Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas,: with the views of the minority of said committee.

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
protection of Mr. Stinson. I think Mr. Stinson's reply to him was,
that he could not'have protection there, and he opened the back door
for hem to go through the house. I had then just stepped in; the
door was closed by some one, and I opened it and asked him to come
out the firont way that he had gone in at. He remarked that he had
been insulted; that he had come there to vote and could not have the
privile,e- of voting. I remarked that it was not worth while, as there
was a great deal of excitement, and we had better nriot try to vote.
That was about all that was said at the time, and we left in a very
few minutes after that. He inquired of me for some friend of his,
and when I came away he had got out of the crowd, and was stanlding by the fence, and I think had found the friend he was looking
fori. I think 3Mr. O. C. Stewart had talked to the man who had
made an assault on him, as he knew them, and had quieted them
somewhat. The first I knew of the difficulty was that I saw a man
striking at him; but I do not know whether he struck him, though I
thought he did. There did not seem to be any in the crowd disposed
to befriend him, and he got away as I have stated. I saw no marks
or blood on him.
To Mr. Sherman:
I did not vote that day.
To Mr. Reeder:
One reason was, that I did not have the privilege of voting for men
I wanted to vote for. I did not feel inclined to vote. I thought there
was no use in the settlers voting against the people from Missouri, as,
on account of the numbers, they could not stand any chance of elect
ing their candidates. I suppose there were two hundred Missourians
here, and I do not think there were over a hundred voters in this die
trict, though I did not know who were actual settlers here. I did not
know any persons except from Jackson county, Missouri.
Cross-examined by Mr. Rees:
I do not know the original cause of the difficulty with Mr. Gilparickl. I think MIr. Stinson refused him protection, saying he could
not have protection there, and at the same time opening the door for
him to Co out. I was not prevented from voting at that election. The
reason I could not vote for the man I wanted was, that one of the men
I wanted to vote for was not a candidate. There was one candidate I
shbuwl have voted for if I had voted. I have been a western man for
some time. I think it is frequently the case that there are fights at
election, but I never saw much of it myself where I have been. I
have resided for nearly fifteen years in Michigan. Mr. Strickler for
councilhan, and Dr. Crogsdale and Mr. Halliday for assembly, were
the candidates that day. I cannot say whether the free-State men
had any name on their tickets for council or not. I think the majority of them voted for MIr. O. C. Stewart, and it is probable there
were tickets with his name on them. I think that Strickler was the
only regular candidate on the field for councilman, though I am not
certain. There was another man spoken of by some, but I do not
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