The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-08
TOPEKA.
Tive Years Hence Twill be H.

ICorrssPordence Kansas City Journal
TOPEKA, Kan, February j.
Ii the casual observer could follow The
chain oil circumstances from day TO day
which finally led to the election Of Plumb,
the more critical can trace The trail which,
dim and uncertain at first, grew palmer
with the developments OF each day until it
reached the candidacy CT :. c. Pomeroy
for the Ingalls, succession, as fact scarcely
less conspicuous.
Whoever may enter the race hereafter
must recognize the fact that Pomeroy is
there; which fact OF itself is evidence that
he expects TO win, for the Old man does
very little for display nowadays.
He may have come down here originally
for this or that csndidate-he may have
come "to learn" or to unlearn certain it is
he came here an interested spectator, and
more for himself than for any one else.
Ny opinion Is that he came down here
with about this pI ogramme determined up
on, the defeat of Ingalls, being the culmina-
ton of all his plans:
First. To ascertain hi. own standing in
the State, and, il he found the opposition to
him too great to be overcome, then to throw
his influence for n candidate In AtchisOn,
or nearest to it.
Second. II be found his former popular
ity gradually returning, with the probable
ity of his success two years hence, to favor
some Southern Kansas man who would re-
ciprocsie in kind and degree when he was
called upon.
Third II he met with hearty recep-
lion and was led to believe the eIpose Of
four years ago had spent its force aud was
poserle-s against him now, to bring about
a deadlock between the candidates and
hold it until the the forces became demon
allied and ready for compromise candi-
date, himself to be the man.
Well, the old gent eman came 10 the con-
clusion very soon after arriving that it was
only question OF time when ne could wipe
out the record Of his defeat and regain his
lost estate; so he gladly erased the first
condition of his programme, and looked
further into the political kaleidoscope.
Whether his susceptible nature was
touched by the attentions of friends, until
he determined TO make determined strike
for the prize, or whether the peculiar con-
dition OF the situation encouraged the step,
is uncertain, but the vote OF Mr.. Storch was
'feeler" upon which the subsequent pro.
gramme was to be based. This having fail.
ed to elicit enthusiastic applause, although
it was quite general, Mr.. Pomeroy decided
to take up the second proposition and ACT
upon IL 10 the end.
He Immediately organized the most per-
| feet system for ascertaInipg the status of the
contest.
His workers, cool, unostentatious and
shrewd, kept him advised of every fluctua,
ton in the senatorial market, which ena.
BLEED him to give the number Of votes ni
each candidate with a correctness which
seemed almost prophetic.
For the first few days he was inclined to
| favor Judge Sears, but soon abandoned him
and took up Plumb. About this time Har-
vey withdrew, and his supporters TO do the
greatest injury TO Osborn, who had defeated
their candidate, went for Plumb and mad
verteDtly helped Pomeroy. From that
time Plumb gained steadily and in a man.
ner, and from sources 20 exactly indicated
by Pomeroy, as to leave but little doubt
thoi hS hdd pCSh SShtiscutAhS " thC
Piumb's election is very satisfac 'ory to
the old gentleman, and before he left the
city he remarked complacently 10 his
friends, tina. it seemed 'providential"
He has letter from York, In which he
York confesses his crime in leading him
into the plot of 1873, and asks his forgive
ness for the injury ne has done him.
The letter concluded with the statement
that the hard OF God has followed the
writer ever since, that his brother has been
murdered, bis wife and family have died.
and he has been obliged to seek practice in
hi- profession in distant State. Armed
with his letter and encouraged by the sue
cess OF this winters campaign, Mr.. Pomeroy
will be an important factor in the senate
rial problem two years hence.
There is no truth in the above. 1t was
written By an old granny or else by 8 friend
OF old Pomeroy. Poneroy did Iot have
the weight Of feather in the late Senate
rial election. No one having good sense,
a regard for the truth, or the interests Of
the State at heart, would write such stuff