Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-22

| HOUSE.-SlnCe Cne uIlSedtlHS Ol GIlee Dello-
cratic members of Congress by the Republic
can majority, Southern Democrats have been
somewhat discouraged over the prospect, feel
ing that if the next House should be Repub-
lican, the majority, emboldened by their sue
cess this session, would unseat every Southern
Democrat against whom a contest would be
made. Consequently in a number of the South
ern districts there were small inducements for
Democrats to make the race for Congress un-
less it could be shown that there were reason
able prospects that in the next House the
Democrats would be in the majority. The
fact that this anxiety and discouragement eX-
listed was made known to number OF South
ern Democratic members of Congress, and
these latter Immediately went to work to allay
the apprellensOns of their people. After con-
sultation it was determined to make thor
ough canvass in order to ascertain the pros
poets for Il Democratic majority in the next
House. This has been done by two prominent
members of the House and the result of their
canvass has been sent to the State Executive
Committees in several of the Southern States.
It figures out a Democratic majority of at
least fifteen over all in the Forty-eighth Con-
gress, and bases this majority on gains in
fifteen or twenty States, principally in Texas,
Missouri, Connecticut, South Carolina, llli-
nois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania, California, Missssissippi and New ork.
While there are prospects OF gains in such
States as Massachusetts,, Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Wisconsin, the gentlemen who made
the canvass preferred footing up the gains
without taking these States into cOnsidera-
ton, as they were desirous of counting gains
only where they were assured.-Ne'0 YORK.
| World.
| RADICAL GERRYMANDERING.-I New
berry Herald publishes opportunely some ex-
tracts from the proceedings Of the Reconstruc-
tion Convention in 1868, concerning the ordl-
nance to divide the State into four Congress
sional Districts. b. F. Randolph said ut
would not be wise for me, nor do | think it
necessary. to give the reasons why the COM
mittpe arranged the districts as tleyare. The
matter is known to you ALL" w. j. Whipper
said 81 was upon that committee There IS
in the arrangement majority Of loyal voters
in every Congressional District. If the change
is made proposed by the amendment you give
the Fourth Congressional District dlsloyal
majority of sixteen hundred. If that is the
desire of this body, or those who favor the
amendment, then make it but If you wish to
preserve loyal majority in each Congresslon-
al District, adopt the Ordinance as it came
from the committee" Z. Z. Bowen SAID
"When it is evident by the proposed amend
ment to deliver into the hands of the opposite
party one member of Congress, | must say
protest.n A. Bryce ''Who is the opposite
party % G.. G.. Bowen 81 know of but two
parties in South Carolina-the Republican and
the Democratic party. think it is due to
the people of the State at large to adopt the
committees report We have no business to
jeopardize the interests of any class of loyal
voters in the territory over which we have
control.'' !,
This was the first gerrymandering in South
Carolina, and it should be borne in mind, with
the reasons given for it, by the State Legisla-
ture, in redstricting the State this month.
The Legislature has no business to jeopardize
the interests of the white voters of the State.