Daily Republican., 1881-10-05
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his information and for the informatio
r Of all others of an inQuiring dispositio
In that direction, we are happy to Civ
the desired information, and we wis
that more of our intelligent citizen
ware disposed to Investigate this sui
..ject. 1t is in this way and We only refe
to representation in the Legislature i
these comparisons. Delaware has
population Of $4,000 in round nun
bers; 10000 Of it is in New Castl
County, $1,000 in Kent and 5000 il
Sussex. This much is plain and can
not be controversial unless census re
ports are untrue, but these figures ar
taken in round numbers to facilitat
calculations, the odd hundreds are no
counted. Now then step farther
Della ware has a legislature compose,
Of thirty members all told, of whicl
nine Of them are Sena tors, and twenty
ona Of them are members OF the Hous
Of Representatives.. This cannot b,
disputed, for it is matter Of fact ant
history. Ten Of these members Of tn,
Legislature-thTee Senators and sever
Representatives, are elected from New
Castle County, and the same numb ber
each from Kent and Sussex counties.
We presume our correspondent will be-
gin already to see the injustice of our
represen easion cropping out, and we are
thus exploit that we may be easily un-
derstOod and that all may SEQ that we
knew what We were saying when we
said that there were $1,000 disfIan-
chised citizens In New Castle County,
and that they lived right around tho
home OF Senator Bayard, who only
holds his seat in the Senate of the Uni.
ted States by reason Of their disfran-
chissment.
Now point farther. 1t Will already
bo seen that New Castle County with a
population OF 10000 has ten representa-
tives, Kent with 1850 has ton, and
Sussex with $4,000 also has ten. 1t il
easily deduced from this, taking the
population Of Kent County as the basis
chat every $500 persons il that county
has one representative. This much
cannot be disputed. Now apply the
sxmo ratio of representation to New
Castle, and any school boy will tell us
that if $4,000 population is entitled TO
ten represen entatives Is, 900 should be en-
titled to a fraction over twenty-three
Compared with Sussex County the diff
ference Is not quite 20 great, but it Is
also so much out Of honest and just pro-
portions that the injustice is almost as
giaring as when compared with Kent
County. 1t takes $500 in Sussex for a
representative III the Legislature - 800
more than in Kent, and on the basis of
hents representation Sussex would be
entitled to eleven representatives.
But to return to New Castle County,
1t will be seen that it takes 900 popula-
tion for one representative $500 in
Kent, and 5000 in Sussex. To be
palmer, it takes little over two and
ono-third voters in New Castle TO be
equal to one in Kent County, and two
and one-ninth to be equal to one in
Sussex County. We presume this is SO
pisin as to need no more calculation.
Now a word as to the whole city of
wilmington being disfranchised 80 far
as representation in the Legislature Is
concerned. 1t Is a notable coincidence
that the number of disiranchissi citi-
zens IL New Castle County exactly
equals the population of Wilmington,
ii, 200, though at the last census in 1880
the population was but Il 900, and the
latter figures we shall use in our CAL
cnlations. The population OF Nsw Cas-
tie county was 5000 iu 1880 Deduct
u 900, the population Of Wilmington
ANT we have 5000 left as the popula-
tion Of the rural districts. The latter
exceeds the population Of Kent county,
ny s0O0 and is within 1000 of The popu-
iAtion OF Sussex. 1t requires but
glance to show that Oh the basis of rep
reseutation in Kent county, the rural
alone of New Castle county
outside of Wilmington would be eli.
titled to the whole ten representatives,
leaving Wilmington high and dry with.
out . representative whatever. The
and representative accorded to
the city is like bone thrown TO dog,
though the similitnde is not . very ele-
CANT one, over which some eleven thous.
AUD voters can contend and it serves
them also chance Of going through
the farce of an election. Weoften said
that from the heights of Linden and
Maple streets, the Honorable Thomas
#. Bayard can look out over his $4,000
subjects and like Robin
son Crusoe though not alone with his
'kg Friday at Fifth and Market streets.
i,o can say: 81 am monarch of all sur
vsy, my right there IL none todispute.
II this not true and is not Wilmington
disfranchised city 20 far ss having a
voh'e In the Legislature is concerned?
Now a word more AZ to the politics of
lhe State, and its bearings upon the
election of United States Senator
Tor member of Congress and for
Governor, the votes of New Castle count
'qual With Kent and Sussex. New Castle
County AZ general thing is Republi-
sn In poitics-it wouli be continually
Ind largely 40 with fair oa,>o.ua,t.