The Iola register., 1902-01-31


Pomeroy, Lane, Plumb, Perkins,
Crozier and Ingalls, are dead. Lane
committed suicicide
January 30 is the anniversary of the
fall of Senator Pomeroy, as we'll as
the anniversary of the admission of
Kansas into the Union. Pomeroy met
his Waterloo at the hands of the Leg
islature January 20, 1873, He was a
candidate for third term in the
Senate, and had led in the balloting
the day before, but his vote was not
sufficient to elect
Before the voting began on the
Goth Senator, A. M. York of Mont
gomery county made speech which
caused big sensation. He said that
Pomeroy had bought his vote for
SS, 900. He took from his pocket two
packages of bills, and, walking for
ward to the presidents desk, laid
them down with the request that the
money be used in the prosecution of
Pomeroy for bribery. one package
contained $1,000, the other 81, OOO The
81, 600 was to have been paid upon the
completion of the job,
At the conclusion of York's speech
the ballOting for United States Sena-
tor proceeded. Pomeroy received one
vote. John J. Ingalls, was elected al
most unanimously. Both Pomeroy
and York were arrested for bribery,
but the case against the latter was
soon dismissed. The Pomeroy case
held fire for two years, ANA finally
lickered out in Usage county where it
had been taken on a change of
venue.
Lieutenant Governor f. S. Stover
was president of the Senate when
York exposed Pomeroy. Stover took
charge of the money and turned it over
to State Treasurer John Francis, now
a member of the House of Representa-
tives from Allen county. a. l..
Williams was Attorney General 1.-THE
time Francis asked him what ought
to be done with the Doodle. Williams
recommended that ID be turned into
the general revenue fund. If the
recommendation had followed the
State would now be 81, 600 ahead, for
it would have required an act of the
Legislature to get the money out of
the treasury, and it is not likely that
Pomeroy, the only man entitled to it,
would have urged such step. But
Treasurer Francis kept the money till
March II, 1915, when it was turned
over to Pomeroy's representatives.
The last act of this political drama
was performed in John Martins law
offices in Topeka. There were present
at the time John Martin, Albert II.
Horton, a. IL. Vance, a. NJ. York,
John Francis, E. S. Stover, A. L.
Williams, Arthur McCabe, Jas. F.
Legate, John II. Mulvane, Mr.
Williams being the only one having
neither personal nor official interest in
the matter, having been called in by ex-
l>ltul6uduN bONbTuOT OIONbT W Stt
that no mistake was made which would
be prejudicial to him.
The money in the original packages
was handed by Treasurer Francis to
Governor Stover. Stover handed it to
York, and York handed it to Horton,
attorneyin-fact for Pomeroy. The
wrapper was taken of and Arthur Nc
Cabe, clerk of the district court, took
out the amount of the costs in the
case of the State against POmeroy,
both for Shawnee and Usage counties,
something like 81, ZOO. Mulvane took
81, 900 to apply on judgment he held
against Pomeroy. The transaction
thus completed, all the parties except
Horton, Martin and Legate left the
room and went into the front Office.
When they left the package was in
the hands of Legate. How the money
was divided, if at all, no man living
except the three gentlemen knows.
Pomeroy died at Worcester, Mass,
August 27, 1893 He was IS years old.
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