Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-11

with guns end rifles end hadbadscs of hemp boz their button holes ond
on the morning Of The election there were from 1000 TO 400 per.
sons present ON The ground Previous 20 theccc1on, Mlssourons en-
threats Of personal violence io them, one OF whom resigned on the
morning of election, and Ie crowd chose another t0 hl bis place
But one ofthe Judge, ,be Free State Judge, would take the oath pre-
scIbsd by the Governor. the other two drcidiur that thoy bad na
nshtto swear any one who offered 90 vote, bnt tbst ol on zoe ground
were entitled 90 vote. The only votes refused were some Delaware
Indians, soma 30 Wyundotc Indians being allowed 10 vote.
Ono of the Free State candidates withdrew BOO consequence Of tc
Mssomians During hc Day as .eamtoat Nor Lu-g rame down
FROM Western Missouri. with oIarrcn number of Mis.ouuanson loaid,
"4r voted and then returned on te boat
The MissounaUs gave as @ reason 'or their coming over to vote.
iai te North Dad tried to force emigration into te Territory end
Wey ""1'1 io ..1nirfad Thar movement Some of ic candidates
and many oftc Mussouuars took bc ground that. under tp Kansas
were 'n.'IaI io vote and others iiai laying ou, @ town stalking O. Ioi
or driving down sakre even on another mans claim, give them %
declared DO ms testimony ua' hs wHo should pt " different conHwc-
ton upqn uIelaw must be eH.cro kua'c or O. fool.
The Frr State men generally did not vote al that elections aud 90
Of Election refused 60 sign the returns until Che words by lawful rr
in that way. The election was contested, aud o new election ordered
by Governor Rcrder for he 42d cfMuy.
sEyr,rErsm DrsrEIcr.
The election in this District seems 60 have been fairly conducted.
ana ni contested at aI. boz ts District ie Iro-Sla'cy party bod
The majority.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
Previous 90 the election. Cen. David r. Atciisou. orp.5uc City,
No. go, up accompany of Nissourans gua passing through Weston.
Mo, wen, over into The Territory. lie remained ul night at ODE
house Of t., ani then exhibited DIS arms OF which De bad on album.
be and DIS party Intended "a Nominating Convention uu ihc lih Dis
irIrii and proposed and caused tu Doe nominated o. sFt Ol candidates boo
opposition io ta wishes of ta Pro-SI8vcIy residents of the District
Al ult Convention, be- said that there were 100 men coming over
from Platte County, and f thot wasn't enough, they could send 5000
more; chat they came 10 vote, aud would vote, or ki every Cd
id AboIuouist in the Territory.
On tleday OF oleclon, the MIssouians, under h,chson, who were
H.'u % mere came up l" i"e po"s h ie l'h D.lnrl taking ic
oath that they were residents of te district The Misso1riuus were
40 armed with pistols OF bovicknIves oud said there were Com their
company. But Il votes gwen on that day were given ly residents Of
the district The whole rumbr Of votes was %
r. l. KIRK. one Of the candidates, came into rB district from Mis-
souri, about e. week before tbc election. and boarded there. lie lsu
amer te election, and was not o. that time aleeHl resident or dis
fFCt 90 when De was elected NJ protest WaE sent 90 TIE Governor
on account oftbrHts made against any who should dare % contest the
election. The following tables embody the result ofthc examination
Of your COMMITTEE, in regard 10 This election. ln some ofthe districts
t was impossible 20 asce1authc precise number ofthc legal votes sut
and especially boo the iih, 10Th and 10Th districts. I'm such cases he
number Of legal aud Icge votes cast, is sucd otter careful u-rxam-
inunon ofal the testimony and records concerning tnseoruon
"a table, giving an abstract Of election Of March 90, 1858. by Rep
rescntatge Districts, Is omitted, being very intricate and aot e-senna
to an understanding Of the rportl
ABSTRACT or CENSUS AND EErrHSs oF r.rcrloN OF MARCH 30, 1853
HY ELEcuoy DISTRICTS.