Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-08
OSaarane h isement and NisFepro'
DentaliOn.

NO u1AhO oul bA0tphOt u oi' W. WV
chised citizens in New Castle County.
81 am sure we all vote the same as they
do in Kent and Sussex, and what more
il wanted ." That all sounds well
enough. Nobody denies thai all can
vote, provided they are qualified to vote
alike in each county, but won d our in
quiring friends tell us what their votes
amount to, 80 far as legislation for the
State and the election OF United States
Senators are concerned? For the sake
of enlightening our inquiing friends
We will go over the ground again, For
the election of q Governor of the State
and of Congressman there is no dis
reimbursement. For those Offices vote
in New Castle County will count as
much a. vote in either Kent and Sus-
SEX, because those officers are the only
Oues tina. ara elected by ths people
all over the State The State is their
district, and vote at Claymont counts
Is much as a vote at Delmar This
much settled We will pass on to other
officers that are elected only by couu'
ties, and the next Of importance is the
Legislature, because it is the law max.
ing power Of the State and is supposed.
to represent the popular will Of the PEG
pie. Let US see how the case stands
with representation in the Leg stature
When the Constitution of the State
was adopted away back in the forma,
ton Of our government, il was upon
terms OF equality between the three
counties of the State, each of the coun-
ties at that time having about the same
population, and indeed we are not GER
tain but what Sussex had a few hun.
dred more inhabitants than New Cas-.
tie. 1t never entered into the minds of
our patriotic forefathers, who started
our State government upon terms of
perfect equality, that New Castle Coun-
ty would 80 far Qutstrips the other
counties in population, ii New Castle
had the nuclues of large city In VIII
minglon, had not Kent County, her
Smyrna, Dover and Milford and Sus.
sex County, her Lewes, Georgetown,
Milton, Seatord and Laurel 1t is rea
sonable to suppose that our first Con.
stitution makers never Intended such
inequality as We, havenow 1t looks -.
If they had been SO DESTROYS that each
County so near alike in populati, II
should have the same representation,
that they made the number OF Senators
three in each county and representa-
tiVes seven in each and placed il in the
Constitution that it could not he easily
changed. What would those worthless
say could they but arse from their dus-
ty beds and see how adv 1ntage had
been taken of tine work they pronounced
perfect?
Let US see how this equality of CEN
fury or even half a century ago eqD,a.-
ICES now. We hope our friends who
want to know where the inequality
comes in at, will watch carefully and
see for themselves. The REPRESENTA-
ton in the Legislature is the same low
that it wills when all the counties are
equal in population. How is it now
Look and see, According to tie census
OF 1880, OF course the last, the popula,
tlon OF the State was l46,6OS.
Of this, New '4stle County had T..
!. III with representation Of only three
Senators and seven representatives
Of this, Kent County had a popula.
tion of ~, S14, but with a representa-.
ton Of three Senators and seven repre-
OF this, Sussex county had a popu a.
ton of 30, Ol8, but had a representation
of three Senators and seven representa-
lives.
Now then, take the population of
x ent Connty as the basis OF caicua,
lion and let US see how many disfr p
chised people there are in the .eot. 90
far az the Legislature is cor ,.orned
Deduct 32,7'f the population of Kent
from 1910, ths population of New Cas-.
tla will leave 44,s42 persons ain New
Castle County without representation
IN the Legislature. Apply the sane
rule to Sussex County and it will be
seen that there are Al sos persons in
New Castle '0unty without representa-
ton. 1t ano stretch OF the magma
lin to say that New Castle County
since 1880, the TIME the last census wa,
taken, las increased between 5000 and
5000 more than either Of the other coun-
ties, 90 that now there are fully 30, 900
people in New Castle County, who
have no representation i'll the Legisla-
tura
Now then, let us Look at it for mo-
Inent in this way. The whole popula
1ion of the State in 1880, was lac, sos
With the increase since then, it is nov
at least $50, 900, Divide this into tire,
parts and we have 80, 600 each, and on,
of these parts represents the number o.
persons in New Castle County wit
have no voice in the Legislature. It
other words and in plain terms on,
third of the people Of Delaware are dis
franchsed from representation in tn
Legislature, aud we make the Othe
holder assertion which defes successful
contradiction, that through this dis
reimbursement Delaware IS misrepre
scented in the United States Senate.
Did we hear somebody ask VIVA
bearing this had upon the election 0
the United States Senators Lot u