Show MAJORITy REPORT I 1 washington july 1 your committee report the following fact facts and conclusions as established by the testimony first that each election in the territory held leid under the organic or alleged Terri territorial territory tor 07 I 1 law aw has been carried by organized invasions from rom the state of missouri 1 by which the people of the territory have hive beep prevented from exercising the rights secured them by the or L agic law second that the alleged territorial legislature was an illegally constituted body and had bad no power to pass valid laws and their enactments act ments are therefore dull null avoid and void vold third that these alleged jaws have nor not as a general thing been used to protect persons persona and property and to punish wrong but for unlawful lawf ul purposes fourth that the election under which the sitting delegate john IV whitfield holds his seat was not held in pursuance of any valid law and that i ij should be regarded only as the expression of the choice of those resident citizens who voted for him fifth that the election under which the contesting delegate andrew H reeder claims his seat scat was not held in pursuance of law and that it should be regarded only as the expression of the choice of the resident citizens who voted for him sixth that andrew ardrew IL f reeder received a greater eater n number m er of votes of resident citizens than an john W whitfield for delegate seventh that in the present condition of the territory a fair election cannot be held without anew a new census a atri stringent and well guarded election law the sel sei selection of impartial judges and the presence of united states troops at every place of election eighth that the various elections held heid heldry by the people of ohp th e territory preliminary to the be formation of the state government have been as regular as the disturbed condition of the territory would allowa allow and that the constitution passed by the convention held in pursuance ance e of said election embodies the will of a majority of the people As As it is not the province of your committee to suggest remedies for the existing troubles in the territory of kansas they content themselves with the he foregoing statement st of facts all of which is respectfully submitted WM WAL A HOWARD JOHN SHERMAN |