The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-01-09
Suffrage in Iowa-Figures.

Suffrage in Iowa-Figures.
Since the adverse result upon the suff-
rage question in the recent elections in
OHIO, KaAsasvsen1 yyEin lGipnesOsa;
whsac 81 aaa nG1 eQsal s@nfSge VA
believed to have been carried, the IN.
quiry has become an interesting one,
what will be the result of a trial in Iowa ?
Ihis State 10 generally conceded to be
one of the most radical In the Union, but
there are not wanting those who are
ready to predict an adverse result here.
Without yenturing into the field Of
anere conj @oture which can psodt little,
Iwe have thought II not uninslreesive 70
com rare the vote Of Our State with that
Or Minnesota, and from the ratio of votes
10 that State between the Repuhlican
and suffrage vote, cndeavor to approxi-
mate to the probable result here. That
State lies side by side with our own,
settled to large extent with similar
elementsof population, has been for a
series OF years, like Iowa inflexibly Re-
publican on every trial, and an estimate
based on its recent vote Is, therefore, not
All improper one. al &c =
Not TO weary our readers with arith-
metical calculation, we find that the
ratio Of the vote for Equal Suffrage in
the vote for Marshall, Republican con-
didate for Governor, was almost as ex-
actly as eleven to thirteen. That Is
eleven thirteenths Of all the Republicans
in the State voted to strike the word
white" out of the constitution. The
gubernatorial vote in this State las not
yet been sufficiently canvassed, but we
have that for Judge of the Supreme
Court, Attorney General and Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, from
which it appears that Beck has 80, 256,
O'Connor 70 ,O35, and Wells 50, 753 on the
Republican ticket; while the Democratic
competitors have respectively, 62,soS,
82,s56 and el,254. The average of the
Republican vote would be 50, $50, eleven
thirteeuths of which is "A, 500, which on
the supposition that Iowa would do no
better relatively on this question than
Minnesota, is about the vote we should
cast for Equal Suffrage.
In that state the vote against man
hood suffrage fell about 800 short of the
Democratic vote for Governor, Assum-
ing that every Democrat would vote
against it, we should have, on the basis
Of this years vote, some 1900 majority
in favor of the proposition.
|, But we believe that in pointof fact,
opinion is more advanced on this ques-
ton in Iowa, than in Minnesota. We
judge so in part from the pronounced
position of our Republican newspapers,
but one, out of fall our exchanges having
shown the white feather on this ques-
ton on account Of the recent election,
and that one, fortunately, though in
many respects an excellent and high
toned paper, not Of wide circulation and
influence while the most of our Repub-
lican papers, especially those having the
widest circulation, adhere inflexibly TO
the position held by the party heretofore
as enumerated by three successive State
conventions.
We have written this not to beget an
over confidence in the success of man
hood suffrage, but to encourage our peo-
pie to labor the more earnestly to place
our noble State right on the record upon
this question. Our large Republican
preponderancc enables US, if we are not
recreant to duty, to be the first of the
States since the war of the Rebellion,
where its terrible plowshare has not up
rooted all civil and political institutions,
to render this act of justice to long OPP
pressed but loyal race. If we work
manfully to enlighten the public mind
and poll full vote on this issue, we be-
.ieve it viii be adopted in Iowa by 90
600 majority Vinton Eagle.
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