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In every instance the party carrying
the Governor, carries also a ma jorIty
Of The members Of Congress. Even
when Lucas had only The small MAORI.
~ OF 1924 his party carried 10 mem
bers to the Wings 8. Ingenuity itself
cannot show that The slightest party ad.
vantage was sough, for or obtained by
The Wings in the apportionment Of
1882. No man who will examine the
Iacts in the case can deny that the law
Of 1882 was fair, just and equal.
1t passed the Senate without a divi.
sion and in the House Of Representa-
lives only 7 ~ nays we're recorded q,
gainsl it TO 50 in it's favor including
most Of the Jacksonmen 10 the House.
The history Of its passage as we'll as
its working shows that the Wings aim
ed 10 district the State fairly, and that
The other party almost 10 a man appro.
we'd the bill.
THE APPORTIONMENT OF 1886.
When the IocOs apportioned the rep
resentation oil the State Ia 1886 for the
Stale Legislature, this sy stem of frauds
on the people commenced. A daring
attempt was then made 10 give the ma
jorIty Of the Legislature to a minority
Of the people. 1t was successful. One
Of the fruits Of that "stratagem Of party
tactics is seen in the presence Of VIM,
Allen in the Senate Of The United States
He was elected the following winter BY
TIE representatives Of a minority Of the
population of about $1,000 had 36 rep
resentatlVes, or a majority of the whole
while the other 46 counties with a rep
reseniaIlVe population OF $4,000, haC
only 80, or a minority Of representatives
By that bill, - senator's OF one half Of
the whole number, were assigned to 2S
counties, having a representative popu-
Ialion oil l05 ,482, while the remaining
Al counties had a representative popu-
! Iation OF 1870 600, and IS senator's.
In ~ counties a representative was
assigned to every 1888 white male,
over 81 while in the other 46 counties
The representation was less than one tc
every 4 QUO over 2IM! THIS inequaIi.
~ Of representation resulted in gIvin;
q. The party which conlrived 1.-THE major
ity hey sought for. The Wings at IT
passage protested, but the bill becam
a law and the conspirators chuckIed a
their success.
i This was a scheme Of most glarinI
r injustice. 1t was framed for the pur
pose ofchealing the majority fthe pee
Pile out OF their choice for United State
j Senator, and oul of their proper weigh
in the halls Of our own legislature, An.
yet some Of the trainers oflhis very bll
!. ~dfnounce the Wings for refusing 10 sane
ton by their presence, the enactmen
Of a fraud even more alrocious tina
their own.
For one we have never had on
shade OF doubt as to The propriely Of tn
course pursued by the Wings. Talk
The precedent! When such itnpudeI
u%surpatl0n as that shows itself in III
n halls Of legislation, we would desir
u that this precedent might be followed
1t is a safe precedent. Whoever her
afier shall attempt to choke out the IRE
voice Of Ohio, by trick and "stragem
= whoever shall present such a mocker
rs of all justice and decency as that bill
Bylngroh's, and seek TO give it the fore
=, of law-let this precedent stand f
" the minority, and let them follow it.
THE APPORTlONMENT OF ls4
10 Encouraged by the success of the
!, atrocious fraud in 1886, the same par
-, tried The same game 10 the %apporlio
W meni of 1899 40, Under the enumer
ad Iion Of 1889 it appeared there we
. 29l,l32 white males over 81 in 4
70. Stale. or these, I49 734 OF more III
half were in Wing counties: and ID
1913 in LocoIoco counties The ratio I
Representatives was one TO 3,S30-th
ed for Senators one 10 7 $50 1t will
seen that the wing counties we're en-
I'M tied 10 at least halt Of each house,
- instead of SO representatives,, or on
half, they were allowed "a Gn lS4D
ale just one third. Instead Of lS Senate
ck. TO which they were at least, entitled,
ar. were graciously allowed TO The Wits
l.. And at the election following, notwi
~ standing The Wing ~majorilies in mr.
lie than two thirds oil the counties of Oh
the IocOtocos elected just as many Sci
tors as the Wigs, Il was this atrocic
disfranchisemeni Of Wing counties VIII
gave the latter day democrats The n
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