Show MINORITY REPORT july in conclusion the undersigned undersigner under signed begs to report the batts and conclusions conclusion as he be alieves established by the te testimony and sanctioned bythe law lav first that at the first election held in the I 1 territory under the organic act for delegates I 1 to congress con gen john W whitfield red rec received elved a pinta plara plurality lly ily of the legal votes cast and was duly I 1 v elected such delegate delea bate gate as stated in the majority report second thattie that the territorial legislature was a legally constituted body and had power to pass valid laws and their enactments are therefore valid third trat that these laws when appealed to I 1 have bave been used for the protection of life liberty antu antt property and for tor the main maln maintenance maintenon ce of law and order in the territory fourth that the election under which the tha sitting delegate delegated john W whitfield was held was in pursuance of valid law and should be regard regarded pd as a valid adalid election fifth that as said whitfield at said election received a large number of le leal leai al totes without without op opposition hsilin os llin ilin he was wag duly elected as a de delegate 1 zate to 1 ph tha is body and is entitled to a seat on an thiis this floor as is stich such sixth that the election under which the contesting delegate andrew 11 claims his seat war wag wa not held under any law but in contemptuous dis dip disregard regard as the expression of a band of malcontents and revolutionists and consequently should be wholly disregarded 0 by the leonise lionise li oaise onise seventh ai to whether or not andrew II 11 reeder received a greater number ef cf votes of resident citizens 94 oo 00 the ath thane W V whitfield did on the of october 1855 IM no testimony was taken by y the committee so far as the undersigned undersigner under signed knows nor is it material to the issue all of which is respectfully submitted wb mUted 31 OLIVER the ile majority rity report Is a formidable document the following is a synon synopsis sif sis of its up contents the report shows that as soon as the bill to organize the territory of kansas passed a large larga rge number of the citi citizens jens of missouri went into the territory aud and held squatter meetings passed resolutions denouncing ests and declaring that slavery existed the therein rein in the autumn of 1854 a secret political society called the blue bine lodge was formed the plan of operations of which with its oaths ac are given in the report this 1113 lodge controlled all ail the subsequent movements and invasions on the part of the at the election novem november er for a delegate in congress there was no evidence of fraud except in sparsely settled and remote districts where citizens of missouri appeared app pared and yo d during the winter of o l SS great excitement existed in the territory on account of the invasion arid and much bitter feeling was manifested in february 1855 a census was taken and the number of legal voters was ascertained to be 2905 previous the election in the spring p of 1855 active preparations were made in mi missouri to invade the territory and a complete organization WH wa effected leaders were hosen tents provisions ammunition and arms distributed and tire forces were drilled in companies in missouri and on the day dby before the election it is testified at leat least five thousand took up the line of march for kansas and companies went imo mo every representative senta tive district of qt the territory tory fory except one from accurate and almost absolute proofs it appeared that of about votes cast at the election for mem members bers of the territorial riar legislature I 1 were those of non residents the majority of the members of both houses of the legislature would have been free state uen men inen if there had been no invasion of massou fians the committee took a large mass of testimony regarding the proceedings ol 01 the legislative As assembly embly which proceedings they state are characterized by recklessness and injustice the report lih ilk likewise ea visit alludes to the murt muri murders lers jers robberies robb ennes pries and otar crimes committed in th territory and states tha that i t in no case except except that of mcrae ca a free state man was there any prosecution fr those thou of fences no indict ments were found no arrests made and no measures taken to bring the perpetrators to justice ju atiee atice the report says say it is clearly proven that smuel J jones the sheriff was the main cause canse of ahe the tho in which be 0 so o prominently figured it is is also proved that thil mr oliver one of f the Invest kating committie committee tle went into misso Aliss ohrt ehri ani ari of tile the onvad IM ing companies I 1 the he conclusions of the committee are re that abai fach ekach of the th election li ina lna kansas was carried by invasion from missouri uri url that consequently the in legislative lala iala tive assembly is an illegally constituted bony y and has no power to pass rass valid laws law therefore its are r oid volu W the election of J W whitfield as delag delegate ate to congress was not held under tinder an any y valid law lair meither neither was that of pir gir mr reeder seeder in accordance wilh with law the cara cafa carstee CArU tee suggest no reme rome remedy jr the report alludes to ta obstructions thrown in the he way of the to the general violence which F ail all challe ft he territory N i her aid ju luly july 5 |