Ex-Governor Reeder came forward and contested the seat of Mr.Whitfield as Territorial delegate to Congress, alleging that Mr.W.owed his election to the votes of men not residents of the Territory.

As a result, a Committee of Investigation was appointed to go to Kansas to take testimony, this committee being composed of Sherman of Ohio, Howard, of Michigan, and Oliver, of Missouri.

These took an immense number of depositions, which were published in a volume of more than 1,200 octavo pages, and of which 20,000 were ordered to be printed.

This investigating committee made a majority report signed by Howard and Sherman, in which they summed up their conclusions under eight heads.

Of these we shall copy four: MAJORITY REPORT.
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