The Kanzas news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1857-1859, 1857-10-10
Frorn I,awrence---The Election.

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II From Lawrence---The Election.
Special Correspondence of THk News.
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! LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct 8, 1857.
WELL, Mr.. EDITOR, 1t kinder seems that
we've whip't the Border Rufians. Not uni
versally. but sOrter ginerally; although we
amt Jest out of the woods yet Here at
Lawrence, we've been voting for two days,
and cyphering up the result for others too,
and the result stands at the head of this col
umn. We're waiting anxious for details, and
as the Border Ruffians have share the
question was whether our share was worth
having. Whether we are to be half bogus,
all bogus or no bogus. lis kinder mixed,
but as we've the big end of the stick to all
appearances, we're hurrahing because we
can have the other by trying.
In this district the Border Rufians wink
ed out like snuff. They calculated on car
rying it, but others had been calculating too.
The Slavery, Law and Order, National
| Democratic vote of this district is 100, all
told. / at Lawrence, 1873 at Lecompton,
at McKinneys, or Palmyra, and 36 at VIII
low Springs. The Free State men Tor beg
| their pardon) ''Abolitionists, polled up
wards of 1900 Here at Lawrence, we poll
ed Sf7.@ which was pretty good two days
work. If we had only had little more
time we could have made it 1000, as all our
voters were not out; but as it was evident
| that the Border Rufians were getting awful
ly used up we quit, as we like to have some
little consideration for their feelings.
Here at Lawrence, the election passed off
quite respectfully. There was only one fight
besides bowie knife and revolver exploit of
Border Ruffian who had got knocked down.
1t aOos muddy; awfully muddy. You know
what Lawrence is in muddy time, and 1
need not explain. The voters, as they pok-
ed up Massachusetts street, looked as if they
would like to get on some kind of ''plat-
FORM
The gallant Butcher was at the polls AS
Sheriff of Douglas county, he felt that the
'fworld was looking at him." He was not
there to collect taxes. He never said s.tax''
once, which showed his discretion. He
stood there at the door of SIMPSONS Ex-
press office, where they voted, like a door
keeper at the portals of bogus authority.
He read each voters ticket. Some said that
he read according to law, but know that
he did not read by any rule ever heard of
in school. There isn't much punctuation
in voting ticket, you know, but his infec-'
| ton was awful. 1t was like pair of broken
down steam bellows, only not so well artic-
ulated: In Lecompton there might have
been some sense in getting bogus Sheriff to
read their tickets, but here everybody can
read.
Our young friend Sykes was at Lawrence.
He was at the polls to see that the Law
renceites voted as they should do. He had
some National Democratic tickets, but
they were not very popular. At the top of
| it was f'Epaph Ransom" for Congress, and
some Border Ruffian at the bottom for Con-
stable. I don't recollect all the intermedi-
ates. Our esteemed ex-Sherif, Jones, fig
ured on it for Councilman, and Sykes and
seven others for Representatives. Conserv
alive Spicer was up for Probate Judge, and
Butcher, the brave Butcher, was 'candi-
date" mot ''for reelection for he never
was elected-the bogus Legislature not hav
ing vouchsafed us dissatisfaction but hav-
ing tried bogus appointment, he wants
bogus election Thank heaven he is like
| iy to want it.
Sykes got into some kind of muss.-
He kept pretty quiet in the forenoon, but
some of the boys thought he talked too
much. 1t was wrong in them to think so.
1t was very wrong in some one to pitch in
to him. He was saucy-there's no mistake
In that, but there's no use IN us making
Border Ruffians or any other kind of Ruff
fans of ourselves Just because the Pro-
Slavery men have. Besides, il was coward
| ". Sykes had no discretion, but then he
had no company. Sykes was all that was
left to stand up for National Democracy"
and the Administration in the wicked town
of Lawrence.
1t was in this wise: Somebody said
something insulting to Sykes in reply to
something he was reported to have said.
Sykes said something insulting to somebody,
whereupon somebody knocked him down.
This was all wrong. 1t wasn't so immoral
but then it was mean. So the scripture says
''God made man upright, but he has sought
out many witty Inventions" Why knock
him down? Sykes pulled out bowie-knife
and revolver. He brandished the one and
pulled the trigger of the other. One snap
ped, the other missed somebody, and then
the crowd hallooed and Sykes turned to run.
Some decent men smuggled him into the
drug store. where they hid him away among
gallipots, syringes and castor oil, and after
while Sykes escaped, to relate his awful
adventures amongst the Lawrence Adolf
| tionists.
The only other affair was little private
skirmish between fellow named Monroe,
and Bacon, of the firm of Cook d Bacon
not the great Lord Francis. Bacon tried
not to fight, but urged the celebrated ..Mon-
roe doctrine" of ssnon-interVention ;" but
| Monrne renudiated the doctrine and had to