New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-02

- the ers.po law. reduce tho d oule u Tho Ter
rio. Ia ,b- ,onoitos Of vsr-a,. 10 hhoring
| ss.ts To avtio u. evils Of snsrrhy 30 armed @,
rus,i,v~ r'-stsncs 10 ibom s"na be- or .,~ hut zoe
ct;ze, ~n!0 appeal to l- teB.,t box q, paSc -, q
,,. :, ,ot g P-dsrL Juc iHay. am to Co.gr.ss 6,r
nliti auc', d"% u e"t w.ald by. been Tn.
~ u,s n, N. - 1pl- bot f che bsfnis ~ tesa en
,.,s. s,o to- ma >D.r 10 which thy are eoCors. d.
lien cbYaco, ssd tesT EXECUTION bAve be.u 81 ,n,j
si.y r.s D. cieo VITA zoe tfssch vi his ibs-sgs.
that =, i.iii no vitlrtt and tuuai procsed
Gig. IL, the T,ritoS,' TthN. NO were compelled to
TIE "is.s'' in TIE statute books sro general and
fp.tal the Stt.r stct!y If ivcsl char srter,
i,ls';rg 10 BRIGGS. rosos, aud the like. The g'est
t,dy IL toe geu. r laws trsct rsus ript o tbs
Mprouri Coce. To make them ia s'ms - cs confirm
t tie hnic set separate sc,s vi r. passed de hnrs
tie III. tbny Of words. Tl,u'. the wurc "S'Se ID 10
he untefst,Ud o. meaning "Terriory tSi7t the word
"County Coprl shall o. construed 10 mean thc Blsrd
Of Commissioner trsh-scti county basin &c, or the
Irotsts Court, according to the ut mt thereof l
v. rds Circuit Court to mean Distrct Cocrt aiSl.
Tie mat. ,in olfl. IL the Mi-~tui and ksusas
statutes are upon The following sub-ct The a. diff
cations Of vote n and Of members % the Leg s,tive
Ar emily; the ,ficni o.th Of al officers, attorneys
$40 yui.is; the mode Uf selecting officers nod their
qualifications; tho ravs code; and tho gu shcaasIs VI
Cpcn these subjects ,he provisions OF the Missouri
c. d. fuch osu> IL many OF tho Sto's But
ty the "Kanses Statutes" every Ofbce 10 tho Terri
~,
the Ii glsiatuie, or BY Officer appointed by il
Thee. appointments were not n-rcly 10 meet tenn
poisry txigei cy but were to Lolc over two regular
cleo, ind unit, aft. the genes clection n Oc'ooer
1857 l24ol, at which the members U. he acv Council
wee to be elected ESQ., The new IeRsai"r. rc-
atird to meet on the hrst MoDday IA January, -ss5
s5ll. Thus by tie t.rus OF hese Laws, tho people
bnv, 10 control over either the legislature
the Executive or the judicial depp nts VI the Ter.
rtma Gov, rpment u I'll tine h-f,re which by the
Is-sl progress Of population. the Territorial Govern
n,pt vii be superseded by S'ato Government.
No se.sion q the II gis sturs u to be held during
1885, hut the members Of the House Ne - be eected
IN October VI that yea 252) candidate, 10 BE- ehg
bic at tbs tkctiOu uust tweaJ 70 support tbs tuY
tive Sisv. Law 1881, and each Judge OF Election sni
each voter if ohse, geo. must take the same oath 49,
Ttetau oatb 10 required Of every officer elected or
appointed i'll the Territory and OF every attorney sd
Nit. To practice IL the courts i251l.
portion Of the militia is required to mu ter on tho
DAY of election 1850 every free white male citizen
OF the Uuited Ststes, ADD every tree mals Indian
"wio is mace q citizen by treaty or othctvsc, AID
cover The age Of tvt mtg one yolrs ana who SHAH De
"sn inku6,ant Il the Territory AID OF the County AM
"Distr;ct in which he offers 10 vote, AMI shall have
"tsd Territorial tax, shall be qualified slecor Tor
all elective fbces (23'l. Two CLASSES OF persons
were tLbs excluded who by tho organic act were al
ow TO vote, viz those xbo woud not swear TO tue
cath required ard tho-e Of fvrega br who had de
claI Cd Oh oath The intention TO become citizens 23o
Any nan of piopei age who wus in the Territory CA
the DAY Of election, and who hao paid one dollar as
tax to tho Sheriff who was required TO De az the Pon
70 rec elvo il esq., couIc vote ~ an "iuhsbitant a.
though he had br.akf4sted in Missouri aud ended to
return there for supper There can be- no doubt that
tLs unusual and Unconstitutional provbion was III
,eed TO prevent full and fair expression Of the pop
u!aI viii in the teton OF meuibeis v! toe HOUSE, Or 70
control It by bOJ-fesidents.
All Juror are required to be selected BY the Sheriff.
sua pO ptrson WHO is cOpscientousy opposed 10 the
"toloiIg If slaves who coes hot admit tie light 70
"hold ,'aves 10 tie Territory, stall he juror III any
A al. ivbt m hnlh ftla
to tsve property.
The Sln,. Code, and Every provision rel,ting to
say &C. are Of character rtols'opt and unusual oven
for that class Of l'grlstos. The character AMI con-
Duct Of the mtn appointed to hold Office IN the ler-
tory contributed very much 70 produce the events
which followed. Thus, Somue Jonee was appointed
SLtiif Of the County Of Douglas, which Included
withit the Ist abo lId Election Dstncts. He mad
sde bmstf peculiarly obnoxious TO the settlers by
his CONDUCT on the goth of March in the la District,
AND BY bis burning the cabins OF Joseph oakley aHd
San uel Smith (96OD.
An 81, ci:or for delegates to Congress- TO be held on
the lsf cay Of October, 1885, was provided Tor with
tie rules and gulstions a. were spphed 10 otaer
FL. ctions The Free.Stae men took NO part IN THIS
election having msdo arraD8s ments for ho'uiDg an
..ct,Oi on the 9th " tho rsue mouth. The cniIeus
OF Missoii a.hced at the election Ut the l5 81 Octo-
b, psJ ing the dollar tax, ohers not beng re-
quiz. to puy it, Th were pr--ent .nd voted ~ he
voting plsces of Atchi-On l26ll and Doophan sl IN
ATT b.,on County, ct Green Springs, Johnson County
(263l; at Willow Springs 1854; Franklin t2t5l, and
II c,mptop 900, in Douglas County; at Fort scott,
Bourbon CouGty l267l; at Baptste Paoa, ~ kus 20
where some Iroians voted some whites peyin1 no 81
tex for them 1868; a, Iesveu~oith City 1863, and at
K!ckopoo City, L-sven~orh County; at the !atttr
place urctribs esd Of Ger. -. E. stiugfeIow aud Col
twin Barnes of Missouri 500. From two OF the cleo
ton p.ci cts at which 1t was a. sed there was lle
gal v,ung-vz.: Delaware snd Wyandote, your
Con m'.e failed 10 obtain the stt ndsnce Of ~ines5es
Your COMMITTEE did not deem IT necessary 10 regard
to tLis ell. cion into DETAILS was IN aoest
that, from there being but ons cspoidate-Gcp Whit
ftt- lie NUT have n ceived majority OF tho votes
cart. This el.ciion, Therefore. depends not on the
rumbtr or chan acter Of the votes received bnt upon
the validity Of the Tvs under which It was held suf
fc 1t tea tJnory was taken to show that the voting
OF citizens of Missouri pracc.d at thir election ~
at al former elections in the Territory. The following
table viii exhibit the sut Of the testimony as regaros
the humber Of legal spd Illegal vo'es at this election
The county Of Marrhsn embraces the 70 ne territory
~ was inc ud.d in the XIth district and the rca-
sous b. fore stated indicate that the great Jority of
the votes then cat were either Illegal or hoti0us In
the coupt,s to which our examination eItendsd there
were Illegal votes cast, "a near a. the PROOF VIII
enable us TO dstelUi!ne.