Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-30

Impeachment proceedings against
President Johnson, in which it was
his vote that turned the scale in oppo-
sition to the conviction In 1871 Ross
was candidate for reelection, but
there was no chance for him. Pom
eroy and Alexander Caldwell were the
leading candidates. and the latter
won after a bitter fight But it did
Caldwell little good No sooner had
he taken his seat than the papers OF
the state began to TEEN with strong
articles setting forth that he had
been elected by bribery and fraud.
This WAS kept up to such degree
that at the next session OF the legis-
lature an investigating committee
was appointed, and it found a great
deal of crookedness. In the United
States senate Senator Morton, of In
diana. offered a resolution saying that
Caldwell had not been elected legally
The committee on elections added
that while he had done things that
were not legal, it thought he had been
Siuned against as well as SHINING.
''He is novice in politics. it said,
land evidently in the hands of men
who encouraged him in the belief
that senatorial elections in Kansas
are carried by the use of money"
which would seem to indicate that
| Kansas had something of reputa-
/ tion. even in those days. Caldwell
resigned March "a, 1873, and dropped
out of sight, his name furnished and
his character gone
In 1873 Robert CroZier was appointed
to fill out the unexpired term until
| the legislature met. and he was turned
down in the following year by the
legislature, which chose J. NJ. Har-
vey. Harvey had only three years of
it, and in 1877 Preston b. Plumb was
elected. He was tie most popular
the people. He was fighter and
hard worker. The old farmers could
always Depend on Plumb During
the campaign he went on the stump
and made the most sensible, plain
talks of any of the orators. He swung
that big right arin Of Ills with telling
effect and took off iiis coat if the day
was warm. He was -.coinfuo: people"
and never wearied IN his work for tile
state. Twice when lie WIS IT the end
of his term he was ..e-eiected 10y an
overwhelming ma jority and Was more
popular than ever. iS;f Plumb =
sturdy, busy. pushing rlunl.p-,ied in
the harness. One day liz December,
1891, the state Was startled ty The
news that he had E.i>-t.i SWAY while
at his post in Washington. Il. W.
Perkins was appointed as tie next in
the succession. but when the time
came for election the fusion forces
had the control OF TIE state leeis-
lature on a joint session. and JOHN
Martin, a Democrat, was chosen to
succeed to the line. 1t WAS the first
break from Republican in tie his
tory of the state in the ''iated sue
cession-" In 1895 the Republicans
were again in power and they elected
Lucien Baker, after hard contest in
the caucus. He is the present senator.
Such is the record In the time
allowed to the six terms since the
organization of the state nine men
have held the Office. Two have died,
one by his own hand: one resigned in
disgrace; three held by appointment,
4 and one man was elected to the line,
but refused to take the place. Is it
much wonder that Mr.. Ingalls, has
suspicion of the fate that has at
tended it?
The other line of senators which
began with the drawing OF the long
term in 1861 by Pomeroy has been
filed by but three men. Pomeroy
was reelected in 1867 and served until
the end of his second term, although
an investigation was in progress at
the time he went out concerning his
right to the place. Mr. ingalls, was
his successor and he served eighteen
years, being defeated in 1891 by the
Farmers Alliance and its apostle,
PETER. His defeat was overwhelming,
notwithstanding his radical speech in
the senate, just before the election OF
senator, which has been used as Il
campaign document by the Populists
in every campaign since. His ars6
victory was accompanied by one OF
the most dramatic incidents in the
history Of the state. Pomeroy had so
votes out of the I27 in the legislature
when the body adjourned at the end
of the first days voting. The next
morning before the vote was taken
Alexander York arose and stated tina T.
Pomeroy had the preceding night
offered him 5000 for his vote. He
had been paid 5000 that night aud
5000 in the morning: 81 600 was to BE
paid when the vote was cast. He
walked to the clerks desk and laid