The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-19

Territory but On hour. The Miseoarian
brought their tickets with them. bat. nd
having enough, they had three hundred nor
printed in Lawrence tho evening before. mt
the day Of the election. They had whit
ribands in their button holes to distinguish
them from the settlers.
i When the voting commenced the ouestio,
OF the legality Of the vote Of a Mr.. Pap,
was raised. Before it was decided Col
Samuel Young stepped up to the window
| wncre the votes were received and said h,
/ would settle the matter. The vote Of Mr.
Fage was Withdrawn, and Col. Young offer
ca 70 vote. lie refused to take the oath pre
scrioed by tho Governor, but swore he was ,
| resident or the Territory. upon which nj,
vote was received. He told Mr.. Abbott. one
OF the judges, when asked If he intended te
make Kansas his future homo, that il wa,
none OF his business; that If he were a resi-
| dent then ne should ask no more. After bis
vote was received Col. Young got up in ths
window-sii and announced to the Gro wd that
| ne had been permitted to vote, and thew
could all come up and vote. lie told the
Judges that 1t was no use in swearing the
Others, us they would nil swear AZ he had
done. After the other judges concluded to
| receive Col. Young's vote, Mr.. Abbott re-.
signed as judge Of election, and Mr.. Bcnia-
min was elected in his place.
The polls were 80 much crow ded until late
in the evening that for time, when the m On
had voted, they were obliged to get out by
being hoisted up on the roof OF the build
ing where the election was being held.
and pass over the house. Afterward a pas-
| sage-way through the crowd was made. bv
two lines OF men being formed, through
which the voters could get up to the polls.
Col. Young asked that the old men be allowed
to 60 up FIRST and vote, as they were tired with
the travelling and wanted to get back to
| camp. The Mssourians sometimes came up
to the polls in procession, two by two, and
voted.
During the day the Missourians drove Of
the ground some OF the citisens-Mr. Ste
vens, Mr.. Bond, and Mr.. Willis. They
threatened to shoot Mr.. Bond, and crowd
rushed after him threatening him, and AS he
ran from them some shots werc fred at him
AS he jumped OF the bank of the river and
made his escape. The citizens Of the town
went over in body, late in the afterno on.
when the polls had become comparatively
clear, and voted.
Before the voting had co mmencel the Mis-
sourians said if the judges appointed by the
Governor did not receive their votes thew
would choose other judge. Some OF them
voted several times, changing their hats and
coats and coming up to the window again
They said they intended to vote frst, and az
ter they got through then the others could
vote. Some Of them claimed right to vote
under the organic act, from the fact that
their mere presence in the Territory consti.
tutcd them residents, though they were from
Wisconsin and had homes in Missouri. 9th
ers said they had right to because Kansas
belonged to Missouri, and people from the
East had no right to settle in the Territory
and vote there. They said they came TO the
Territory to elect Legislature to suit them
selves, as the people of the Territory and
persons from the East and North wanted to
elect Legislature that would not suit them
They said they had right to make Kansas
slave State, because the people Of the
North had sent persons out to make it a free
State. Some Claimed that they had heard
that the Enisrant Aid Society had sent men
out to be at the election, anI they came to
ohset their votes; but the NEST Of them made
no such claim. Col. Young said he wanted
the sitizens 10 vote iii order 10 give the eisc-
tion some show of fairness. The Mls.oa-
r aus said there would be no difficulty if the
ctsilens did not interfere with their voting.
1at they we're determined to vote. -pcaceabiy
II they could. Dnt vote an how. lney said
each one OF them was prepared for eight
rounds without loading, aud would go the
Jth rouad with the buscher-xnife. Some Of
chem said thar by voting in the Territory
they would deprive themselves Of the right
TO vote in Missouri for twelve months there
after.
The Mlssourians began to leave on the af-
'ernoon OF the day OF election, though some
did not go home until the next morning. In
many cases, when a wagon load had voted
they Immediately started for home. On
their way home they said that if Gov. Reed !
er did not sanction the election they would
hang him. The citizens Of the town OF /
Lawrence, as general thing were not
armed on the day Of the election, though
some had revolvers, but not exposed, NJ we're
the arms Of the Missourians. Tncy kept a |
guard about the town the nigh1 after the |
election, in consequence Of the threats Of
the Missourians, in order to protect il.
The pro-slavery men Of the district Mt
Tended the nominating conventions OF the
free-State men, and voted for and secured
The nominations of the mon they consid- !
BRED the most obnoxious to the free State
party, in order 10 cause discussion in the |
party.
Quite number of settlers came into the |
district before the day Of she election and af- /
er tho census was taken. According to the |
census returns, there were then in the district
500 legal voters. OF those Whose names are
N the census returns, LII are TO be found
IN the poll-books OF tho 30th Of March,
1856. Messrs. Ladd, Babcock, and Pratt
estify to IS names on the poll-books Of per-
IONS they knew to havc settled in the district
after the census was taken before the cleo
ion. A number Of persons came into the
Territory in March, before the election, from
Northern and Eastern States, intending to
ettl0. whn wNrA IN To~->~oo