Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-10-03

distributed between the states and
territories as 1t vas in 1880, we shall
have. Nov. l, 1884, Sc, 6S1, 40 people
in the states and $50, 521 in the ter
ritories. But the population in the
territories has Increased rather more
rapidly than in the states. Accord
ingly under reasonable estimate the
presidential voters will come from
a population of more than sc, 000, 900,
and of possibly about 56, 500,0 600. If
this be the correct figure, and the
vote in Noyembe. will he relatively
the same as in November, 1880, then
a population of about so, 900, 600 pro-
duced vote of 9,219, 947, as reported
by the Tribune Almanac, or 8, 210, go,
as reported by the American Almanac,
a population of about 56, 500, 900 will
in November give a vote of from TO-
407, 800 to 10, 41S, 600.
The objection that the recent immi-
grants can not now contribute direct
~ to the November vote is not tena-
bic, because Alabama, Arkansas, Col
orado, Indiana, naEsas, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebras-
ka, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Wis
consin give the suffrage to immigrants
who have only DECLARED their inten-
tion of becoming citizens. Indeed,
the heat of the contest may swell the
number beyond 10,500, 900. But it is
not likely that the vote will be less
than 10, 400, 600, or about one vote to
every inhabitants This is nearly
the same ratio which France had at
o1o - L. l.
of the registered French electors was
10, 1914, 5S3 in 1882, or 26. Is per cent OF
the population, giving one elector to
every 81 inhabitants. In 1881 Ger
many had 5000, 3S1 electors, or exactly
20 per cent. of the population, while
Switzerland had t3S, $50 electors, or
% 55 per cent. of the population.
The males of the voting age in the
United States, excluding the District
of Columbia and the eight territories
were on June l, 1880, y, 571, 436, and
at the same proportion IN a population
Of Sc, 500, 600, will be IA, $50, $50, or
1856 per cent. Roughly speaking,
then, we have more than enc possible
voter to every four persons, but do
not reach the French proportion of
1 to 81, or 26 S. per cent, while we
seem to exceed the German and Swiss
ratios But in France, Switzerland
and Germany all electors are en-
rolled. They are not In this country,
there being no general registration in
Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Indi-
ana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ten
nessee, Texas, and West Virginia. In
the two states named last
the registration of electors is pro
hibited But it IS probably fact that
of the legal electors more persons go
actually to the polls in this country
than in Germany, Switzerland, and
even France. France has about 263
registered electors TO every 1, 600 in
habitants, Switzerland about 242,
America virtually about 220, and Ger
many 202 Most of the other coun-
tries have less than a hundred cleo
tors to every 1000 persons, the United
Kingdom about IS, Belgium but %,
Italy 20, while liberal Portugal has
$780, Denmark 1 in every 73 of the
population, Spain I in II, and Sweden
about 81 per mile. But in voting
matters the best conpariN on with the
Gntt-aSlates is presented by Germany
and France, and, on smaller field,
by Switzerland. New York Tribune.