Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
That Brought Senator ingalls, His
Chance to Win His Place in
National Politics.
SUBSIDY PoMEROY's DOWNFALL.
Robert T. Lincoln as q Presidential Possi-
bility on q Platform With the
Force Bill as Plank.
OLD ABE'S DUEL WITH BRoApswORDS.
New Stories Of His courtshp and unpublished Incidents
Of His Love Making
rcoaRlspoNDENcx OF THE D1srArcH.I 4

| rcoRgLsPoNDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Senator ingalls,
has had his headquarters at Topeka for the
last three weeks, and the Senatorial election.
which will take place there at the last of
this month, promises to be as interesting as
any ever known in the history of Kansas.
Kansas is State of SURPRISES and it is not
an impossibility that the "Sockless Simp-
son" may take the place of the "Iridescent
I Ingalls,"
1t will be no greater surprise than was
Ingalls, first election, just Is years ago. No
one then thought he had the ghost Of a
chance, and sou will not find his name
mentioned as a candidate in the newspapers
prior to the day of the election. He was at
this time young lawyer of Atchison. He
had come to Kansas with little more than
the clothes on his back from Lynn. Mass.
and had hung out his shingle in Atchison.
He had made some reputation as a poll
tician, had served two terms in the Senate,
and his brilliant phrases and eloquent
speeches had given him State reputation.
Elevated by Trick.
The chief candidate was S. c. Pomeroy, who
| had served two terms as Senator from Kansas;
| and who had, it was supposed, majority
of the Legislators. Kansas elections were at
this time not noted for their purity, and the
air was full of rumors to the effect that Pom
eroy was buying voters right and left His
| opponents saw that they could only defeat
him by trick, and through one of the State
| Senators they brought about that famous in
terview which resulted in Pomeroy's polit-
ical death warrant and which elevated John
j. ingalls, to the United States Senate and
to fame. The whole plot was kept secret
until the Legislature met in joint conven-
| ton to elect the Senator. The Pomeroy
| men were confident of their success and as
| they took their seats their faces shone with
the smile of confidence and the Senator at
his hotel laughed and joked as he chatted of
| the prospects. As the Speakers gavel fell
there were enough members in the hall ready
to cast their ballots for Pomeroy to elect
him. Nevertheless, when the vote was taken
20 minutes later, Pomeroy did not receive
one vote and John j. Ingalls, became the
United States Senator by an overwhelming
majority.
Two Bundles Of Greenbacks.
The act that accomplished this miracle has
become famous. The actor was State
Senator named York, who, at the falling of
the gavel. rose and walked down through
the hall with two bundles Of greenbacks in
his hand. Ee stopped in front Of the
Speaker and handed the money to him and
asked him to count it, saying that when he
was through he had speech to make which
would materially influence the election.
There was a dead hush as the Speaker
| counted the parcels andannounced that they
contained several thousand dollars in green
| bacEs Then York told how Pomeroy had
given him this money to vote for him.. He
| said he had had three interviews with POM
| eroy and that Pomeroy had talked of money
at the first one and that he had offered him
| S. 900 for his vote. York told him that he
must have 5000, and at the third inter-
view, which took place three days before the
election, Pomeroy gave him s., 900 in cash
| and said that he would give him S., 900 the
| next day and 81 600 after the election. He
had carried out his promise as to the Sc, 900,
and the $1,000, which he handed to the
| Speaker was the corruption money with
which York said Pomeroy had tried to
Buy Him Body and Soul.
he asked that this money be used to de-
| fray the expenses of prosecuting Senator s.
| c. Fomeroy for bribery, and he evidently
thought he was taking the place of one of
| the Lords avenging angels when he de-
nounced Pomeroy and told him how he had
| entrapped him into his scheme. As he went
wild and when the ballot was taken at its
close there was not a man who dared to vote
ior Pomeroy. Ingalls, had been decided
upon as the opposition candidate and he was
| almost unanimously elected.
Papers for the arrestof Pomeroy were got
| ten out, but though he denied the alleged
bribery, he was too sick to appear at trial,
and shortly after this he left Topeka. An
| investigation of the election was held here
| in Washington and Pomeroy was white
washed by it, but he was, L am told, again
| arrested for bribery, and suit was brought
| against him in the Kansas courts; and the
result OF this trial was that there was not
sufficient evidence to convict. Whether he
was free from stain or not do not know, but
| he is always spoken of as Subsidy Pome-
roy" by Kansas people, and the story of his
| career has
/ Been En,halmed in Fiction.
Mark Twain, in the "Gilded Age" evi.
| IDENTIFY refers to him as his Senator Dill
worthy, and he here tells the story of his
| downfall as it occurred. Since this election
| ex-senator Pomeroy has spent the most OF
his time in Washington. He is connected
| here with various religious organizations
| and charitable affairs, and, if he has been
bad IN the past, he is certainly good now.
| York came to Washington, too. He thought
| he was a hero when he delivered that
| speech, and he expected the Government tc
| reward his heroism by an cfice. He was
| disappointed. Sober second thought made
| every one -despise him for his trickery. He
| left Washington disappointed man, and
to-day he is almost forgotten In Kansas.
Our Minister to England, Robert Lincoln,
| has been in Washington during the past
week. He looks remarkably we'll, and has
no idea of resigning his position at the Court
| of St. James. He is not snobbish, and has
| little to say about England or English mat
| ters, He is now 4S years old, and is lust
| about the age at which the youngest of our
| Presidential candidates were chosen. II the
| force bill should be passed and the next
Presidential campaign be fought on the
basis of the
Rights of the Colored Man,
he will stand very fair chance of being a
| Presidential candidate, and he has some ell
ements of strength which are possessed BY
no other man in the country. He has shown
himself capable of managing great Gov
ernment department. He has good business
abilities, and he is possessed OF the genius
| of common sense and level-hcadedness,
which goes great ways toward making an
| efficient President. He looks more like his
| mother than his father. but he has many of
| the traits of old Abe.
Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, it is won
derful how many new stories are told of
| him from day to day. The supply seems
| inexhaustible, and heard several new ones
last night from, Judge Solomon, an Iowa
| LAWYER, who was brought in close associa.
| tion with the Lincoln family through his
wife, who was brought up with Mary Todd,
| the vile of Abraham Lincoln. Judge Solo
| mons stories are either personal experiences