New-York tribune., 1884-11-25

Il is possible that the statements here given
of the total vote for Virginia, West Virginia,
Tennessee and Texas may vary little from
the official returns when published, but the
variation, it is believed, will not be important.
The vote. it will be seen, could not have been
fall in all these States, particularly in Ten
nessee and Arkansas. But it is utterly impos-
sibe to believe that twice as large proportion
of the qualified voters voluntarily abstained
from voting in South Carolina "a IN North
Carolina, or in Georgia "a III Texas. II shOrt, ,
no candid and reasoning persOl can doubt that
A great part OF the qullii II persons in the five
States first named were either by fear or force
prevented from voting. or failed to get their
votes counted. In the Northern States the num-
Der of votes cast for each Representative is
even larger than in the Southern States of the
second class. With fifteen ates fully re-
ported the aggregate vote in these is q, i,772.
They elect 19j Representatives, and the aver
age vote tO each Representative ia 3l296.
Olly one of these fifteen States falls below
ratio of about 30, 900 for each Representative,
and i'm that instance the return of votes il
unofficial and apparently incomplete. In Rhode
island. however, from which we have not seen
full returns, the ratio ia lower because of
"A property qualification for voting, and that
state is the one exception at the North.
It's to I've remembered that there has been an
increase of population since the census OF lsso.
The nnmberof male adults Is nDwlarger than 1t
wasWhrn lherpnsns was taken. BIT In the North
prn states there are large numbers ol unnatural
ICED immigrants ~ the South scarcely any. ~
tnr I've Hnnhpth States lsi nt'hpl the whole
nuinbpf rf rurpi :n-buth male adults w l99O
Was is,Dl1. Hence the ihtiD " t3tris 10
adult malhs eHsht ~ he larger ~ ihe H1hll
than at iha NGflh lha Fast thtt " 10 hUHh
stnaiier Is eiear indication at the mpihei hF
which hpii faRih has haeR secured,
Nor is u to he nyellpHipd that The increase 0i
popuiatinn would naturally Result IN an ia
crease oi the vote. At the North II doas The
fatal vote ia lHnO was Ii, 1Sl, ,s07 this year It
has been about 6,SSs 900. In the uinu South
ern States where the election was compare
lively free the vote in rcases ; the total vote
in 1850 was l,Sl6, 6,20I, and this year il appears
to be 2,O16,55l. But in the five Southern
States first named the vote is smaller than 1t
was in 1880 it was then 7OO,O97, and this
year il has fallen to 61S, SIG. The number OF
voters for each Representative was 31,298 at
the North in 1850, and has increased by the
growth of population to 34,209 in 1884. In the
nine Southern States where voting is compara
lively free the ratio was 25 720 in 1880, and
has increased this year to 2S, ,793. But IN the
five Southern States first named it was S,424
in 1880, and, in spite of the increase of popu-
lation during four years. has dropped to 1924
in 1884.
Finally, it is not matter of Inference, but
can be absolutely demon strated, that the full
vote Of the five States was not pOlled. In 1876
the Democrats claimed that there were actually
cast in these five States $50, $40 votes, and the
Republicans allowed and counted nearly as
many. But 10000 of that vote has disap-
pcared, notwithstanding the increase of popu-
lation The votes claimed by Democrats to
have been cast in 1876 contrast with the later
votes az follows: