New-York tribune., 1884-11-24


Before ,is are official returns from twenty two
States. In Ncw-Yosk. New Jersey rcnnsyl-
vania, Ohiu Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, Iowa,
Minnesota and Kansas there were 5,1ol,5oO
votes poled ut the late election. These States
choosC 1T electors. Therefore II requires in
these States 81 ,Oa9 votes for each clcctor. In
only one State of the whole number. Minnesota,
does the ratio fall as low rs ~. lo2 votes for
IN clcctor in Ncw-jerscy and Iowa 1t is close
| To 10000, in Pennsylvania and Kansas it is be-
tween 10000 and 10000, in Illinois it is
3O.5S0, in Indiana 32,6ls, in Ncw-Iork
80, 100, and in Ohio 3i,l22.
Again, in seven Southern States where the
| colorcd population il not very large there were
| .457,5j1 votes cast. These States choose G3
electors. In those States, therefore, it requires
| 81 1876 votes to choose an clcctOr. In MISSOURI
where the cololed population is only one
| fifteenth Of the white population 27,4S3 votes
were cast for each clector; in North Carolina,
| 2i 400 in Maryland and Virginia, between
| 23, 900 and $4,000 in West Virginia about
| %, 900, and in Arkansas 1884. Delaware
shows ~, exceptional ratio. having three electors
| for only % 903 votes. Exclusive of that state
| The ratio In the six other Southern States where
| tho cnlorcd population Is not relatively large Is
| abDnt % 800 voters tO each clcctOf.
But IN Ave Atlantic and Guli States where the
uoloipd population Is relatively large. the
tuial yoie returned was Bis,9iB. and yet tliuse
! States rli,,Dse ~ electors. IN those states,
Therefore. ont i2.sp2 pttsons cni chDUse nn
plsr,nF, a,silis q 900 N iht etpal NUtihefi
States, aiil 81, 500 ~ lln Southern states where
| ,hp e8i3F,i yDlp is ipss nuiet6ns, w Alabama
| iaiTi votes sniilee ~ thDose ai plteIUi ills
yeSf, against 80, 100 ~ Michigan, w Louisiana
| ib6hH vnlps rhnDsn an picel0il asninsi IiniDsn
| IN iiinos, n Mississippi w. aU ehoose ~
| eleoln,, against N3,i30 Ia hew-NuFh. ~
Gonrgla, nnly iOi Ghn,so an eltulnr, agalns'
3g,6ls in Indiana. And Iinally-lalesl aud
choicest fruit of the :" kind treatment which
Democrats tell us they give the coo'ed people
al the South-in South Carolina ol 693 votes
choose o electors, SO that 10, $50 suffice TO
choose an elector, against 81, l22 in Ohio.
There were Sc, 900 white male adults in South
Carolina in 1850. Unless the number has in
creased during the past four years, some OF the
I1S, $50 colOrcd male adults must have voted
which is comforting thought. If the Demo-
Gratis had not shown singular Kindness" they
might have excluded all the oOlored men from
voting In that case the total vote must have
been 5000 or 5000 less than il was. In the
five States, South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama,
Mississippa and Louisiana, there were l,212, 43O
males of the voting age four years ago this
year less than half of them voted. The reason,
apparently, is that only G23.392 were white and
G19,03S were cOlored people.
These five States are reported a. having given
1SO22l plurality for Cleveland and Reform
IL is difficult to see why this plurality shOdld
have been 50 small. While they were about it,
the Democrats of the great. proud white race "
might as well have made the majority large
enough to give Mr. Cleveland IA handsome
plurality in the country. AS 1t is, if Kentucky
turns out TO have given as little rs 10000
plurality-which now seems to be about the cX-
cess of the vote for the lowest Cleveland clcctor
over the vote for the highest Blaine clector-
there will bc no plurality at all for Cleveland
on the popular vote. The Northern States give
3sO,75b for Blaine, so far as the returns have
come in, over Democratic tickets elsewhere and
fusion tickets In Michigan and Iowa. and there.