EIGHTH DISTRICT.

This was attached to the seventh district for a member of the council and a representative, and its vote was controlled by the illegal votes cast there. The census shows 39 votes in it; 37 votes were cast, of whom a majority voted the free-State ticket.

NINTH DISTRICT.

Fort Riley and Pawnee are in this district. The latter place was selected by the governor as the temporary capital, and he designed there to expend the sums appropriated by Congress in the construction of suitable houses for the legislature. A good deal of building was then being done at the fort near by. For these reasons a 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 postponed, then abandoned, and finally the site of the town was declared by the Secretary of War to be within the military reservation of Fort Riley. Some of the inhabitants returned to the States, and some went to other points of the Territory. Your committee find that they came as settlers, intending to remain as such, and were entitled to vote. (1.)

TENTH DISTRICT.

In this district ten persons belonging to the Wyandott 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. (2.) Eleven men, recently from Pennsylvania, voted the free-State ticket. From the testimony, they had not, at the time of the election, so established their residence as to have entitled them to vote. (3.) In both these classes of cases the judges examined the voters under 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 result. This and the eighth election district formed one representative district, and was the only one to which the invasion from Missouri did not extend.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.

The 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th election districts being all separately settled, were attached together in a council district, and the 11th and 12th as representative districts. This election district is sixty miles north from Pawnee, and one hundred and fifty miles from Kansas City. It is the northwest settlement in the Territory, and contained, when the census was taken, but thirty-six inhabitants, of whom twenty-four were voters. There was on the day of election no white set(1) Andrew McConnell, R. W. Wilson, A. H. Reeder,

(2) M. A. Garrett, Joseph Stewart.

(3) M. J. Osborne, Isaac S. Hascall.

tlement about Marysville, the place of voting, for forty miles, except that Marshall & Bishop kept a store and ferry at the crossing of the Big Blue and the California road. (4) Your committee were unable to procure witnesses from this district. Persons who were present at the election were duly summoned by an officer, and among them was F. J. Marshall, the member of the House from that district. On his return, the officer was arrested and detained, and persons bearing the names of some of the witnesses summoned were stopped near Lecompton, and did not appear before the committee. The returns show that, in defiance of the governor's proclamation, the voting was "viva voce" instead of by ballot. Three hundred and twenty-eight names appear upon the poll-books as voting, and, by comparing these names with those on the census-rolls, we find that but seven of the latter voted. The person voted for as representative (F. J. Marshall) was chief owner of the store at Marysville, and was there sometimes, (5) but his family lived in Weston, Mo. John Donaldson, the candidate voted for the council, then lived in Jackson county, Mo. (6) On the day after the election Mr. Marshall, with twenty-five or thirty men from Weston, Mo., was on the way from Marysville to the State. Some of the party told a witness who had formerly resided at Weston, that they were up at Marysville, and carried the day for Missouri, and that they had voted about one hundred and fifty votes. Mr. Marshall paid the bill at that point for the party.

There does not appear to have been any emigration into that district in March, 1855, after the census was taken; and, judging from the best test in the power of your committee, there were but seven legal votes cast in the district, and three hundred and twenty-one illegal.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.

The election in this district was conducted fairly. No complaint was made that illegal votes were cast.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT,

Previous to the day of election several hundred Missourians from Platte, Clay, Boone, Clinton, and Howard counties, came into the district in wagons and on horseback, and camped there. (1) They were armed with guns, revolvers, and bowie-knives, and had badges of hemp in their button-holes and elsewhere about their persons. (2) They claimed to have a right to vote from the fact that they were there on the ground, and had, or intended to make claims in the Territory, although their families were in Missouri. (3)

The judges appointed by the governor opened the polls, and some

(4.) Augustus Baker,

(5.) Augustus Baker.

(6.) T. E. D'Avis.

(1.) T. B. Ross, W. H. Godwin, Dr. James Noble, T. A. Minard, Charles Hardh (2.) T. B. Ross, W. H. Godwin.

(3.) T. B. Ross, Dr. J. Noble.

persons offered to vote; and when their votes were rejected on the ground that they were not residents of the district, the crowd threatened to tear the house down if the judges did not leave. (4)

The judges then withdrew, taking the poll-books with them. (5) The crowd then proceeded to select other persons to act as judges, and the election went on. (6) Those persons voting who were sworn were asked if they considered themselves residents of the district, and if they said they did they were allowed to vote. (7) But few of the residents were present and voted,(8) and the free-State men, as a general thing, did not vote. (9) After the Missourians got through voting, they returned home. (10)

A formal return was made by the judges of election, setting out the fact, but it was not verified. The number of legal voters in this district was ninety-six, of whom a majority were free-State men; of the legal voters 12 voted. The total number of votes cast was 239.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT,

It was generally rumored in the district for some days before the election that the Missourians were coming over to vote. (1) Previous to the election, men from Missouri came into the district and electioneered for the pro-slavery candidates, (2) General David R. Atchison and a party controlling the nominations in one of the primary elections. (3)

Burr Oak precinct.-Several hundred Missourians from Buchanan, Platte, and Andrew counties, Missouri, including a great many of the prominent citizens of St. Joseph's, came into this precinct the day before and on the day of election in wagons and on horses, and camped there. (4) Arrangements were made for them to cross the ferry at St. Joseph's free of expense to themselves. (5) They were armed with bowie-knives and pistols, guns and rifles. (6) On the morning of the election the free-State candidates resigned in a body on account of the presence of the large number of armed Missourians, at which the crowd cheered and hurrahed. (7) General B. F. Stringfellow was present and was prominent in promoting the election of the pro-slavery ticket, as was also the Hon. Willard P. Hall and

(4.) T. B. Ross, Charles Hardh, N. B. Sharp,

(5.) T. B. Ross, C. Hardh.

(6.) T. B. Ross, W. H. Godwin. Dr. J. Noble, R. Chandler, T. A. Minard, C. Hardh, G. M. Dyer, O. B. Tebbs.

(7.) R. Chandler.

(8.) T. B. Ross, Dr. J. Noble.

(9) T. B. Ross, Dr. J. Noble, R. Chandler, C. Hardh, O. B. Tebbs.

(10) T. B. Ross, Dr. J. Noble.

(1) Benj. Harding, John H. Whitehead, Alfred Larzelier.

(2) Benj. Harding, Willard P. Hall, Dr. G. A. Cutler.

(3) Dr. G. A. Cutler.

(4) A. A. Jamieson, W. P. Richardson, Benj. Harding, J. H. Whitehead, J. R. Carter, A. Larzelier, Willard P. Hall, B. H. Brock, C. W. Stewart, A. M. Mitchell, H. S. Creel G. W. Gillespie.

(5) L. Dillon, G. W. Gillespie.

(6) A. A. Jamieson, Willard P. Hall, C. W. Stewart.

(7) A. A. Jamieson, W. P. Richardson, Benj. Harding, J. H. Whitehead, A. Larzelier, W. P. Hall, T. P. Blair.

others of the most prominent citizens of St. Joseph's, Missouri. (8) But one of the judges of election appointed by the governor served on that day, and the crowd chose two others to supply the vacancies. (9) The Missourians said they came there to vote for and carry the election for Major W. P. Richardson. (10) Major Richardson, elected to the council, had had a farm in Missouri, where his wife and daughter lived with his son-in-law, Willard P. Hall, he himself generally going home to Missouri every Saturday night. The farm was generally known as the Richardson farm. He had a claim in the Territory upon which was a saw-mill, and where he generally remained during the week. (11.) Some of the Missourians gave as their reason. for voting that they had heard that eastern emigrants were to be at that election, (12) though no eastern emigrants were there. (13) Others said they were going to vote for the purpose of making Kansas a slave State. (14) Some claimed that they had a right to vote under the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, from the fact that they were present on the ground on the day of election. (15) The freeState men generally did not vote, (16) and those who did vote, voted generally for John H. Whitehead, pro-slavery, for council, against Major W. P. Richardson, and did not vote at all for members of the border town. (17) The parties were pretty nearly equally divided in the district, some being of opinion that the free-State party had a small majority, (18) and others that the pro-slavery party had a small majority.(18) After the election was over and the polls were closed, the Missourians returned home. During the day they had provisions and liquor served out free of expense to all. (19)

or

Doniphan precinct.-The evening before the election some 200 more Missourians from Platte, Buchanan, Saline, and Clay counties, Missouri, came into this precinct, with tents, music, wagons, and provisions, and armed with guns, rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives, and camped about two miles from the place of voting. (20) They said they came to vote, to make Kansas a slave State, and intended to return to Missouri after they had voted. (21) On the morning of the election the judges appointed by the governor would not serve, and others were chosen by the crowd. (22)

The Missourians were allowed to vote without being sworn, (23)

(8) A. A. Jamieson, W. P. Richardson, J. H. Whitehead, W. P. Hall.

(9) A. A. Jamieson, Benj. Harding, J. H. Whitehead, A. Larzelier, O. Hulan.

(10) A. A. Jamieson, W. P. Hall.

(11) A. A. Jamieson, W. P. Richardson, W. P. Hall.

(12) W. P. Richardson, J. H. Whitehead, J. R. Carter, W. P. Hall, A. M. Mitchell, H. S. Creel.

(13) B. Harding, J. H. Whitehead, J. R. Carter, W. P. Hall.

(14) W. P. Hall, H. S. Creel.

(15) B. H. Brock, C. W. Stewart, H. S. Creel.

(16) A. A. Jameison, W. P. Richardson, J. H. Whitehead, A. Larzelier, C. W. S. Creel. (17) W. P. Richardson, C. B. Whitehead.

(18) A. A. Jamieson, B. Harding, A. Larzelier, C. W. Stewart.

(18) W. P. Richardson, J. H. Whitehead, W. P. Hall, Thomas W. Waterston, J. P. Blair. (19) W. P. Richardson, G. W. Gillespie.

(20) Richard Tuck, Eli Hamilton, John Landis, Luther Dickerson, J. W. Beattie, David Fizer.

(21) R. Tuck, L. Dickerson, J. W. Beattie.

(22) R. Tuck, E. Hami'ton, J. Landis.

(23) R. Tuck, E. Hamilton, David Fizer.

some of them voting as many as eight or nine times; changing their hats and coats, and giving in different names each time. (24) After they had voted, they returned to Missouri. (25) The free-State men generally did not vote, (26) though constituting a majority in the procinct. (27) Upon counting the ballots in the box, and the names on the poll-lists, it was found that there were too many ballots, (27) and one of the judges of election took out ballots enough to make the two members correspond. (28)

Wolf River precinct.-But few Missourians were present in this precinct, though some of them threatened one of the judges because he refused to receive their votes; and when he resigned another was chosen in his place, who consented to receive their votes. (29)

Protests were drawn up against the elections in the various precincts in the 14th district, but on account of threats that greater numbers of Missourians would be at a new election, should it be called, and of personal violence to those who should take part in the protest, it was not presented to the governor ;(30) Major Richardson, the pro-slavery candidate for council, threatening Dr. Cutler, the free-State candidate, that if he contested the election he and his office should be put in the Missouri river. (31) The number of voters in this district by the census was 334; of these 124 voted. The testimony shows that quite a number of persons whose legal residence was in the popular county of Buchanan, Missouri, on the opposite side of the river, had claims in the Territory. Some ranged cattle, and others marked out their claim and built a cabin, and sold this incipient title when they could. They were not residents of the Territory in any just or legal sense. A number of settlers removed into the district in the month of March. Your committee are satisfied, after a careful analysis of the records and testimony, that the number of legal votes cast did not exced 200 out of 727.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.

The election in this district was held at the house of Mr. Hayes. On the day of election a crowd of from 400 to 500 men (1) collected around the polls, of which the great body were citizens of Missouri.

One of the judges of election in his testimony (2) states that the strangers commenced crowding around the polls, and that then the residents left. Threats were made before and during the election day that there should be no free-State candidates, although there were nearly or quite as many free-State as pro-slavery men resident in the district; most of the crowd were drinking and carousing, cursing the abolitionists, and threatening the only free-State judge of election. A