The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-05-23
NO. XXXIII

iolu tNel were from Missouri.
The were encamped about three hun
dred yards from tho place Of voting. ON
The banks Of the geek. They we've armed
with double barrcled shot.puns. pistols
and revolvers. heard them say they
had rs good right iocome from Mssou
Vi TO vote thar as Yankees had to come to
vote from New England. Tho principal
portion Of them returned home in 6uggies.
carriages and wagons - talking LOUD,
shouting psing prolsno language. aud
they appeared to be under the influence
OF liquor, saw them vote.
Cross examined by Mr.. 0liver-I do
not know many Of the strangers knew
one Of them, / understood no was iron,
Missouri, / heard at least a dozen Of
thom say they were from Missouri
saw at least twenty-five Of them vote.
l have resided Ia The district since No.
vember.
BY Gov. Roeder--I was at the elec.
ton on the 30th Of March. I had by
this time become better acquainted with
the people Of the District. NV son
was appointed one OF the Judges.
went early with him 10 the polls. The
polls had been appointed at Dr.. Chap.
mans house. On arriving there, found
that the precinct had been moved to a
house hall mile from there. / went
there. | saw great number Of men,
buggies and horses. With few excep.
TORS the men were entirely strangers.
Not more than a dozen Of them were eli.
gems Of the District. The election WAS
held in double cabin. Tho men were
drinking and playing at cards They said
their whisky had nearly given out, and
they lad sent man to get some more
The free s'a,c men determined not TO
vote, but to draw up protest and send il
TO the Governor We then lef. had
litlle conversation with the strangers, men
whom l knew to be citizens of Missouri.
There appeared TO be two elec,ions.--
One appeared TO be kept IN house with.
out a cover on. One man appeared to
6ct as judge, clerk, aud receiver. lie
said he was taking votes fora new Cover
nor. lasked him il Governor Rcoler was
deadY Ile said he had run away. (Roars
oflaughter. in which Reeder participated. }
More than that. he said Reoder was a one
sided Governor. apd they wanted two
sided Governor. His name is Timothy
Keizer.
BY Mr.. Howard-I think there were,
ut least, one hundred illegal votes cast. -
| did not stay there longer than two hours
/ heard them say they all were Whitfield
men. The Governor they voted for wa,
Thomas Johnson. (Rey. Thomas John.
son Of the Shawnee Mission, presume
was the candidate for two.sided Governor
The next witness called was DR.. West
fall but, as have already rent YOU hi
testimony, ! will not repeat IT, subjoii
synopsis Of the evidence, not yet posted
taken ut Topeka and Tecumseh;
James Reed, swOrn--I reside az Wash
iugton Creek. / have lived there nearly
two wears, and am well acquainted in the
District was at the election at Willow
Springs on the.ist Of October, 1855
saw great nun. Der Of Missurians there.
Mr.. Whitfield was the candidate they vo-
ted for, Some Free State men came to
vote for Governor Reeder, but when they
found ho was not to be voted for till eight
days afterwards, they left and did moi
vote at all. came from Missouri.
w. A. NJ. Vaughan (pro-slayery) was
called upon and sworn-l lived at recum
sch on The 30th MaroH, 1855. l hav,
lived there since September, 1854.
came from Missouri. saw great mum
Der OF strangers here on the dsy of cleo
ton. Some were on horseback. some in
wagons, others in buggies. was in their
camp on the Shing ga-minga. There
were several men there. was intro
duced to them. don't know thas heard
where they were from. There were sev.
eral names on the pol-books whom knew
TO be Missourians. saw several men
whom | knew to be Missourians in town.
These men had hemp in their button
holes, and would pusS in their votes saw
ing, "All tight or the Hempl" ] saw
no man vote on that day, who did not
wear hemp. They would swear they had
claims; they We're there, &c. | did not
20 out and see any Of the delegates when
they came in, but when they arrived the
fact would be announced by cheers and
speeches. A great deal Of drinking wa'
done. and threats made against the "abo
liiionists." There was no free state lick
ct there that day. Wecontemplated hav.
ing one, but on ascerIaining that they in
tended 10 come over in overwhelming for
ces, we abandoned the ides. We could
have rarried the day by large majoli y
ii the Missourians had remained NJ home.
| had list Of the actual settlers who Vo-
ted on that day, but my house was
burned down during the invasion and
the iist with il. These men got TO tight
ing among themselves. l saw an. old
man aud 4 boy, about zen years Of age.
who we're beaten By them, and were
bruised and bloody. These men were
armed, / heard persons declare, IL
Weston. Mo. that lheY were coming
over. heard IL publicly announced that
these men came from Missouri. Mr..
Kellcgh, pro-slavery man, who was a
candidate refused TO run because the
Missouriars came over to vote. l any
mau had protested against the election,
his life would have been IN danger
| refused 10 sign the certificates TO the
Governor, stating that che election was
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