the names OF the half
hundred women .conspicuously displayed in all the
Indeed, tnls disgusting expedient for manufac-
turing sympathy ard capital by dragging into the
contest women whose modesty should have taught
no parallel IN the history Of politics.
But with all these expedients the coveted OBJ
ject was not yet secured. Hence 1t seems that in
the beginning OF this week the use OF money was
escorted to. First some few stragglers, who had
bought IN. This is evident from the result OF
irst ballot. Then Edward Clark, who had been
accused by Pomeroy OF forging his name to the
famous Ross letter, and who had appeared in
Topeka, was attempted to be subsidized into per-
Juring himself by acknowledging Its authorship.
ano this attempt AFTER the Ser t was s
the place, appeared in the opposition
caucus ana displayed the money with which
man was apparently master OF the situation, de-
spite all these damaging circumstances. And SO
lacked only sixteen votes OF election. Then came
the time for the master stroke oil strategy, and it
was attempted Tuesday night Our account OF the
details Is not iuIl-we have only the outliDe-ow-
ing to sudden and unaccountaDe failure OF tele-
graphic communication soon after the balloting
yesterday. Only this we know, that when the vote
was reached on Wednesday there was no man who
had the hardwood to stand up in the Capitol OF
An earthquake had passed over the capital and
its shock had been felt by all. There was one man
In Kansas who could not be bought His name was
n.
southwestern counties OF the state. lie has been
the leader OF the opposition to Pomeroy, and an
nounced In the caucus last week that II he were
to 80 far forget his pledges to his constituents
vote for Pomeroy he would expect to be lynched
II be returned home.
Too Much Money To Be True.
The Washington correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial in his Thursday dispatches, de-
clares:-
One Of Senator Pomeroy's old strikers, whom he
denominates In a letter as MY Dear Legate, y Is
now here and says he does not credit the state
ment that Pomeroy has been caught In bribing
legislators TO vote for him. He says IL Is not
credible that any man In Kansas would voluntarily
SURRENDER $1,000 after getting his hands on II. lie
thinks the amount was raised among Pomeroy's
enemies and given to York to do inst what was
done, with the understanding that it was to be re-
turned.
This story is somewhat spoiled by the action OF
the Kansas Legislature, Immediately after the
result was arrived at, In the disposition of the
bride. On the question being raised as to the dis
posal OF the $1,000 placed In the Speakers hands
BY State Senator York, the dispatches say, a reso
luton was adopted ordering it to be used in the
criminal prosecution OF the subsidizinQ Senator.
Comments OF the Outside Press.
The press OF the country, both republican and
democratic, comment freely upon the result We