The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-18

the htynne in the lower house Of the Legislature and
seyen o. the thirteen members Of the Council
put TO Walker. This COUNTY a. 4 Douelas) and
johnson county attached election district ior the
purpose eiectng members Of IAgislatnre and are
entitled 70 three members OF me Council and eight
majority johnson saw hst and went 100 better giving
us ECO majority, thus cis. citing all eleven.
But SO soon rs the 'ntih black republican majority in
johnson reached here, by report Stanton
denouncing q fraud. Walker was then IN Ieavru.
worth. ne reached lecompton last Wednesday night,
anu Bext morning ne Stanton, Lieutenant Carr and the
executive generally set out To investigate this alleged
fraud shey retufned Friday night having gone law
habcc and two three other Lawrence guides % show
them where u inquire Stanton, being asked what
woau no N 'erence 70 the said he would see
Gates Of nan elected by that johnson county vote.
bear N Snind that IN. johnson county is the be
tween cUugas and the Missouri river II the river
partly, and rs bounded the altogether by Missouri
IT. lands universally conceded be the best the
Territory, with better timber and water on the river end
rich soil bc 1t is twenty three males square as
you Eay calculate the number OF quarter sections tn it.
There cannot be found vacant claim. 9now that two
mcnhs ago men huItcd the county for claim and could
not'ind one-a company of Mssissppam Besides this
there are eight towns IN the county As corrotoratve
proof cite rtsh an article written by g. w. Brown in
the Herald Of Freedom last spring, when he dis
slading the abusonsts from voting election for
delegates 70 sne convention because he says there was
they will control the election Rccoliect also,
LOT its recent settlement that what constituted
the Shawnee Reserve" and was not open 70 settlements
unit; January last, when It Immediately lled up
the Herald Of Freedom says, with 1000 settlers nearly all
proslavery mon. And yet, with these facts star
ing them IN the face, Walker and Station say the
returns are fraud, and at the lnstlgaton
Of Parrot the black republican candidate for
Congress, and 6. W. Brown, who waited on him from
Lawrence, he went TO investigate the matter Seve
raj Of the members elect have met and resolved to IN
the morning and formally demand their certificates and
when he refuses Immediately serve upon him man
damus.
Returns have come In from remote counties in which
everybody knows not fifty live showing vote
fo'sows;-2t0 free soers to prosavery and 335 to
proslavery. Many such returns have in and yet
Walker and Stanton in this evidence fraud
Lawrence sent into eavenworth $50 votes into JEFF
ferson TO- into Doniphan 00 and in those
companies OF from 20 10 80 10 bring in those 2G0 and 335
and 2s0 vote returns and yet this town Lawrence poed
OF voteseo6 free sellers TO IL democratic. In all this
they see no fraud
The result will be, If the pro-savery members elect
from johnson and Douglas do not get their seats the e
gslaure will stand IA democr attic and Is free SOIL
the Council democratic TO free SOIL and besides this if
they thus get majority it is their avowed intention
rule out the Ieavenworth members, thus gaining eight
more members and five councilmen. The Legislature
VIII then stand So free sellers TO democratic in the
House, and II free soilers TO democrat in the Council
A beautiful body IL will bel