Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-12-24
YANKToN

tn ~ l6oV SAs .6s4y4; her pL pnlatiOp by
the sfesps sSt sl.st y ear sllpH 3 l65. Ia.
ish00iS6 6na fasSa M A1ha6 iaaiS so
aevery voter. u;t61eafAtio, the ratio
which prevailed IN 1880. j. maintained
- ehail havedn southeSn Dakota shout
e,000 0popuiation:; s.;''1
Il call attention again in this oonnec-
ton TO the report OF Governor Pierce, OF
Dakota, upon thu. subjeok He says:
Thst the growth o&g DAkoeA hes been
Rhenomenal everybody kno1A So rap.
IDLY hae the territory 6lled - and de.
yea0ped thae the census Of 1850 eiyee no
Adequate idss of it present msRnitude
in population, weAlth, and yarisd indns-
Itrle4: xh0 oenen1 returns may serve -
4 basis OF comp h0ueveS, for com.
pnHnG the pr6sent popNlatinn.
Ihen he gitee the estimate : have IL.
tsady gwen. de had not then the 10
turns Tor this seleotiOn Whan tho report
va 1sdes and. eattmAteds the total vote
at S8s60u The Om6lM feturns; since
complete exoept - to tNo pr thsee 0oun.
ties, and estimated q 70 ths1as ah0w. %
q have said. asy0t0 Of q, AZ. The gov.
erncf prpcesds: ss
This number, on the; ratio Of Eve to
one, gives population Of 4l7,50O,
in the whole territory Of Dakota,
which y no doubt, he says, q very moder-
ate estimate.
q He proceeds:
a confirmation of these figures is
found in the report OF the territorial
superintendent of public instruction.
The returns in his Office show $4,000
children in the Territory of school age
q to 70 years). Estimating s. to 1 (thei
census Of 1880 gave to between the
tages OF 5 and y, and We have 4OO, 900, or
nearly the number of inhabitants gained
from computation based on the num-
Der OF votes.
It should besremembered. however,
thst there are . numberAof unorRanized
counties in. the territory where the
census OF school children is not taken.
and where no votes are cast, but which
contain all the way from 100 to 1000
population. No account 70 taken either
Of tnop-voters, though the percentage is
probably quite as large here as in the
older statee. When these facts are taken
into confederation tits quite evident
that 4l7,OOO ls much below the. actual
number. i have very little doubt that q
complete census Of the territory would
show . population of. $50 900, but esti.
mating it at only 10000, and then Da-
kota has greater number of inhabitants
than was shown BY the last census in
either Colorado. Delaware, Florida, Ne.
vada, New Hampshire, Oregon. Rhode
leland or Vermont, while it about equals
Connecticut, Maine, Nebraska and West
Virginla.
MIR. President, - to the question Of the
ratio OF lnhabstsnt. to voters, havt
shown what 1t actually Vas in Dakota il
looO. Let us look now to some OF the
other. states. In 1880 the total vote oi
florlda was 5l,tlo snd her population
28o.A93, or q ratio of 6.32 inhabitants t.
each voter: Let Ms look at Georgia
The vote OF Georgia in 1880 waa 1861;
her population was l,542, ,16O, or ratio
OF 9.27 Inhabitants to every vote cast II
the state: The vote OF Mississippi
vas 111,V5o; Der population was lla,
1 o9t. or Q ratio OF nearly ten inhabi
tants to every voter In the state. LIE
os look q Louisiana. Her total vot.
WAS 97,Ol; her, population was 937 SAC
showing ratio OF 9.67 inhabitants K
every voter IN the state: Alabama ii
1851 cast . vote OF l5l,50F, while he
PoP9istion vas l'z62,o0o, sho wing rati
OF lnnsOltsn!s 20 oon voters OF o. S46. Mis-
soorls vote IN 1Ss0 80 VA vas 1922! with ,
popqlation OF 2,l6oaSo. or ratio OF "a
lnnaoitan!s 70 eacn voter: Inc sverag'
g! Ineee sl1 states Is 9 httle more thar
eaKat lnnaoltsnss 70 eacn voter.
I. FEes.oent, snail leave to other
70 oeelAIe y tnete are any exceptlona
OF unusuai eonoitione exlstinR IN any Q
snsss Thses sss.es .nose s:. so!es ana popnlatiol
.aa t az S'.on .asu wnicn uls.utp. ~ any 1e
s.;
new s..sse. .ad both IL borden eS%