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

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
on my memorandum through mistake as Cooper, and have never
thought of it since. He told me he was judge of election for the 18th
district; was a pro-slavery man, and was taking the returns to the
governor. At the time I had this conversation I was not acquainted
with Mr. Cramer, and put down the name at the time on my memlorandum-book as Cooper, and have not looked at it since. Since then
I became acquainted with Mr. Cramer in Benicia, at Dr. Brooks's, and
am now positive that it is the same man I put down as Cooper.
GEO. A. CUTLER.
TECUMSEH, K. T., 2lay 6, 1856.
JOHN W. FOREMAN called and sworn.
To Governor King:
I was a candidate for the office of councillor for the 7th council dis
trict, embracing the Doniphan and Wolf River precincts, and S18th
district. I had no opposition that I ever heard of; I was a proslavery man, and known as such over the district. I attended the
Wolf River precinct on the day of the election; I was well acquainted
with every man who voted that day, except perhaps one or two. The
judges were James MI. Irving, E. V. Rogers, and William Richardson, all appointed by Governor Reeder. Richardson and Irving were
known to be free-State men; Mr. Rogers was known to be a pro-slavery
man. The election was conducted very quietly and orderly throughout the day. There were a number of gentlemen there-some five
or six from Holt counTity, Missouri, which lay across the river-with
whom I was acquainted. These neither voted nor attempted to vote
that day, nor were there any illegal votes given that day, in my
opinion, except two; these were James Williams and Charles Blakely.
It was said that Mr. Williams was not a citizen of the United States,
and had not filed his intention to become such; he voted, and was not
challenged at the time; he was recognised as a free-soiler. Mr.
Blakely's vote was challenged by Mr. Richardson, and he was sworn
to answer questions; and upon his answering was admitted by two of
the judges to vote, whereupon MIr. Richardson resigned. Mr. Wilson was appointed in his stead, after which but few votes more were
taken that day.
There was a general attendance of the voters in the Wolf River precinct that day, and seventy-five or eighty votes cast, of which number
the pro-slavery men got about sixty votes; the balance of the votes
were given to free-State men.
I have examined, very slightly, the poll-books of the Doniphan
precinct, and believe that a large majority of the names on the pollbook were then, and are now, residents of the Doniphan precinct. I
noticed some on it that I believed were residents of Missouri and not
entitled to vote-Major Rucker and Mr. Moberly were among them.
There were a number of names on the poll-book with which I was not
acquainted, and do not know whether they were legal voters or not, as
I was not well acquainted in the Atchison part of the district. With
360