The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-23
Fnr!kcrn Dissatisfaction at the Next
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The unexpected increase in population In
the south during the past ten yesrs has been
q tough article for the digesticl of the radi
cal republicans. Wren il was annsupcsd
that South Carolina had increased sorty Ave
per cent. in the past ten years, howl SO
intense vs., raised north that Commissioner
Walker felt hinAslf obliged to order new
census 10 be taken in districts where fraud
WAS Suspsioned. The result Of this was hat
the first figures we're proven to be correct,
sud to this effect Mr.. Walker ha, certified
the population Of South Carolina 10 the dc
partment OF the interior. But the cry of dis
satisfaction ia still loud in the northwest and
northeast. Already threats are made to 90
behind the census, il possible, and order in
the south q new count, which, under the late
change in the political field, would be en-
tirely under the control A. d manipulation of
the radical authorities. II certainly
seems prepostsrouS to assert that
department which, from lis head
to its lowest employe, is already in DOS.
session OF the republicans, would be so lost
to party considerations as to pc nit census
to psss rs valid which contained probable
evidsncs of fraud. The ve.y fact that Mr..
Ws'Scr and his republican associates can aud
no 'r'llcent reasons for suspecting fraud ia
tne late CENSUS tbroughoutths souta, ought to
satisfy impartial sld unprotected minds in
ootn parties, that tho enumeration was sub
stsntlailY correct. Under the circumstances,
then, to attempt to 20 behind the returns is
slmpy to tsks advantage Of their political
supremacy and majority TO commit legal
robbery Of the rights Of the south. Foriu-
nstey the closenesG of the vote in the two
houses will make it almost impossible for q
scheme so unfair and unjust to os put into
execution. Under tho new census the south
saina two members If fcongre.s to every three
which 10 gained by the west, whereas the
northeast and middle states lose Eve when
The south gains two. Representing the
house at 100, the present house is divided in
the following proportion:
Northeast and Middle states, ...........,... 32
WesterA states. 80
southern states. ......,......L... 80
faclno slope states. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2
'OtA'''''''' .'''''.,,.,.'......'.,,.., .lOO
Under the new census 1t will be:
Northesst aud Middle states ................ 30
Western Atates. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Southern states s............. ........,..,,,, 81
Pacific slope statss.."......,..,....
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By comparing these two tables it will be
seen tnat the western states aud southern
states hsvs kept about an even pace in their
increase. This means that the agricultural
sections are steadily gaining on the manu-
featuring portions of the country. Ifno dis
turbing cause interferes it will be impossible
for the eastern and middle states to dictate
the political policy of the nation, as it has in
the past Hence, whatever may be the in.
clinatien of radical leaders to rob the govern
ment of its legitimate gains for political rea-
sons, there will bsa powerful party in their
own ranks who will oppose them, moved by
the confederation that the increase is in a
ecion whose commercial interests are close.
ly identified with their own.