The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-17
The Election and ir Re,uru..

1he election returns from the OUTSIDE
counties come in rather slowly. At last
advices they stood as follows
LeaUmrorth County. - Leavenworth
SIS to 271. Wyandott, 200 to 134.-
Delaware, 56 to 100. Easton. log to So.
Kickapoo, Sc to 544. Pro-Siavery majority
125.
It is said that large number of illegal
votes were polled at the Kickapoo pre-
einet, enough to vary the result. This
county constitutes one district, with three
Councilmen and eight Representatives.
Certificates will be given to the Pro-Slav-
cry candidates, but the seats viii be con-
tested, and if found fraudulent, as We have
no doubt is the case, the seats viii be
given to the Free State contestants.
Douglas County.-Lawrence, for Parott,
sos to IL for Ransom. Willow Springs,
271 to 81. Brooklyn. 221 to 4. Lecomp-
ton 294 to 126 Maj. for Parrott ], 1,504.-
The Free State county ticket was elected
with about the same result, as were the
Justices and Constables in the different
townships. More than eight to one.
johnson County.-Monteeello, to a.
Shawnee, % to III. Lexington % to SO.
McCamish 80 to 10 Olathe, IA to A.
Spring Hill, II to H. Oxford 81 pro-
slavery maj first day.
The parties had a drunken row over
night. On the second day from dozen
TO twenty drunken persons were around
through the day. and at night the poll
books were carried to house in the vi
cinity, in Missouri, where some of the
candidates are said to have met them and
added 1888 names.to the returns, such
number as they learned would overbal-
ance the Douglas County vote.
The two last counties, with an unknown
region lying around the base of the Rocky
mountains, constitutes Council and Rep
resentative district with Councilmen and
s Representatives. The Secretary will
take the responsibility, and the Certificates
will be given only to the Free State
candidates.
Shawnee County-Topeka, 334 to A.
Tecumseh, 153 to 81. Burlingame, 100
to O. Brownville, SS to O. Wakarusa,
81 to 5. Free State mai. 700. Eleven
and half to one. This is Representative
district by itself, and gives us one member
OF the House.
D0niplian. Iowa Point, 113 to 10
Center, 81 to SO. Wolf River, 53 to 81.
Washington, 20 to 81. Wayne, 147 to
163. Marion, so to %. Burr Oak, IS to
80. Parrott, 574; Ransom, 800 1t con-
stitutes the Sd Representative district, and
has members. Certificates will be Siyen
to the Free State candidates. This countyis
connected with Brown, Nemaha, Marshall,
Pottawatomie and Riley. and portion of
the terra incognitO and forms Council dis
trict with two members, who are Free State.
jefferson and Calhoun. Both of these
counties have returned Free State majori-
ties, securing l Councilman and Repre-
sentatives to the Free State party.
AtcEisoa county has gone pro-slavery
by majority of 81. The vote stands as
follows, as we learn by slip from the
Sgaatter Souereign: Atchison, 15S to POS.
Mt. Pleasant, so to AZ. GFasshopper,
55 to 81. PIT. William, 22 to 30.
This gives the Pro-slavery party three
members of the House.
Brown county heard from, and has so
Free State maj.
Nenaaha gives US Free State majority,
and connected with Brown County, elects
one m ember of the House.
Marshall county has 159 Pro-slavery.
maj. with one Representative in the House.
.P Potta,eatonlie and Riley counties have
undoubtedly gone Free state, with TWO
Representatives.
Lykins Couaty-Osawatomie, 240 to 0.
Stanton, Ga to 4. Paoli, 26 to so. Miami,
% to 6. Free State majority 291. Five
to one. This secures two Free State
members to the House from this county.
Linn county has small Free State ma
jority in every precinct. amounting in all to
about 125. This secures two Free State
Representatives. See editorial elsewhere.
Franklin COunty.-Centropolis, 153 to
2. Peora, 66 to l. Ohio City, 36 tot. Ad-
ans, 80 to l. F. S. maj. 334. 1t reported
that the three last precincts have been ex-
cluded because the precincts were not le-
gally established. Thirty-one and half
to one.
anderson Couaty.-Addington's, 81 too.
Cresco, 50 to L. Greedy, 68 to 0. Shan
non, &c to l. Hyatt, so to 0. The
whole vote for the Free State ticket is
257, to for Ransom, or 40 to for free
dom. OF course the whole county ticket |
was elected. 1t is reported at Lecompton |
that the entire vote, save such as was poll
cd at Shannon, will be rejected.
Franklin and Anderson counties form the |
18th Representative district, and has elec-
ted three Free State members of the House. |
Cqfey County-Burlington, 133 to 0. I
Neosho City, 53 to 2. 0ttumwa, So to 10.
Leroy, Free State maj.
Breckenridge. Agnes City, 50 to 81
Emporia 137 to o. Kansas Center, 25 to /
2. Cory's, Al to 0. Thirty Seven for free
dom to one for slavery. 1t is reported
that all the precincts but that at Agnes
City viii be rejected because of neglect
on the part of the proper officers to divide I
their county into townships. twill prob
ably make no difference in the result, but