The Kanzas news., 1857-10-17
The Election--rhe Result.


Atchison, Donipban, Leavenworth, and
Douglas aad Johnson county districts
The knife is being applied 10 the returns from
the strong Frse State Districts, and our vote
viii probably be lessened several thousand
by this 'trazeeing" process. "Of6cial'' re-
turns from the First District, composed of
LeayeHworth county. give the pro-slavery
men two hundred and fifty majority. This
District elects eight Representatives and
three Councilmen.
The Tenth Representative District and
Sixth Council District, composed of Doug
las and Johnson counties, gives Pro-Slaye
ry majority of about two hundred. This
District is entitled to eight Representatives
and three Councilmen.
Atchison county forms the Second Coun-
ell and Representative District, which elects
one Councilman and three Representatives.
1t has gone Pro-Slavery by about fifty ma
jority.
Doniphan county, which elects five Rep
resentatives, and with Brown, Nemaha,
Marshall, Potowattomie, and Riley counties,
tive members of Council, has gone Free
State by about thirty majority. The other
counties composing the Council District are
supposed to have gone strongly Free State,
with the exception of Brown. which gives
the Pro-Slavery ticket eighty majority.
Calhoun and Jefferson counties which
elect one member of Council and three Rep
resentatives, have gone Free State.
Linn county, which elects two Represen-
tstives gave decided Free State majority,
but it is reported that the votes cast at other
precincts than the '.county seat will be
thrown out on account of some alleged in
formaGty in establishing the precincts. Re-
port says that the vote of Franklin county
viii be disposed of in the same manner, and
for similar reasons.
1t viii thus be seen that the Pro Slavery
ties have certainly elected nineteen out of the
thirty mine Representatives, and seven of the
thirteen members of Council, giving them a
majority in the Council, and wanting but
two members to give them majority In the
Lower House. If the vote of Linn county
IS raced, as reported, they will have ma
jority in both Houses.
Mr.. Parrott is undoubtedly elected as
Delegate to Congress. 1t is said, however,
that Ransom will contest his election, and
what the ultimate result will be we cannot
tell.
This result will doubtless astonish many
persons who are unaequainted with the "pe-
culiar" manner in which Kanzas elections
are controlled. Wewill explain show it was
done''
Oxford is small town of two or three
hundred inhabitants, situated on the Missou-
II line, IN johnson county. Of course a
precinct was established there, and the Mis-
sourians to the number of about fifteen hun
dred voted there, from the mere '"force of
habit" The precinct was ''handy," and
they could not resist the temptation of as
sisting the ''people of Kanzas'' to elect Leg
islators. The vote of this single precinct
Is larger than the entire vote of Douglas
county, and eight Representatives and three
Councilmen are in fact elected by.
Kickapoo is Pro-Slavery town of about
six hundred inhabitants. 1t gave four hun
dred and fifty Pro-Slavery majority, and
thus carries Leavenworth county with its
three Councilmen andeight Representatives.
In this case, as in the former, the Missouri
ans were accommodating, and Kickapoo
was ''only across the river" And for fear
that the Missourians would not come over
in sufficient numbers, Gov. Walker was on
hand with body of troops, every one of
aokom yoted! There were doubtless frauds |
committed in Atchison county, although
not so extensive, as they were not needed to
carry the county.
But it win be said that such outrageous |
frauds viii not be overlooked by the Secre-
tary of State, and they will surely be thrown
out. We do not believe it. The bogus
law does not allow the Secretary to go be-
hind the certificate of the Judges of Elec-
ton to ascertain whether each vote cast was
legal or not. And as everything is done '.ac-
cording to law" these returns will stand as
certified to by the Judges. 1t is not at all
probable that any amendment viii be made
which viii give to the Free State men
a working majority of two-thirds in the
Legislature. Gov. Walker himself was a
party to the frauds praetised at Kiekapoo,
and viii not allow them to be annulled. So
The Rnffians have obtained another lease of
power over as How they viii use it, can
only be Judged By their past use OF the same
power.
To Pre-Emptors.