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Pomeroy Investigation.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Wa sTITNcTON March

PomerOy Investigation.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, March 3.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the charges of bribery in the recent
Senatorial election of Kansas, preferred
against Senator Pomeroy by A. M. York
and B. +. Simpson, made report this
afternoon, through their chairman, Sen
ator Frelinghuysen. The report first
calls attention to the charges of Simpson,
and after quoting the testimony of sew
eral witnesses, says majority of the
committee are of the opinion that none
of the charges preferred by Simpson,
consisting of a number of alleged speci-
tic acts of bribery, or attempts to bride,
have been sustained. The report next
considers the specific single charge of
bribery, preferred by A. NJ York, whose
statement is that Pomeroy gave him, on
Monday, Jan. 28th, or Tuesday, jan
goth, 5000 as a bride to vote for him
in joint convention, on Wednesday. Mr.
Pomeroy's statement Is that he did give
to Mr.. York the money at the
time and the amounts stated, not
as bride, but to carry to Mr..
Page as a loan from Mr. Pomeroy to aid
Page in the purchase of thirty bonds of
the United States of the denomination
of $1,000 each, Page having $25, 900 in
currency. The committee say that the
question for them to determine was not
which, if either of these.tw statements
painfully irrecencilable, is, in all its de-
tails, true, but whether, taking all testi-
mony together, Mr.. York has sustained
his charge. The committee then quote
from the testimony, including that of
York, to show that there are eircum-
stances that legitimately affect the cred
Utility of York in this transaction, and
say it appears that York's plan was kept
secret until Wednesday, at the joint con-
vention, when the exposure was sprung
upon that body and the money was ex-
hibited by York, and he made a state
ment that members of the Legislature
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pockets, of which fact we not only have
no proof but it appears that York had
no such knowledge. 1t appears that an
effort was made by members to adjourn
and, also, to have a recess for an hour
or two, that the truth of the allegations
made might be ascertained, and that
York resisted these efforts for fear, as
he says, that Mr.. Pomeroy might be able
to appoint his own successor. Thus.
even if Mr.. YOrk's statement, and, GER
tainly, Mr.. Pomeroy's statement, be
taken as true, Mr.. York was the princi-
pal actor in any effort not only to betray
and defeat Mr.. Pomeroy, but to deprive
the State of Kansas of its free and de-
liberate choice of Senator. These
circumstances do not prove that
Mr.. Pomeroy did not bride
Mr. York, but they do impair
the credibility of Mr.. York as a wit
ness, for when line of deception has
been entered upon, no one can say where
it is dropped, and the golden thread of
truth adopted. The truth which the
committee sought was what occurred in
a room on Monday and Tuesday, when
Mr. PomcroY delivered the money to
Mr. York. THERE'S, however, evidence
relating to Mr.. York's purpose in Egoing
to Mr.. Pomeroy's room, which the COM
mittee review at length, and say that
they are at a loss to discover from
whence Mr.. York derived his alleged as
surance that he was to be bribed, and
knew that it was to be in large sum,
from any fact consistent with his state
ments If it be true, as Mr.. Page tes-
titled, that he had, that afternoon, told
him that Pomeroy would probably give
him package of money to bring to him
we can more readily understand this
confidence, that he was to receive money
But that he had any such notice Mr..
York denies. If Mr.. York was acting
on the information Page gave him, there
is no evidence that he communicated it
to his associates.
The committee further argue the case
at length, and come to the conclusion
that York has not sustained his charge
by sufficient proof, contradicted, as it
is, by Pomeroy. The report is signed
by Senators Frelinghuyson, Buckingham
and Alcorn.
Senators Thurman and Vickers, each
for himself, submitted minority reports,
IN which they find that the charges are
and proved.