The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-08-01
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n expressly for the Herald Of Freedom
A COMPLETE
HISTORY OF KANSAS,
rirsf Discovery by the French, to
the Close OF the Year 1851.
BY THE EDITORS.
CHAPTER Ix.-coSTISUEI

THE ELECTION.
EIGHTH DISTRICT IL Council GToUe -
This was attached to the seventh dis
irirf for member of the council and rep
resentative, and its vote was controlled by
the Illegal votes cast there. The census
shows 80 votes in it; 81 votes were cast,
ofwhom majority voted the Free State
ticket.
Ninth DIsTRIcT-Pa0ne Ri
lev and Pawnee are in this district. The
latter place was selected by the Cover
nor as the temporary capital, and he de-
signed there to expend the sums appro-
piated by Congress in the construction
ofsuitable houses for the Legislature. A
good deal of building was then being
done at the fort near by. For these rea-
sons number of mechanics mostly from
Pennsylvania, came into the district in
March, 1855, to seek employment
Some of these voted at the election. The
construction of the capital was first post
Toned, and then abandoned, and finally
the site Of the town was declared by the
Secretary of War to be within the militia
preservation of Fort Riley. Some of
the inhabitants returned TO the States, and
some went to other points ofthe Territory.
Your committee find that they came as
settlers, intending to remain as such, and
we're entitled to vote.
TENTH DIsTIIcT-Big Blue.-In this
district ten persons belonging to the wy
andott tribe of Indians voted. They were
of that class who under the law were
entitled to vote, but their residence was in
Wyandott village, at the mouth of the
Kansas river, and they had no right to
vote in this district. They voted the pro-
slavery ticket. Eleven men, recently
from Pennsylvania, voted the Free State
ticket. From the testimony, they had
not, at the time of the election, SO estab-
lished their residence as to have entitled
them to vote. In both these classes OF
cases the judges examined the voters un-
der oath, and allowed them to vote, and
in all respects the election seems to have
been conducted friendly. The rejection
Of both would not have changed the re-
suit. This and the eighth election dis
Tict formed one representative district
and was the only one to which the inva.
sion from Missouri did not extend.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT - Marysulle. -
The 9th, 10Th, 18th, and 18th election
districts being all separately settled, were
attached together in council district
and the 11th and 18th as representative
districts. This election district is sixty
miles north from Pawnee, and one hun
dred and fifty miles from Kansas city,
1t Is the northwest settlement in the Ter
ritory, and contained, when the census
Was taken, but thirty-six inhabitants, o
whom twenty-four were voters. Their
was on the day of the election, no whit
settlement about Marysville, the place 0
voting, for forty miles, except that Mar
shall & Bishop kept store at the cross
Ing of the Big Blue and California road
Your committee were unable to procur
witnesses from that district Persons VIII
we're present at the election were dul,
summoned by an officer, and among then
was F. j. Marshall, the member of tn
House from that district. On his return
the officer was arrested and detained, an,
persons bearing the names of some of tn
witnesses were stopped near Lecomptor
and did not appear before the COMMITTEES
The returns show that in defiance of til
Governors proclamation, the voting va
"rita UOce'' instead of by ballot. Thre
hundred and twenty-eight names appes
upon the poll books as voting, land by CON
paring these names with those on the cer
sns rolls, we find that but seven of til
latter voted. The person voted for 6
representative-F.J j. Marshall-was chic
ownerof the store at Marysville, and wa
there sometimes, but his family lived
Weston, Mo. John Donaldson, the car
didate voted for for the council, resided
jackson county, Mo.
Un the day after the election, Mr. Ma
shall, with twenty-five or thirty men frol
Weston, No.. were on the way from M;
fysville-to the State. Some of the part
told witness who had formerly reside
at Weston, that they were up at Mary
vile, and carried the vote for MissouI
and that they had voted about one hul
dred and fifty votes. Mr.. MARSHALL pa
the bill at that point for the party.
There does not appear to have been al
emigrationinto that district in Marc
iooo, aftefethe census was taken; an
Judging from the best test in the pow
OF your eommitte, there were but sew,
legal votes cast in the district, and thr
hundred and twenty-one illegal.
TWELFTH DisTRIeT-St afqry's M
s'oal,-The election in this .district "
conducted fairly. No complaint was ma
that Illegal votes were cast.
THIRTEENTH DIsTRIeT-Hi Hiek0rgI iOii
-ffeylous to the day of election sevel
hundred Missourians from Platte, Cls
Doeae, Clinton and Howard counties.car
INTO the district in wagons and ON hon
oaeS, and camped there. They we
armed with guns, pistols and bow
alses, and had badges of hemp in tn
ou'ton holes and elsewhere about tn
PERSONS. They claimed to have q rig
= vote from the fact that they were the
on the ground, and had, or intended
,l make claims in the Territory, aithou
s1r 81, ianlllies were in Missouri.
JUDGES appointed by the Tower
eiehed the polls, and some persons of
- 70 vote; and when their votes W,
,slse9ed on the ground that they W.
ao' residents of the district, the ero,
threatened to tear down the house if |
!aaSes did not leave.
nc judges then withdrew, taking |
Po.l books with them. The crowd th
peeeeded to select other persons to act
!aases, and the election went on. Tn,
psIsois voting who were sworn w
s ssase II they considered themselves II
i;5 dsas Of the district, and if they said Il
~ oa, they were allowed to vote. But 1
:, al .ns residents were present and yot
sa tae Free State men, as a gene
ing did not vote. After the Missor
tas s. had got through voting. they returt