Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-12-21
A FREE VOTE AND A FAIR ,ouSr


see n great deal of Republican talk
about the dirlranchisement of Republicans
in the South IN the Congregational elections,
said n prominent Democrat to-day "And
! would like to call your attention 10 the
disinncllisement of Democrats IN the
| North" went on the speaker.
For instance, take Ohio. The Repub-
lican majority here IL hut 20, 000 nnd on
the Congressional representation is hut
10000 or 10000 vo'ea. In Ohio the Dem
ucrais have hut five Congressman, aud
the Republicans l6. That il to say, 1t
tnkes 10000 Democrats 10 elect Demo-
cratic Congressman aud hut 90 600 Repub-
licNns 10 elect Republican. The Injustice
all comes from q shameless gcrrymander
and hmnching Of the Democratic counties
"In Pennsylvania we have seven out OF
twcnty.cight, while tie difference between
the Republican aud Democratic vote il
but 10000. The gcrrymnnder there Is as
bad as IN OHIO.
New York il no better. The Demo.
crates have carried the State since 1882,
regularly casting over 100000 votes hui
this number OF votes can only elect fifteen
ont ri 81, md never get u. $. Senator.
"Out in Illinois, where the difference l.
but 20, 600 votes, they can elect two Con-
giessmen to cur one. And that's the
way it goes all over the North" cuntin-
ued the indignant statisticinn.
And the New York Evening Post gives
us the following statistics regarding the
swindle in Nevada:
Nevada appears to be losing in popu.
lation, The total vote for President il,
1888 proves To have been only 1928,
against l2,797 IN 1884, and 1886 in 1880
The population in 1880 was only 62, ,266
of whome 5,4l6 were Chinese, and 2S09
Indians and it would appear doubtful
If there are 10000 people, outside China.
men aud Indians, in the State now. Yet
this little company has Two representa-
tives in the United States Senate, one in
the House, and three in the Electoral
College. Worse still, there il no way OF
rectifying the injustice, even il the pop
Glation continues to dwindle. The moral
of Nevada should not be for gotten when
Congress comes to consider the making
of new States.
In the face of all this Bro. Hopley, of
the Bucyrus Journal, after condemning
in strong language the "shamful jerry
mander" of Ohio by the Republican
legislature, which we copied at the
time, now throws all the responsibility
on the South, and says while 'all will
prefer peaceful settlement if possible,
he is not good citizen who will shrink
from force, if necessary, but force only
as last resort, when all other things
have failed"
This means only that the negro of
the South shall have free vote. with a
few carpet -baggers to direct him how to
vote to put them in position to take the
seals of the several states 10 New York
and swamp them with bonded indebt-
edness from which they can never re-
cover. Gen. Grant freely acknowledged
this kind OF treatment Of the South
under his administration failure. And
it was very cruel and criminal failure.
You must adjust your glasses for a
shorter range to take in the purchase OF
whole States and Congressional districts
throughout the North, which is equally
criminal with stuffing the ballot boxes
and counting out white voters, If they
should happen to belong to different
party. II will be well for you to "hast-
en- slowly" until you can open your eyes
to the whole situation.