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

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
the 30th of March. There was a large crowd here, 600 or 700 men.
I knew a good many of the residents of the district. These were nearly
all strangers. When I came into town, I unhitched my horses and
fastened them to the wagon, and started towards the place where the
election was held-the building of MIr. Wood, I think. I came up,
and there were two ropes fastened to stakes near the building, and
carried out so as to form a lane, some fifteen or twenty yards long,
and that was crowded with men. I passed along outside of the
lane, and on the east side of the lane I met a couple of men I was
acquainted with-Mr. Cole Brown and his father; I do not recollect
his first name. They live about three miles back of Parkville, MAis souri. I have been at their house, and bought cattle of themn. I
spokle to them. I remarked " You have come over to help us to-day
with the election?" They said they had. I inquired of them if
many of their neighbors had conme, and they said 200 or 300 had come
from their section. I then asked if they had voted; they said they
had not, but they intended to vote, and were waiting for the crowd to
get through. I passed on down there, to see what was the intention
of our candidates. I met Mr. Twomnbly, candidate for council, and
Mr. Browning, candidate for house of representatives. I inquired of
them what they intended to do, and Mr. Twombly stated that his
advice was not to vote at all; that there was no need of our voting,
and there would probably be difficulty if we did vote. I did not vote,
because of this advice. I never attempted to vote, but did not see or
hear of any hindrance by violence. The men about the polls seemed
to be voting as fast as they could. There was one man, I think Mr.
Panton, who stood at the door where they were receiving votes, and
men came up and handed their votes to him, giving their names at
the same time, and he took their ballots and handed them in, repeating their names I saw a number of votes given in this way, and
that is the way the votes seemed to be taken. I think Mr. Panton
was one of the judges. I could not say, positively, that it was Mr.
Panton, though he has been pointed out to me several times as Mr.
Panton. There were probably 100 to 150 about the polls. The ropes
were crowded full, and there were little groups standing about. I
think, probably, but 10 in 100 were citizens. Mine had been one of the
first white families settled in the district, and I had ridden all over
it, and had become pretty well acquainted in the district. The only
man I recognised'as a resident was Mr. Hyatt, who lived on Fivemile creek then, but now on Salt creek, and Mr. Panton. There
mi.it have been more there, but the majority of these I did not know.
There were several persons I had seen in Missouri, and recognised at
the time; but the only names I could give were the two'Browns. I
recollect of seeing a boat land here, shortly after this, somiewhlere
towards noon; I do not recollect the name of the boat, but my impression is, that it was the Clara. There was a young man from our
,eighborhood, named John Scott, who stood on the levee and handed
'he ien tickets as they got off the boat. I recognised some of my
cquaintances from Weston, Missouri, and spoke to and shook hands
svith them. The boat was pretty well loaded-between 100 and 200
"ren on it. There was music playing on the boat while she was
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