Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-04
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have already made some
ienss on Senator Blaine's lat
.rartlre in the United States
q, iu which he assumed that
3 agF0os of the South were ter
Il sad that, through the sup.
ou 6 their vote, q Northern
A,ican did not begin to count
m h in our electoral system
Southern Democrat. Being
e my longer to use the negro
Is aid to the political am
9 Republicans, the Maine
ef tlinks that the Soath
Z b deprived of the Congress
presentation which that
q erives from the presence of
Y iear millions of colored reo-
fho were made voters by the
biiesn party, and, who, of
3, unit in the Congressional
a.e Wallace, the Democratic
que from Pennsylvania of
Canieron, has met Blaine on
.e gre und and completely
/ ni n. His speech is so con-
the matter that we have
Els, trouble to condense the
ificant portions of it.
llace assumes that if the
re voters, and entitled to
'el' alton land the Republican
las made them SOY, then they
ch entitled to be counted
minorities in any district
ion. In every close con-
1872 their votes have
State of Pennsylvania to
blicans. They hold the
power there, and invari-
,a it against the Democrats.
enator from Maine will
result, he must accept the
aoting Mr.. BEaine's asser-
g t the "seizure of powern
lcrats in the South was
lsurpation," Mr.. Wallace
lt be, "wanton usurpation
I'll 1t perversion Of the whole
t Repu blican Govern
hat should the wholesale
ssment of the Democ ratio
s lrth by skillful manipula-
j ,litical power be called I?
ls With a Democratic plural
av r 5000 in 1876, sent to the
% ongress 8 Republicans and
emocrats; 23, 120 votes or
3 lpulation could choose q
olie.n to Congress, while it
sed 1921 votes or 265, 900 pop
i. elect a Dem ocrat. The
,he Maine Senator-New
with its six States-sends
Is Congress % Republicans
lmocrats; 1851 votes or
)ple can elect a Republic
lber of Congress there,
requires 40, ,321 votes or
1000 people to elects a DEM
TO the Senate New Eng
lds 10 Republican and 2
5 tic Senators. Upon the
q. he vote Of 1876 it requires
tes or $4,000 to choose a
h an Senator from New
AZ while 14T,963 votes
1000 people are re-
to elect q Dem )crat.
is great Middle States-New
ennsylvania, Ohio, Indi-
nois and Iowa contain
voters, or about 16, 900. 900
}, yet they have but twelve
as against an equal num-
New England for 663, 900
S md about $500, 600 people.
E are the results of our politi-
IS EN-, and there is just as
3 ason to find fault with it in
gland as in the South. We
dido its inequalities and
81 ,tions for the much greater
contains. Sweeping
or partizan comparisons
no good and must do harm.
o. y important question Is,
! sctions, North or South,
ried by fraud or violence?
rave, the incumbent hold
aich a title should be eject
@ remedy is by contest un
ia law. Orderly methods
stimony, judicial inquiry
izan judgment-these ar
b ,sses the people approve.
yective hurled at the seiz
wer by a solid South may
W nswered by grouping thu
area Middle States named, ant
mn ~ political results there
ili Ccurl ess (and it is wors
xtl these States upon
va of S42,2l2 Republican
c lyr 'seizedu 70 Congress
!, v 10 on o total vote o
s<l .he Democracy get but Az
.le citing majority of S7,S7
lsp blicans have "seized" 2
eres men. If We add to thes,
" England, we find tina
Sepubllean voters get o
Z nsu, while 2,1o0, ,26S Dem
.tg o5ars get 50. In thes,
etes 100, 163 Republican