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

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$500 miles ofconpleted ysilway within
beg borders. 3is.s ~ easnskg g,xSta.3,
The population Of Dakota at the Last
cepsnA Ess 1917. The .retnrns by
e61htiee which I hsvs t1sd caf6eully
sogtyEpd, ,shoW that in sonthras1ask6fa
there 1es then population Of about
'10900O rather moro than les6. NJ zen.
atuffroms Missouri, in his 'Iepost:~1peases
ofsthis population as .embsaoin9
Indians in south Dakota. In this hs u
entirely mistaken. The census sropoft q
oS the white and colored popuii3iOn Of
the territory, snd does not incl1do 4 The
Indians. ,,7l' = q
.Idesire TO call attention to tbs. ratio
oftncfease in tho territory Of d.
knta. From 1890 10 1870, in that
decade, the ratio Of inosesae Wae
1881 per cent. From 1870 to 1850 tbos
increase OF population in Dakots vSeI
6b8 per cent, or more than eighty-dvDi
per csnt. . year. Il was more than
twice % much - that Of any osheT state
Of tsfr1tory. Now. il the ratio since has
been only forty per cent, il il has been
les than one-haf OF the ratio between
1870 and 1880, it would show . present
population In southern Dakota Of over
800, O,OOO. That would be 200 per cent.
for the five years. and would show . pop.
nlation, as have said, Of over 100000
insouthefn Dakota- tho number
required for representative in congfess;
and I pause to say, that I have no doubt
after careful examination OF the sta.
tistics, that southern Dakota now upon .
fair census would show Q population en-,
titlinR her TO two members insthel house
OF representatives. II the increase OF
population,i instead :of being forty pee
cent, less than one half Of the increase
in the preceding decade, Was only the
absurd sum OF ten per cent; II We as
sume that, having increased between
1870 and 1880 853 per cent, the increase
Of population for the five years succeed
ing has only been ten per cent. year, it
would be4Htyper cent. for the five years
that hsvo ins6rvened, and having .
population Of lOO, 600 then, southern Da,
otavould haye now, if We allow her
onlysten per cent. %. an annual increase.
more population than is required to
givea member IN the house Of represen.
tatites.
Let as look next ss basis of calcula-
ton 10 the vote Of the territory.. In
1880 Dakota cast q. .z26 votes; in 1884
she Gait s66,0 ,000-an increase of 81 ,574
votes in foul. years. If We look to some
Of the other states of the union and to
their vote as returned by the census of
1880, I think we shall feel that objections
to the admission Of Dakota, coming
from other states having such voting
population as shall mention presently,
contrasted with that of Dakota, are mol
we'll supported in justice and fairness. 4
In Delaware in 1880 the total vote was
1888; in Louisiana it was 97,2O1, only
10000 more than the territory. of Dakota,
and yet upon that aggregate vote the
state Of Louisiana had six members in
tho house of representatives,. Viii
Louisiana, through her representative
upon thru floor, in view Of scOntfast lik,
that, feel that it is preseryip9 an equal
ity betweeni the pitixens Oh this country
for that state 1pon " vote only 1O,OU
greater than the vote just cast BY The
territory OF Dakota % heyesix member
in the house Of Representatives, and Da
kota be denied:A hearing there at all ex.
cept by A:deleRato Who cannot vote upor
any question affecting the public in
terest gs;s 7,
Mr.. Jonas-I should like to ask th
senator from Indiana IL tho basis o
representation in the congres sof th,
United States 10 the vote ~ castJby the
states2
Mr.. Harrison-Not at all; ut is moi. the
vote; It y the population; though I thi1t
you will at0dy the statistics yon .wii
find that in some OF the states the yott
bears very different ratio to the popu
/ 1ation.
Mr.. Jonss-I will state. that, If til,
senator from Indiana will look at th,
census returns, he will find that Louisi
ana is entitled to the number of repre
sc entatiyes she has ON the floor Of tn
house Of representatives by population
and that she has the proper number o
voters to correspond with her populs
ton. II imam election where there va
no contest and . light vote the vote o
Louisiana vasbut 9S 0OO, q he says, j
does not follow that Louisiana has no
the number of legal voters which he
population entities her to! according {,
the census. And her population acco,d
ing to the census entities her to six mem
bere of congress. Therefore l do no
think the analogy is perfect 3
Mr.. Harrison-The condition aof sth
state of Louisiana was one of unusus
felicity if in 1880 there was no politica
contest among her people. i had sop
posed that in a presidential year all th
states and all their people participate,
in the excitement and interest fwhich,i
involved in the choice OF president
but. sir, shall make another use of TIL
presently. II $1,000 votes in Lonislan
represent q population which entitle
that state to six representatives in. tn
house, is it not probable that $500
voter IN Dakota eDtitIe that people {,
admission add to one representative?
But proceed Mississippi ID 1881
cast total vote of III 7,O78; New Hamp
shire cast vote of s6,363, nearly thj
same vote cast BY the territory of Dakut,
this year-only 800 more. Oregon cas-
ylonly 40,8l6 votes in 1880; Vermont cas-
but 65.O9S votes West Virginia but liz
II 7l3 votes. and Rhode Island 1885, ~
4 MIR. Jonas-I ask the senator whethe
under the laws of the territory of Dakot,
unnataralised foreigners areanot permit
itad to vote? r
Il Mi. Harrison II think not. - ~
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