Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-15

sn'e. On The morning Of The election the,
gathered around the hnusu where the cleo
tiun was to be held. Two of the Judges mp
pnihled bv the Governor IL | no, appear, and
ether Judges were elected bv ,hs crowd
All then voled. In order 10 make pre-
tense Of righ, to vote, some persons Of ,h'
c"mpany kept pretended register Of squat
tr, claims, ON which any one could enter
his name and then assert he had a claim IN
the Territory. A cilizan Of Tho dis,ricI whe
was himself n candidate for Delegate 10
Congress, was told by one of the strangers
that he would bs abused and probably killed
II he challenged vote, "a lie was
SEIZED by the collar. cal led Id Abolition.
is,. and was compelled Id seek protection in
,hs room with Ihs Judges. Abpu, The lime
the polls were closed. these suange,s noun.
. ',rd their horses and GOT into their wagons
and cried out, IAN aboard for Wespnrl and
Kansas City" A number were recognized
us residents Of Missouri, and among them
wns Samuel Il. Woodson. u leading lawyer
of Independence. OF ,hose whose names
we're on the poll books, 35 were resden. SCI.
Tiers and 226 were non residents.
The election in the 4lh District was held
q, DR.. Chapmnn's. ov'r 40 miles from the
Missouri Stats line. 7, was a ihiniy settled
r"Rion, conlaning but az v1lers in February,
1855. when ,hs census was taken. On the
day bpfnre The election, from 100 10 $50
-citizsns Of Cass aud Jackson counties. Mo (,
came into this district declaring their pur.
l,nsa N vote, and iha, they were bound 10
nuke Kansas Slave State, If they did !. a,
the poin, Of the sword (5.) Persons Of The
pnriy on The way drove each s.ake il the
ground aud called /. claim-Snl In one
case several names were put on one sake.
The parry Of smangers camped all night
near where the election was 10 BE- held, and
IN ihe morning were at The election polls
and voted. One of their party got drunk,
and lo Re, rid Of Dr.. Chapman, q judge OF
The election. they sen. for him 10 come aid
sea a sick man, and in his absence filed h,s
place with another judge, Who was moi
sworn. They did mol deny or conceal that
they were residents OF Missouri. and many
NJ them were recognized as such by oshers
They declared that they were buund 10 make
Kansas Slave S,als. They insisted ,upon
their right 10 vo,e in the Territory 1t ,hep
were In I, one hour. AfIer The election they
again returned 70 their homes in Missouri
camping over nigh, on the way
We find upon the poll books l6l names
OF these no, over 80 resided in The Trrrio
ry. 1871 were non.residens. (G
But few settlers amended the election IL
tho 5'h Dis,rici, the District being argf
and the settlement scattered. 82 vo'es were
cast; of these between twenty and thirty
were settlers, i7) and ,hs residue were cil''
z'ns Of Missouri. They passed into lht
Territory f8) by way oI the Santa Fe rouC
and by the residence Of DR.. Weslfall, who
then lived on The Western linsoI Missouri
(9 Some lilte exci.enen. arose at The
polls as 10 the legality OF their voting, bu
they did vote for Gen. Whitfield, and sale
they intended 10 make Kansas Slave Siait
and that hey had claims in The Territory
tadgs Teszle. judge Of The Court in Jack
sun County. Missouri, was present, but dit
nm vote. (9) lie said he did no, iu,en'
10 vote. but came 10 see that Others voted
h(,er tho election, the Missourians returned
abe wny they came.
The eecIinn in tlle 9Th district wa
held nj Fou Scott in the southeast part q
lhe Territory and near The Missouri line
parry Of about one hundred mtn ''on
Cass and ihs counties Of Missouri south o
i, wen, into mo Territory, travelling abou
IS miles NOS, Of them with their wagon
and tents. and camping out. The. arpeare
al the place Of The election. Some attempt
were made TO swear Them. but Two Of lh
Judges wers prevailed upon not To do 81
and none were sworn, and as many as chos
voted. There were but few resident voler
al the polls. The settlement was sparse
about z5 actual settlers voted out Of 10
votes cast. leaving 80 Illegal votes. (l0
A(ier the voting was over the Missourau
went to their wagons and commenced leu,
ing for home.
The most shameless fraud praclsed upo
,he rights of the settlers al this election WI
in the TIL District. It's remote SETTLE
men, abou, rs miles from The Missouri Inn
aud contained in February, A. D., 1885,
NlIoo WOhtlo uIWTWuIu, WHen lU6 C6HSI
was taken, but 53 voters; aud yet the po
hooks show thai Goa votes were casl. I'll
election was held a, the house Of Frey VI,
Gee. al place called "ll0," Bu. few
the actual sel,leIs were present al the poi
ora A witness who formerly resided
Jackson county, Mo, and was we'll acquai,
ted with Ihe ciIiz"ns uf that county (li
saws that he saw q great many wagons ar
tents a, The place Of election. and many il
dividua!s he knew from Jackson count
lie wns in their tents and conversed vii
snme Of item, and they Ioll him they ha
come with The intention of voting. lie we
~ The polls intending 10 vote for FIenneki
and his ticket being Of a dlfferen, color fro
The rest. His vote was challenged by Ere
Mctiee, who had been appointed one Of II
Judges but did no, serve. Lemael Ralslun
sci,izan Of Missouri. was acling in his plac
y The witness then challenged the vo,o Of
Young man by the name OF Nolan. whn
he knew 10 reside in Jackson county. F
nslIv The thing was hushed up, as The wi
npss had good many friends there fro
,.hal county. and il might lead 10 fgb,
he challenged any more votes. Both YOU
and he then went down 10 their camp. {
lhere saw many of his old ncouain,a ancc