The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-07-22
WAS m al CONSPTRA0YP

Something Of sensation Was produced
in Washington on Monday, the 18th inst,
By the publication Of an article In the
Post Of that city. headed, "a Shameful
Conspiracy" and charging certain Re
publican members Of the senate with con.
spring to defeat the confirmation Of
Goode of Virginia to be solicitor general
Of the United States. The Post does not
deal IN Rlittering generalities, nor -rumors,
nor allegations. It makes the charge
point blank and direct, and states that the
conspiracy IL one Of the results of 9 bar
gain made with Senator Malone as far
back as 1881. In this connection the Post
says:
At one time fourteen Republican Senators
at least we're inclined TO vote with the
Democrats for confrmati on, and six of
them positively pledged themselves to
vote that way. Among these were 6ena-
tors Van Wyck, Mitchell of Oregon; Le-
land Stanford, Bowen and SAbln. Up TO
the last day these gentlemen stood by
their pledges and made Il impossible for
the opponents of the solicitor general to
call up the case with any hope Of reject
ing the nomination. But on Friday the
last OF the independents were whipped in,
and the sway OF Malone was assetred. One
after another came with his excuse to the
Democratic Senators with whom he had
broken faith. One after another repeated
his belief in the high qualifications and
character Of Mr.. Goode and acknowledged
the shAmetulness Of the trans.
action by which his nomination
was to be defeated, but admitted that the
bargain which the Republican senators
made with Malone in 1881 had to be car
ried out. When the senate was otherwise
equally divided between the Democrats
and the Republicans Mahone's vote gave
the organization Of the senate 70 the Re-
publIcans, In return for the pledge that the
Republicans Of the senate should enable
him TO control Federal patronage in Viz
ginta. Senator Don Cameron was the
man then appointed by the Republican
caucus 10 strike the bargain with Malone,
and the bargain was negotiated at Ma
homes room at the Arlington. Cameron
10 one OF the Republicans who were in
clined, on the merits Of the case, to vote
for confirmation of Mr.. Goodies nomina-
nation, but Cameron Is q man of his word.
BE was under an Obligation TO Malone.
His part of the bargain had to be fulfilled.
BE was obliged TO vote for Malone against
Goode, and he was sorry for it, as he Is
ready to admit.
Abiding to the action of the senators
from Kansas In this matter the Post says |:
Senator Plumb stands solitary and con
spicuous in having q clean record in the
matter. He never pledged himself to vote
one way or the other, and when the roll
was called he did not vote at all.
Again. In brief editorial on the article
the Post says:
If any of the five Republican senators
who are charged in the Post to-day with
having violated their pledges TO vote for
/ the confirmation of Solicitor General
Goode have anything to say why sentence
OF guilty should not be pronounced against
them, our columns are open to them.
Further development IN the matter OF
this alleged conspiracy are promised and
the outcome Of the matter will be watched
with interest by the whole country. The
Post does Lot mention Senator Ingalls, in
the whole run of its article.