Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-07-19

was elected in Blanton's stead, because he con-
sidered that every man had q right to vote it he
had been in the Territory but an hour. The
Missourians brought their tickets with them, but
not having enough, they had three hundred
printed.
the evening, that for a time, when the men had
voted, they were obliged to get out by being
hoisted up on the roof of the building where the
election was being held, and pass out over the
house. Afterwards passage way through the
crowd was made. by two lines of men being form
ed, through which the voters could get to the
polls. Col. Young asked that the old men be
allowed to go up first and vote, as they were
tired with the travelling, and wanted to go back
to camp.
The MissOurians sometimes came up to the polls
in procession, two by two and voted.
During the day the Missourians drove off the
ground some of TIE citizens, MIR. Stevens, Mr..
Bond, and Mr.. Willis. They threatened to shoot
Mr.. Bond and a crowd rushed after him threaten
ing him and as he ran from them some shots were
fired at him as he jumped off the bank of the
river and made his escape. The citizens of the
town went over in "A body, late in the afternoon,
when the polls had become comparatively clear,
and voted.
Before the voting had commenced the Missou-
rians said, ii the Judge appointed by the Gov
ernor did receive the votes, they would choose
changing their hats or coats and coming up to the
window again. They said they intended to vote
first, and after they had got through then the
Others could vote. Some of them claimed the
right to vote under the organic act from the fact
their mere presence in the Territory constituted
them residents, though they were from Missouri,
and had homes in Missouri. Others said they had
a right to vote, because Kansas belonged to Mis-
souri,, 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 themselves, 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 a
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 Emigrant
Aid Society had sent men out to be Mt election,
and they came to Offset their votes, but the most
of them made no such claim. Col. Young said
he wanted the citizens to vote in order to give the
election show of fairness. The Missourians
SAID there would be no difficulty, if the citizens
did not interfere with their voting, but they were
determined to INDEPENDENTLY if they could, but
vote anyhow. They said each one of them was
prepared for eight rounds without loading, and
would 20 the ninth round with the butcher knife.
Some of them said that by voting in the Terri
tory they would deprive themselves of the right
to vote in Missouri for twelve months afterwards.
The Missourians began to leave the afternoon
of the day of the election, though some did not
20 home until the next morning.
In many cases, when wagon load had voted,
they immediately started for home. On their way
home, they said that if Gov, Reeder did not
sanction the election they would hang him.