Daily Republican., 1882-02-21
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u isrrsnc h iscment In two Mates.

of the Constitution of the United states,
the colored population is not taken into
account. The ratio of voters is about
2400 to every representative, and coun-
ties containing that number Of white
voters are allowed enc representative,
and counties containing twice that
number of white voters are allowed two
members, but if there are 24OO white
voters and the same or more colored
voters, the county is allowed only one
representative. This is the rankest
kind of injustice, nothing that we know
Of eQuallipg it, except the unequal rep
reseutaton in Delaware. 1t is true
that the colored voter in Kentucky is
not deprived Of voting, but what is the
use of voting when il amounts to moth
ing? In counties where the colored
vote largely predominates, it takes
$500 voters to elect only one represent
tative, while in counties where the
white voters largely predominate, 2400
voters are only required TO elect a rep.
resentative. In this manner the Legis-
lature Of Kentucky is more nearly
unanimously Democratic than in any
other State, where any thing like hon.
est and fair elections are held. The
County with $500 votes, would elect
two Republican repre- sentatives, if per.
mitted to do SO, but owing to the dis
honest apportioument it can only elect
one, In counties where the vote isal.
most exclusively white and thoroughly
Democratic, 3, 800 odd voters elect two
representatives, the large fraction over
the regular required ratio, emitting the
county to an additional member. BY
this means Kentucky is still to be kept
in Bourbou Democratic traces. Such
an apporNonment not Gully keeps the
States in Democratic hands, but il
largely effects the election Of lnited
State Senators, and the question arises
whether Senator elected by legis,a.
ture so chosen, should be admitted TO
his seat His admission should not be
opposed because he was q Democrat,
but because OF the willful disiranchisx-
ment Of certain counties of their lust
equitable representation in the I.egisla-
turs that elects a United States Seua.
tor.
The only difference between diStrau.
chisemert in Kentucky and dlstrAu.
chiSemeut in Delaware is that the Leg.
islature wiltl,ly distranch.ses the co..
ored voters Of the State, while ii Della
ware 1t is done by constitutional, pro-
vision, that was put il the Ccns,ltu.
ton when it WAS hrst adopted AMI
which has remained unchanged until
the present time, and which the Demo,
cratic Legislature refuses to change,
simply because Il might destroy the pc
liticaI aSCeudaucy Of the Democratic
party. Disfranchisemeut bears harder
upon a portion Of the people Of Ds.a
ware than II does in Kentucky under
the recent superintendent with all it,
injustice. In Kentucky il takes two
Republicans 10 eQual one Democrat,
but in Delaware, in Kent and Sussex
counties, 1900 population is represented
by member OF the LesiS azure, while il.
New Castle County, ILe representative
is buvtheued with constituency ot
T.5o by the census Of 1850, and ~ the
present time making due Allowance for
increase OF population with about SEQ,
or speaking i'll relative sense, II taxes
about niue persons III New Castle to
equsl four i'll Kent and Sussex. Ii An
unjust superintendent in Kentucky
should inva.iSate the election ot Uni.
ted States Senator from that State.
what should an unjust and iniQu;,ous
representation not do for Delaware
In round NUN hers the population Of
Kent and Sussex counties now reaches
shout is, 600, while the population 0,
New Castle County equals fully s., Op0.
Kent and Sussex sends twenty me,r.
bers 10 the Legislature, New Castle
only ten. The population Of the STAT,