Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-16
RIGHT THIS WRONG.
THE INJUSTICE OF NATIONAL REPRE-
SENTATiON.

More Citizen, In the South Deprived of
the Ballot Than There Are Who Vote.
Unjust Preponderance of Congressman
From the South.
As the time approaches for another con-
gressional election, it might be well to refer
TO an enormous wrong perpetrated yearly by
the Democracy of the southern states. We
refer TO the disfrsnchise Of colored Re
puhlicans, and to bring the case more clearly
to your minds, submit the following compar-
isons: The ratio of representation in the
house of representatives is one member for
every l5l, ,9l2 Of population This under or
binary circumstances, would give each con-
gressional district about 10000 voters. Now
take the southern states in which the colored
population preponderates: Alabama, Geor-
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Caro-
lima, and out OF thirty eight districts there
are but five in which the total vote exceeds
sO,nOl. none over 5000 and five less than
10000; Georgia having two districts with
total vote Of but 5000, one with 5000, and one
with 1000. The average vote Of these i've
states is 1924, while the average Of the
northern states is 81, l+9.
Ohio has tweuty-one congressman, with
total vote of 7S0,Oll, while the states of Ala
bsma, G,orgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Florida and Arkansas, with com
bined vote of but 769, ,536 are represented by
torty-five congressman. Nebraska has three
congressman, with a total vote Of ID, ,64l
Georgia has ten congressmen, with q total
vote of but l26,676 Maine has four con.
yressmen, with total vote of l42, 3l2. Ala
hama has eight. with a total vote of but
I4l ,365. New Hampshire has two congress
men, with b total vote Of "a, 1875 Sou tb
Carolina has seven, with a total vote Of 80. =
i79. The two congressman froua Colorado
and Oregon represent a larger numosr Of
votes Liam the six congressman from Louis
lana, or tn. seven from South Carolina
Georgia has ten congressman, With . total
vote of I26,6h Minnesota, Nebraska and
New Hampshire together bss. ten, with
total vote Of i0i, 70S
Compare the states OF Kanas and South
Carolina, each represented by seven congress
men. The vote in South Carolina 10 70 779
IN hducds SDo, WIN SOuth Nai
mas average Kansas would be represented
by twenty congressman. Tbs five states
above mentioned, Alabama, Georgia, Louis
lana, mississippi and South Carolina are
represented by thirty-eighr sonkressmsn
with a total vote of $50, l34.
Kansas, Nebraska, Maine, Colorado, Ore
gon, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Michigan
and Connecticut together have thirty-eight
CONGRESSMAN, with a total vote Of !, 40 O, 756;
in other words it takes S74, ,622 more votes to
elect thirty-eight congressman in the above
named northern states than in the south ern
states The Twelfth Ohio district, as it now
exists, has a larger vote than four distri cts
in Georgia, namely the Second, Sixth, Ninth
and Tenth With the exception Of the
Twenty first, the vote in any three districts
in Ohio e1ceeds tho total vote in South
Carolina
Eighteenth Ohio districts exceeds the total
vote of South Carolina, Louisiana or Missis-
| sippi; taking more votes to elect three con-
gressmen in Ohio than seven in South Caro-
lima, six in Louisiana, or seven in Missis-
sippi
Ohio with Louisiana's average would Be
entitled to forty-four cougressmen; with
Mississippi's average to forty five; with South
| Carolina's average to sixty, and with Geor-
gia's average to sixty-one congressman.
Look carefully at the following table, com,
piled from the last congressional election re-
| turns: