The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-29

lowed them In the spring AFTER the balance started
but some Of them finding that they were too destitute to
make the journey, stopped the west side OF the river
until warned off BY the government In obedience to
this warning they crossed the mississippi back into
Iowa. These the votes al GAINESVILLE. He held
tha they mad not the slightest idea OF becoming citizens
OF Iowa and were ertted 10 vote IN the State
than any man would have, because he had been
confined 10 an Iowa Jail Tor six months. Ia the
OF iS4l there was an alarm Of Indian hosiles in Ore
gon. Suppose law lsad MIR L. had authorized the
President TO call out 5000 volunteers II doing So and
they had got 10 kanesvlle in their tourney to Oregon in
the fall the and the condition OF The roads would
have compelled them To remain there for six months
Would il mol have been an outrage on the State permit
those wayfarers 10 there The Mormons at Kanes-
vile VIGOROUSLY wayIarers as such troops
would have been, not being constitutional citizens of
Iowa in any particular. The law OF the case was also
clearly against the contestant That compelled voters 10
each in the county OF his residence II residing in
organized Territory, as were the persons who were at
Of them Who voted IN Monroe. which was ne s ,hs
county west of Kanesyle The first system OF holding
elections in Iowa the precinct system. which was
abolished many months before the election in question
That system authorized the county commissioners to saw
where elections should be held and 10 appoint judges
thereof The township system law operating at the
time OF this eeconrequred the judges OF the election
to be elected by the people for year. Here Mr. l.
account OF the progress OF the change IN the
TEN Of voting In lS47 the Legislature had mperayely
ordered every Of the county commissioners to organ
lie each his respective jurisdiction upon the township
| system,
Of obeyng this law, (which was imperaye) the com
missoners for Monroe had attempted 10 organize under
the precinct system. This, he held, sufficient TO
ytiae tie election the precinct system taking place al
Kanesve. II therefore clear that the kanesville
vote should be rejected: and rejecting that if all the
other votes claimed for Mr. MILLER were admitted, Mr.
THOMPSON would still be elected by all sufficient
jory.
MI L next recounted the history Of the election in
Iowa OF the fall Of lS4S saying that there 1t was thought
by many that the vote OF Iowa would decide the presi
DENTAL election OF the United States &c
The present Assistant Postmaster General was then The
managing spirit OF the wing party in the State To him
the contest was OF life and DEATH as. if the demo.
Gratis succeeded in the national election, personally
was to continue in the obscurty and under the oppro
brium under which he then rested Mr. Warren had
used man from adjoining State, notorious for his
want Of principle and his crimes (having been indicted
in neghboring State fifteen times)-Warren had used
this individual pickett to organize the precinct OF Kanes
vile illegally and next, TO induce the Momons vote
according TO the directions of 0rson HYDE Warren (said
Mr. L. had sought out Oson Hyde, and, BY giving him
letter upon which he was enabled TO get printing estab
lishmen had obtained from him virtual order the
Mormons to vote for the wing candidates MIR. L. next
read the letter from Hyde to the Mormons, requesting
them 10 vote according as Mr.. Warren might sug
gest. His hour expired as he was about TO comment
Mr.. EVANS, of Maryland obtaining the floor, aigu
ed that the improvements made by the Mormons at and
around Kanesve proved that they designed making that
point their permanent home The democrats used them
when they could, having through their Of the Nauvoo
vote controlled the whole State OF Illinois for many
years To disprovelhe position Of Mr.. LErrLER. that
u
read letter from Judge Charles Mason, leading Iowa
democrat, urging that the Kanesvile Mormons should
send delegates TO the democratic State convention held
Mr. LEFFLER, in explanation, remarked that this let.
ter written eighteen months after the election
question. when the consumption OF provisions by the
California emigration had created such scarcity for 100
miles around Kanesve, to induce the Mormons there
abandon all idea Of going West after their brethren
| MIR. EVANS (continung) differed from Mr. L. s views
of this letter, urging that in ls4s they had given sufficient
evidence OF their intention OF residing at kanesve to
entitle them to the privileges OF citizenship He then
went on argue that the law of Iowa such
to make the Kanesville vote illegal and, In doing he
critically examined the law bearing on the
Mr.. T. next endeavored to show, from scientific cal
culaon, that Kanesyille might not lie northwest o
the county OF Monroe claimed arguing TO this end al
considerable lengih-and then urged that the Boone
township votes were clearly entitled to Be counted ia this
cation of Mr.. McDosALD, that that gentleman had paid
Hyde what equivalent 10 bride OF 81 0o0 to
the Mormon vote Tor the wings Mr. f. then reflected with
severity the fact that the sitting member had in his
own possession the Kanesville poll book. II the vote
that precinct had been counted originally, the contestant
and the sitting member would have changed positions
the former being here in the position occupied BY the
| latter.
Mr. ASHE said that he felt impelled to differ from the
majority of the Committee of Elections certain points,
and from the minority on other points In the committee
there three questionable points mooed the
GAINESVILLE vote the vote of Boone township cast IN
Dallas county and the vote OF Boone county, cast IN Polk
county. Mr.. MILLER had COOL authenticated votes,
and he claimed that he elected by the votes mprop
ery rejected He lMr. AsHE) had voted TO allow the
GAINESVILLE vote 10 be counted, because there will
deness 100 miles wide between that point and Monroe
county, which caused the misapprehenson that mes
vile was due west, rather than northwest oil Monroe
county.
| Mr. HOLMES asked Mr.. AsHE how il had been ascer-
tanned that Kanesvile not situated west OF Monroe
Mr. ASHE replied, explaining, and continued to argue
that the people OF kanesvlle had voted IN good alth
having been led lnto 10 the county TO which
they should be attached This, he repeated, was The
error OF the authorities OF Monroe county. He was IN
favor OF extending the elective franchise far as posi-
BILE and therefore, under these circumstances, was IN
disposed TO deal according 10 the strict letter oil the law
with them.
Mr. LErrLER (said Mr.. 40 was wrong IN holding that
the kanesville Mormons had mol paid taxes Ihey nad
done So according to the testimony before the Commtee
of Elections, in Monroe county.
Mr.. DISNEY (nterruptng Mr. Al remarked mat these
taxes were paid 10 Potiawaiomie county
Mr. ASHE As for the change in the election system OIL
Iowa 10 BY Mr. LErYLrR he held that EXTENDED
only 10 countesno TO territory OF the State not yel or
sanized into counties He had nothing TO say with rel
erence to the character OF the Momonshai not being
a question for the committee TO consider.
The same views induced him TO vote IN committee lof
receiving the OF Boone county, cast 10 Polk county
Boone county had been considered part oil Polk county,
so far voting was concerned, up 70 that Tune ms
being the fact their votes should not have been SET aside
he could see no lust cause to do Boone laid north.
west OF Polk county. Here MIR A. crlcally described
the relative geographical position OF Boone ana rok
counties, and declared that upon the wrong description
the position OF Boone county the friends OF tbe Confess
ant demanded that the votes thereof should De Ieeste
There had been no legal severance OF Boone county ION
Polk; and 10 cut of the voters the former IRON Young
conscentously Polk would be 70 do 40 aet o. g loss