New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-22
GEOPGI1.MADE Llr.MAKERS,

Who are To make laws for us for two years
| after March lthP Not for the South not Tor
local purposes, hut torthc whole people al 'hese
! United Staies-to regulate taxation, and TX the
| ta,in upon which Northern industries so Largely
dcpcud To decide as to the currency anu the
| banks, 10 make appropriations and To ieE's'a'o
| far every industry and interest VINO are u"
| decide, 80 far rs Congress can decide whether
| free labor shall have good wages, or poor
wages, %, no wages at all \ House ct kclh"-
sculalNcs controlled by men who fought Tor
,ho idon thnt labor should have 10 wages NJ all
The Democratic majority In the next ll"nH''
Though nunllcr than II Is IN the present House.
viii ho large enough According to lat" COM
| rilntinna, II viii embrace Isl mcihboih' 81
whom u elem majority ioH' nto li"'i the
Southern States. In the sixteen southern
StntcH the Republicans claim to have clo'''u
| thirteen mrmbcta. how many viii bo uh7oht'u
| regardless of the votes east. no one can Ru's''
| OF the poi Northern mcn'hci-. the Republicans
have elected l29-nOt quite two-lhitds. VI the
t2i Southern members. the Democrats have
| elected tOS. who will have IN overwhelming
| majority in any Democratic caucus. seven
| Southern States send solid Democratic dclcga-
firms Six others have tolerated the election oi
one Rcnnbican in each. The majority IN
Democratic caucus will make laws Tor IL all,
and that majority is To be composed OF repre-
spnta.iycs from the Solid South
| If this choice were made at fair and free
| elections with the votes honestly counted, we
should have no right to complain. IT Is true
the Democratic majority l. mainly due TO
| Republican act oi grace. When the war TER
minated slavery. the Southern States ceased to
have "A tieht TO an, representation on account
oF thtcr-nrths of "all other persons" because
There had ceased to Zee an, such "uthpi rci-
snns. namely, slaves. Had this state oi thugs
tumnjnpd unchanged. tho aAtcpn Euuihrm
| STATES woVid have heon entitled THE spnt ,u
eiuht,-tVn representatives The, lhoM have
| ia aud thliA -ninu at those representative
they are allotted because at the cnoieh pni'lllh-
tan. When the face people at the Northern
states decided to extend the suffrage to the
coorcd people they Voluntarily gave to the
Southern states these thirly-nine additional
representatives, in consideration oi this increase
in the population to be represented, and there
fore would have 40 right to complain if by fair
and honest elections this representation should
be made 10 turn the scale against them
The question is whether the majority i'll the
House has been chosen by fair and free
elections. with the votes honestly counted. II
not the power to make laws for the whole
country has been wrongiully usurpcd.
| Not long ago the Legislature of Georgia
passed a new act of apportonment for which
great credit was claimed in debate by Demo-
cratic members. Il was worthy of high praise,
they claimed. that in six out OF the ten districts
they had given IL clear majority to the Republi-
cans. Some Democrats bitterly opposed the
measure. insisting that thc election of Republic
can Congressman in these six districts could be
! prevented only by measures which would bring
odium upon the party. They pointed ont that
the population in these six districts was divided
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