The herald., 1895-11-03

ing. The drunken man was Killed that
afternoon IN an affray which he had Cd
the street.
1t was not long aftsr:this that Ingalls,
was sent to the United States senate.
HE election was one of the most remark
Die that has ever occurred in the history
of the country. 1t cfeated great sensa.
ton at the time, and made him
national character at once. He sue
ceeded. you kPw, the notorious S. q.
Pomerov, who. throu,h soma of his votes
as senator, was nicknamed Subsidy Pom
eroy. ingalls, WAS candidate, hut hs
had little hops OF being chosen. Pome-
roy had como to the legislature with a
barrel OF money. and politics in Kansas
ware even NO Sc at that time than ey
ar, now. A large number of the legisla-
tois had teen bribed, but one or two were
yet needed to make Pomeroy's election
sure. Among those chosen for this pur-
rose was a senator named York. who pre-
tsn3ed Cd PomeIoy that he would vote for
him il he received a sufficient amoant Of
money. The two had several meetings
ald thr'e interviews, some Ct when were
placed for that purpose in an adjoining
room or cuisine the door by York.
York insisted that be must have $4,000
for his vote, and POmeroy at the last in
terivew gave him $1,000 in cash, promis-
ea him $4,000 the next day and $1,000 addi-
t!onal after the election was over. When
tina legislature met in joint session York
got ny and walked down through the hall
with two bundles OF greenhacks in his
hand. He said that these bundles con-
tanned $1,000 and he asked the spe akar to
count them. The speaker did 10. and
said that The count was correct. York
then told tho story OF how he had be- n
bribed by Pomerny, and he asked that
this money be used to prosecute the sena-
tor for bribery. AS he proceeded with his
speech the assem- bly, went wild, and when
the ballo, was taken at its close there was
not q man who dared to vote for Pomo-
roy.
Iigalls. who was to have received the
complimentary vota as the opposition
declared United States senator. Pomsroy,
when arrested, denieu York's story. An
investigation OF the matter was held at
Washington, and the senate whitewashed
him. He was, however. afterwards arrest
ed for bribery in Kansas, and the result
OF his trial there was that there was not
sufficient evidence to convict him. AS
TOR York, be came to Washington and ex-
pecteu t. be rewarded by getting an
Office. lie was disappointed and soon de-
spised and forgotten.
1t is not generally known that ingalls,
had chanlce of succeeding PETER in
much the same way that romeroy hoped
mo by Kansas congressman last niRh:.
1t puts the senator in good light and
shows how he resisted emrtation when
he would have given the half OF mis- soul
to have been retained in the senate if ne
could have done SO honestly. Said this
man:
Ingalls,. you know. has plenty of
friends in Kansas, and lots Of rich ones.
The people out there know that he is
conservative. and that he is never going
to espouse any cranky Oh crazy idea OF a
socalistic or anarchistilc nature. Some
OF his friends had made ali arrangements
for fixing the legislature. They had the
promises of fourteen OF the Populists-I
won't say how they got them. but they
had them-and these fourteen men had
agreed to 60 bacg on their party and
vote for ingalls,. This would have carried
the election. AT the very last moment
ingalls, was told that these men wer, to
vote for him. He suspected at once as to
how they had been gotten, and when he
learned the truth he refused to accept
reelection that way. He said he would
expose the whole plot il the attempt were
m ade to corrupt any OF the legislators,
and in the fifty-ninth minute of the last
hour before the election he spoiled the
whole game. What we should tavc done
was to have gone on and finished the
election before telling him anything
about it. He could not have gone back
upon US after he Was elected'-New York
Herald.