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How Ingalls defeated Pomeroy
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Oct 24, 2006 06:13pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, August 18, 1900 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New York Times 8/17/1900
Ingalls’s election to the United States Senate was one of the most remarkable that has occurred in the history of that body. It promptly created a sensation and made him famous at once. He succeeded the notorious S.C. Pomeroy, who, through some of his votes as Senator, was nicknamed “Subsidy” Pomeroy. Ingalls was a candidate, but had little hope of election. Pomeroy had with him a barrel of money, and the Legislature of Kansas in those days was notorious. Many of the legislators had been bribed. Only a few were needed to assure Pomeroy’s election. Among those to be approached was a State Senator named York. York pretended that for a sufficient consideration he would vote for Pomeroy. The two had several meetings and three interviews, some of which were overheard by eavesdroppers placed in an adjoining room.
York insisted on $8,000 for his vote. Pomeroy gave him $2,000 in cash, promised him $5,000 the next day, and $1,000 after the election. When the Legislature met in joint session York arose and walked down through the hall with two bundles of greenbacks in his hands. He said the bundles contained $7,000, and asked the Speaker to count them. The count was correct. York then told of Pomeroy’s bribery and asked that the money be used to prosecute the Senator for the crime. The Assembly went wild as his speech progressed, and when a vote was taken no one dared vote for Pomeroy. Ingalls was elected by a large majority and declared to be United States Senator. |
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