The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-15
FAIR COMPARISON.
LeavenwOrth, st. Joseph and Kansas City.

In the following article are set
forth the approximate populations re-
spectively of Kansas City, st. Joseph
and Leavenworth. The people of our
State will be glad to know that their me-
tropolis is ahead of Kansas City by over
5000 inhabitants. The latter city ought
now to cease, at least for some time to
come, its Boosting, for figures will not
lie:
The elections held last Tuesday, in
the cities of Leavenworth, st. Joseph
and Kansas City, serve to give the world
at large some idea of the population of
each city. We make the exhibit on the
vote for Mayor, which is the best test
that can be made of the voting popula-
ton. In Kansas City and st. Joseph
the entire cOlOred vote was registered,
and the usual proportion of the regis
tration polled. OF course, the vote
never reaches the number registered.
Both in LeavenWorth and Kansas City
the vote fell short of the registration
list more than five hundred, and it is
reasonable to suppose that such was the
case in st. Joseph. In Kansas City,
nearly 5000 votes were registered. In
Leavenworth 3,4O0 votes were register
ed, while $50 colored. votes were exclu-
ded, (the entire colored vote of two
wards)-by the Democratic Judges of
election, and officers of registration
which would swell the list to $3.50, at
least $50 more votes than Kansas City
can possibly show. The following is
the total vote polled in each city for
Mayor, as taken from official election
returns:
Leavenwcrth o.. s...... 2 $50
Kansas City 2346
St Joseph .--.-.---..--.. 1913
Thus it will be seen that Leavenworth
leads Kansas City 5l3 votes, and st.
Joseph ,026 votes. Adding the $50 le-
gal voters, (the entire colored vote of
two wards) who were excluded, LeaV-
enworth has 1853 votes more than Kansas
City and 1916 votes more than st. Jo-
seph Reconing seven inhabitants to
each voter, Leavenworth has 6,041 more
inhabitants than Kansas City, and 1854
more people than st. Joseph. Again,
taking the registration list as basis to
figure on population, we will admit that
Kansas City registered 5000 votes,
which included colored men. Again,
estimating seven inhabitants to each
voter, Kansas City would have 81 900
inhabitants. Admitting that the vote
of st. Joseph fell 500 short of the reg
istration, the number of voters register
ed in that city would be 2, 1888, and esti-
mating seven inhabitants to each voter,
st. Joseph would show a population of
1881. In Leavenworth 3,400 voters
registered, adding the $50 excluded COL
ored voters, we have $3.50 voters, and
estimating our population on the same
ratio as Kansas City and st. Joseph,
(seven inhabitants to each voter0 Leav-
enworth has DC, $50 inhabitants.
1t will be seen that the figures are
taken from official returns from the
cities mentioned. The registration list
is perhaps the most accurate basis upon
which to calculate the voting population.
However, our friends of the Valley, up
or down, are at liberty to take either for
the basis, and it will show Leavenw orth
largely in advance of st. Joseph or
Kansas City. Furthermore, Fort Leaven
worth is not included in the vote of this
place-nothing is reckoned but the city
proper. The following table is a fair,
honest comparison of the population of
the three cities:
Leavenworth . % $50
Kansas City 81 600
St. Joseph 16, 331
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