Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-22

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sylvania, came into this district in Mach, 1855,
to seek employment, Some Of these voted at
the election. The construction Of the capitol
was tirst postponed, then abandoned, and final
ly the site Of the town was declared BY the
Secretary of War to be within the military res
ervation Of Fort Riley. Some Of the inhabitants
returned to the. States, and some went to Other
parts of the Territory. Your Committee find
that they came as settlers, intending to rem al n
as such, and were entitled to vote 1884,
XTH DISTRICT
In this district ten persons belonging TO the
Wyardott tribe of Indians voted. They were
of that class who under the law were entitled to
vote, but their residence was in Wyandott Vii.
lage, at the mouth of Kansas River. and they
had no right to vote in this district. They voted
the Pro-Slavery ticket 1851. Eleven men re-
Gently from Pennsylvania voted the Free State
ticket. From the testimony they had not ct the
time of the election, SO established their resi-
dence as to have entitled them to vote [164].--
both these classes Of cases the Judges exam
med the voters under oath and allowed them to
vote, and in all respects the election seems to
have been conducted farlys'' The rejection Of
both would not have changed the result. THIS
and the 9th Election District formed one repre-
sentative district, ahdSwas the only one to which
the invasion from Missouri did not extend.
Aaf' XIVH; DISTRICT.
The 9th, 10th and fifth and 18th Election Dis
tricts, beng all sparsely settled, were attached
together as Council District, and the 1lth and
18th as Representative District. This Elec-
ton District is 80 miles North from Pawnee and
mill fyosn,K "a. H.
west settlement in the Territory, and contained,
when the census was taken, but 36 inhabitants,
Of whom "a were voters. There was OIL the day
OF election no white settlement about Marysville,
the place Of voting, for 40 miles, except that
Marshall and Bishop kept store and ferry at
the crossing Of the Big Blue and the California
road 1851. Your Committee were unable to
procure witnesses from this District Persons
who were present at this election were duly
summoned by an officer, and among them was
+. J. Marshall, the member of the House from
that District. On his return the officer was ar
rested and detained, and persons bearing the
names OF some Of the witnesses summoned were
stopped near Lecoiapton, and did not appear be-
fore the Committee. The returns show that, in
defiance of the Governors proclamation, the
voting was VIVA vocE, instead Of by ballot. 1913
names appear upon the poll-books, 'ss voting,
ana by comparing these names with those on the
census rolls, we find that but seven of the lat.
ter voted. The person voted for as Representa-
tive, F. j: Marshall, was chief owner of the
store at Marysville, and was there sometimes
lh6b but his family lived in Weston. John
Donaldson, the candidate voted for for THE
Council, then lived in Jackson County, Mis-
souri [157).
. On the day after the election, Mr.. MARSHALL,
with nr man frnno Wacton Missouri ,,,ov
on the way from Marysville to the State. Some
of the party told witness who had formerly
resided at Weston, that they were up at Marys-
VILE and carried the day for Missouri, and that
they had voted about $50 votes. Mr. Marshall
paid the bill at that point for the party. "'
There does not appear to have been any emf
grafton into that district in March, 1856, after
the census was taken, and judging from the best
test in the power of your Committee, there
were but seven legal votes cast in the District,
and 32l illegal: ..,
r XlITH DisrRiCr. ,a:'t' -
The election in this District was conducted
fairly, No complaint was made that illegal
votes were cast, ..n
- XIlITH DIsTRlcT. ~
Previous to the day of election several hun.
dreds Of Missourians from Platte, Clay, Boone,
Clinton and Howard counties. came into the dis
trict in wagons and on horseback, and camped
there 1851. They were armed with guns. re-
volvers and bowie-knives, and had badges oI
hemp in their button holes and elsewhere about
their persons 1881. They claimed to have a
right to vote, from the fact that they were there
on the ground, and had, or intended to make
claims in the Territory, altough their families
were in Missouri 1861.
The Judges appointed by the Governor opened
the polls and some persons offered to vote, and
when their votes were rejected on the ground
that they were not residents Of the district, the
crowd threatened to tear the house down if the
judges did not leave (17l]. The judges then
withdrew, taking the poll books wit h them 1872
The crowd then proceeded to select other per-
sons to act as judges, and the election wen
on 1851. Those personSvoting who were sworn
were asked if they considered themselves resi-
dents Of the district, and if they said they did
they were allowed to vote 1884, But few o
the residents were present and voted, 1861 ani
the Free State men as general thing did mo-
vote 1861 After the Missourians got through
voting they returned home [167l. A formal -e.
turn was made by the judges of the election set.
ting out the facts, but it was not verified. The
number of legal voters in this district was Sc, o
whom majority were Free State men, OF these
- voted. The total number Of votes cast wa,
269. ...,..l,>
'' XIVVHiDIsrRIcT. i' "''
It was generally rumored in this district fol
some days before the election that the MisSou-
rians were coming over to vote l6S.] Previous
to the election men from Missouri came into the
district and electioneered for the Pro-Slavcr,
candidates [l69l. Gen. David R. Atchison and
party controlled the nopi nations in one OF the
primary elections [170] =!
Burn OAK PsEoINcT.
Several hundred Missourians from Buchanan,
Platte, and Andrew counties, Mo-, including {
great many of the prominent citizens OF St. Jo
seph, came into this precinct the day before, ant
on the day of election, in wagons and on hors es
and encdmped there HILL. Arrangements wert
made for them to cross the ferry at St. Joseph fret
Of expense TO themselves a[172.] vThey were
armed with bowie-knives and pistols, gums ant
rifles 1871. On themOining OF the election, tht
Free State candidates resigned in body, on ac'
count of the presence Of the large number O
armed Missourians, on which the crowd cheefet
and hulraed Hal. Gen. S.F. Stringfellow wal
present and was prominent in promoting the
election of the Pfo-Slavery ticket, as was also
the Hon. Willard P. Hall, and others Of the mosI
prominent citizens of st. Joseph, Mo-, ll76l.--
But one of the judges of election, appointed BY
the Governor, served on that day, and the crowd
chose two other to fill the vacancies [l76.]'A
The Missourians said they came there to VOTE
for and secure the election, of Major VIM. P
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Johnstone. 1881 Andrew Mcconnell, R W Will
son, AL Reeder. 1881 M A Garrett, JOSEPH
Stewart. tf54l N Osborn, Isaac Hascal. ll66
Augustus Baker. Il 1861 Augustus Bakerl. 1851
J. E D'AIis. 1851 ] B'Ress, W H Goodwin, D.
James Noble, r rAsMinard, Charles Hardh. 1859