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

SAOOWtCu Will dCCuIdCy anu ue1tneEn.
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Ricbsrdsoh u77J Major R;.b.,d.a, .,..,.1.
the Council had farm in M;ssc,,,; ,"S".' :"
his wife and daughter lived VIII hi. ."r;s
law W,llardP. Hall. he himself gsn.,.,,,
3 home to Mss5uri eyety Saturday ; S;sSt sT.ns
a claim in the Territory upon which I,s .s
5 mill, and where he generally remained Suyin.
r the week [l1Sl: ., N-'u'''e ~.
for voting that thew had bs.rS tS,t ss. .esson T
Erants we're 10 be at The election fiTsi asIn .has S
]no Eastern emigraIts were there rfsoI' Cthe,s
i. said they were going to vote for the putpose Of
| making Kansas Slase State 1871. n -
Some claimed that they had night to vote nm.
der the provisions Of the, Kansas. ebraska bin.
from the fact that they were present nm tbe
ground on the day of election 1881. -
The Free-State mer generally did not vote
1881, and those who did vote voted generally for
. John H. Whitehead, ProiS!avery for Council.
against Majcr VIM. P. Richardson, and dii moi :
vote at all for members of the Lower House [is4
The parties were PRETTY nesrly equally diyi
ded in the district, some being Of opinion that
the FreeState party had small majority 1881.
ana DINERS mat the Pro. Slavery partyhad small
the noij, ,veye oia.sd the eou M;.. Mas over ana
Home. Dpr;ng tbe Ssv tba. bsd 'an: ;esuiheu
iiouor aer1ed out FREQ ~ mau sis r,o-, snd
$500 NV oNp'"'' " all tioH'
DoNrhAs PRECINCT et
The evening before the election some 200 or
lnoie M's'ounans ron riat!e' bucnanan, Saline
anu Ciay couhHeS, MISSOURI came into this pre-
o,m's WIN .entS, music. wagons and Provisions,
anu aimeu WIN guns, nnes' pistols and bowie
nhvos' anu eneamped aGOut TWO miles from the
ao' poto y. I soinE, LOO Iney sala theY came TO
80 W MaAo nanSas d o,a'e otate' and intend
, w W ACIuiu W u1iobUUIl dIL6I Lney mad vOseQ
ti1Sf i,,.r., /
III Inc inuInirg o. tne eiecIion 'ne JUDGES ap!
pGIneeo oy lne governor would not serve, and
saeis W.4 weie appoliled oy tne crowd !sOl. The
issouianS tia, were alo"ed " vote without being
om1th lsl!-some oil tnem voting as many az
esm VI nine Times; changlng ther hats and
Tuae, ,oo3 ana giving IN dinerent names each time
.1t Anet Ihey nae Voled they returned to
missouri lsSI, lhe free state men generally
u.u no. Vole ls4l .nougn constituting malori-
YIN tne rrecinct iso. Upon counting the bal
!o's III tne 9oA ana tne names on the poll lists,
Iva was louho 'nst tnere were 100 many ballots
lyoJ ana one OF the judges oil election took out
oansts enough 70 MAKE the two numbers cores
pona lts'l
, "' WoLY RIVER PAEclNcr.
; But few Missourans were present in this Pre-
cmct, ihouRh some OF them threatened one Of
lhe Judges, because ne refused to receive their
voles, ana when ne resigned another was chosen
. IN MS pace VINO consented TO receive their
votes 1881
Protests were drawn up against the elections
in the'Varous precincts in the 14tb District, but
; on account Of threats that greater numbers of
! Missourinns would be at new election should
it be called, and OF personal violence TO those
who should take part in the pfotest, il was not
presented to the Governor 1891. Major Rich.
ardson, the Pro-Slavery candidate for Council,
threatened Or. Cutler,,the Free State candidate.
that il he contested the election he and his Office
=, should be put in the Missouri River [200l,
The number of votes in the District by. tbe
; census was 334-of these I24 voted. The testi.
mony shows thai, quite number of persons
whose legal residence was in the, popnlous
county Of Buchanan, Missouri, on the opposite
= fside Of the river, had claims in the Terrtory.-
Some ranged cattle, and Others marked out their
| claim and built cabin, and sold this incipi emit
title where they could They we're not residents
Of the Territory in any lust or legal sense. A
number Of settlers moved into the District in the
month of March. Your Committee are satisfied,
after careful analysis of the records and testi-
mony, that the number of legal votes cast did
=. not exceed 200-out OF 727.
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Inc eiectioh VI this dIStflct was heid IN the
. nouss oi WI. nayes. M On lne uay OF electlon
olowu oi Honi 4oo W oo0 men l|Ul collected
.. around tne PotlS, OF wmch tne great body were
cIlNens VI Missoull. @ Une OF tne Judges oil elec-i
tVll' III MS leSuniohy IuZJ states tnat tDe stan,
gelS commenced ctowding around the polls, ana
> taas men .tne leslush'S letl' ihreats were
: " !pape oei1lS anu aqfIng t6e election aay that
: m tne,o Snvr.u oe no EIee-olale canolqates' al
tIsle e weIe heaIiy vi qNlte as many free
Wast a. aS AZ ,neh ieSoeh. VI Ine os.icl'
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