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

eku' VOles cast, Is uy chtnphFleOn ~ t"r
CENSUS roll with the poll book --bv which IL
appears lhnI but resident senleTs voted,
and 23B voIes were illegally and fraudulent
ly given. M
The election in the i4,h district vas held
4, The house OF Benjamin Harding, a few
miles from ,ha town Of 81 Joseph. Missouri
Before the polls were opened, large num-
5rr Of cilizens Of Buchanan county, Mis-
'ouri, and among them many oi the leading
eiuzans Of 81. Juseph. we're Of the place OF
voing, and made majority of tho cumpany
present. A, The sine appointed by The Gov
ernor fot opening the polls. Two Of the judges
were nnl there. and il became The duiy Of
The legal voters present 10 selec, other Judges.
The Judge who was presen, (l3) suggested
the name OF Mr. Walrrson ss one Of the
udges-bu. The crowd voted down The prop
nsilion. Some discussion then arose as 10
the right Of hon-resideuis 10 vote for judges,
during which Mr.. Bryan. was nominated d
and elected by The crowd. Some one nom.
mated Col John Scott as ,he other Judge,
who was then and is now residen, OF 81.
Joseph. Al iha, time he was the City At
,or,isy of lhn, place, and so continued until
this spring, bu, he claimed that tie nigh,
before he had come TO The house o! Mr..
Bryant, and had engaged boarding for n
month, and considered himself a resident
of Kansas on lha, ground. The judges OPP
pointed by tho Governor refused 70 pu. the
nomination Of Col. Scott 10 vote. because
| IA n ,o.;1an, Af,ap diaHua.
sion. Judge Leonard, citizen Of Missouri,
stepped forward and pu, the vote himself
and Mr., Scott was declared by him as elec.
ted by the crowd. and served as Judge ol
Elecuon that day. Aiier the election was
over, hs returned TO 81. Joseph, and never
since has resided In the Territory. |. 10
manifest thu, This election Of nonresident
lawyer as judge was imposed upon the
seulers BY the ci'izens Of the Safe. When
The Board OF Judges was thus completed
The voting proceeded. but The effec, Of the
rule adopted by The judges allowed many. II
no. m"jnriiv Of The nuh.residen.s, 10 vote
They claimed that their presence on The
ground, especially when they had claim
in The territory. gave them right 10 vote
under that construction Of the law they
readily, when required, swore they were
Presidents and then voted. By ihisevasiOn,
as near as your Commiuee can ascertain
from .hs testimony, as many as 50 illegal
votes were cast in This district Out oil 1853
Tho whole number polled.
The election IN the 18Th district was held
a, Penseman's. on Stranger Creek, few
miles from Weston, Missouri. On the day
Of The election a large number Of citizen:
OF Platte county. 5u. chiefly from Weston
and Plrue city, came in small parties, in
wagons and On horseback, 10 The polls
Among them were several leading citizens
Of tha, town, and the rnmrs Of many OIL
them are given by the Witnesses (l4). Thev
generally insisted upon their righI TO vote
on the ground iha, every man having q
claim in The Territory could vose, no matter
|, where he lived. (l5 AIlvo,ed who ch ,se
No man was challenged or sworn. Somf
Of the residents did moi vote. The purpose
OF INC strangers in voting was declur-d to bt
! 10 make Kansas Slave Stale. l6] We
find BY tho pol books .ha. 306 votes were
i casl--of them we find bu. 57 are on the cen
sus rolls as legal voters in February follow
ing. Your Committee is satisfied from the
+ testimony Ina, NOT over 100 OF those who
voted had any rish, so 10 do, leaving a
least 2O6 illegal vo'es cast.
+ The election in the 16,h District wal
, held nj LeavenworIh. |. was then smal
village of three or four houses, located OF
d the Delaware Reservation. IT, Their
were bu, comparatively few settlers then il
. Ihe disricI, hut The number rapidly increas
ed aflerwurd. On the day before and oI
- The day Of The election. a great many CHI
9 gems Of Plate, Clay and Ray Counties cross
ed The river most Of them camping in tent
and wagons about Tho town, "ike 4 cam
meeting" 1881 They were in compa
IS nirs or messes oI ten 10 fifteen in each. an
numbered In all seven hundred. The
brought their own provisions and cooked
themselves, and were generally armed
!" Many oi them were known by the wiiness
10 es, and their names given, and their name
. are found upon the poll books. Anon
= Them we're several PERSONS OF infuenc
o. where they resided, in Missouri, who helt
is m or had held, high official po iions in III,
)" State. They cliimed 10 be residents Of tn
10 Territory, from The fact iha. they were The
y y preseul. and insisted upon The right TO voI'
u and did vote. Their avowed purpose in dc
~ ~ i1g so was 10 make Kansas a SIave STATE
)" These strangers crowded around lhe poll
y, y, and it was with great difficulty that the Sc
Y tiers could Rel 10 the polls IS One res
~ dent attempted to get 10 the polls in The a
" Iernoon, bu. was crowded and pulled bucI
y lie then went outside Of the crowd asd hui
!" :, rahed for Whitfield. aud some Of those VII
q did not know him said '',hn,'s good Pl
!" Slavery man." and IiIIed him him up ov,
"' their herds so thai he crawled on their hesC
~ and pu, ir his vote. Aperson who saw liol
, The color Of his icke, lha. it was no. e
&c Gen. Whitfield, cried ou;, "he ia damne
" g Aboli,ionis,-le, him down." and they drol
70 " ped him. col Others were passed 10 ii
. polls in the sams way, and others crowde
:" up in The best way they could. After III
= nockery Of an election was over. the mol
v residents returned 10 their homes In Missol
!" ~ ri. Or the 3lS Notes cast, no, over Ia
i were by legal vo.ers.
- The following ahsrsct exhibits the who
- number Of votes al ,,his election Tor enc