The Placer herald., 1855-10-13
Vote Of the State.

interesting facts developed by anal ysls OF the
vote at the recent election. Another worthy
Of notice is the comparative vote Of the four
great sections into which the State is natu-
rally divided Section first includes the
counties of Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa
Cruz, Monterey, San Louis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and
San Diego, lying south Of the Bay of San
Francisco and west of the Coast Range
These are all agricultural and grazing coun-
ties, and together poled only 1897 votes
less than the single county Of El Dorado,
If we include with them the county of San
Francisco, the total vote of Section First will
be 20,058. Section Second comprises those
counties of the San Joaquin Valley lying
south Of the Mohelumne River, and east OF
the Coast Range, viz: Contra Costa, san
Joaquin, Calayeras Stanislaus, Merced Tuo-
umne, Mariposa, Tularc and Bucna Vista.
Mining is the chief occupation OF the inhabi-
tapts. although large number arc engaged
in agriculture. The total vote of these c6un-
ties was lG,3l7, and if we class with them
Amador which formed until recently a part
of Calayoras, the total vote Of Section Second
will be 2O,o87, differing but slightly from
that of Section First Section Third COM
prehends the counties lying in the Sacra
mento Valley, to the north of the Moquel-
umne and east of the Sacramento River viz:
Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Ne
vada, luba, Sierra, Plumas, Butte, SHASTA
and Siskivou. These are almost exclusively
mining counties, and here lies the great mass
of our population. They cast a total vote of
4S.29S-morc than Section First and Second
combined. The Fourth and last Section in
cudes the counties lying north Of the Bay
of san Francisco, and west of the Sacra-
mento River, viz: Marin, Sonoma, Mendoci-
no, Solano, Napa, Yolo, Colus, Humboldt
Trinity and Klamath The first eight Of
these are agricultural and grazing, the last
two mining counties. Together they poiled
but 925O votes, although their area is greater
than that OF Section Third. Dividing the
State bv geographical line, running from
the Sierra Nevada wcstwardly to the ocean,
and marked 10y the Moquelumnc River and
the Bay OF San Francisco, we find the North
ern Section poIed 57,546 votes, and the
southern 40,lA5 votes. Dividing again 10y
line running southeasterly and northwestern
", and marked by the Coast Range Of
mountains, we find the Eastern or Inland
Section cast 70, l05 votes, the Western or
Pacific Section 1888 votes. In the South
crn States, the average number Of votes in
each Congressional District is 10000. Were
the same ratio applied here, the First Of the
four great Sections into which we have CON
sidered the State divided, would be entitled
to two members OF the Lower House Of Con-
gress, the Second to two, the Third to four,
and the Fourth to onc--in all, the State to
nine. Fifty thousand voters in California
have 10 greater voice in the House Of Rep
resentatScs cs than ten thousand in the South
ern States, or ninteen thousand in the North
ern and Western States. Since the Guber
Material election in September, 1858, the
total vote of the State has increased from
76,3o4 to 07,G03. 1t is interesting to note
the districts in which this increase has taken
place. In the counties on the Pacific slope,
south Of the Bay Of San Francisco and west
of the Coast Range, the increase has been
1906; in those lying in the San Joaquin
VALLEY, $40; in the great Mining Section,
east Of the Sacramento River, and north of
the MoQuclunne, 0,l85; in those west of
the Sacramento River, 2O5l. We shall find,
on examination thrce-fourths Of the increase
in the number Of voters has taken place in
the mining counties. 1t has generally been
considered that there are about 100000
miners at work in this State, ont Of a popula-
ton of $4,000. Let us see how the returns
of the election support this ypothesis--cyery
American is a voter Of course, with rare eX-
ceptions. The total number of votes cast in
those counties in which there are no mines
worked, was 27,7G7; in those counties in
which mining is almost the exclusive occu-
patton of the inhabitants, 55,Gl5; aud in four
counties which are partly agricultural and
partly mining, l4,3ll. In these four, the
proportion would be about half miners, and
half farmers and traders, So apportioping
them, the account would stand 81, 9l7 voters
engaged in sundry avocatons, and G2,7G6
residing in the mining districts. Allowing
for traders residing in the mining towns,
it is safe to assume that 10000 Of the voters
at the late election were miners. But none
save native born and naturaIizcd citizens are
entitled to vote We estimate at least 40,-
900 foreign miners in this State, including
Cinnamon. This would at once make the
100000 supposed-to which must be added
the large number of American miners who
neglected to vote, safely estimated at 20 600
and we arrive at the conclusion that there
are 100000 miners Of the Caucasian race in
this State, or 10000 of all races,--S. +.
Hrdl1.
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