Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-20
FOR CONGRESS, SIXTH DISTRICT
REEL h. TERRY, OF Fresno.
Nevada and South California;
Contrast.

Nevada and South Cal1f0rm1a-A
Contrast.
There has probably never been a
greater outrage and monstrosity in the
political history of the United States
than Nevada admitted as mem
ber of the American Unioh. With fine
rhetorical flourish, this national rotten
borough has been called the "battle-
born" State. She is really a common
wealth conceived in intrigue and born of
Republican necessities. For years and
years this caricature of State has had
simply dominating influence in the
Councils of the Nation. This has been
owing to two things, the first legitimate
and the second an accidental circum-
stance. Nevada has had the good sense
to send to the United States Senate, with
very rare exceptions, men of notable
ability. This, of course, has added
greatly to her power of in
fluencing legislation. But the
fact that for years the Senate
of the United States has been SO evenly
balanced has helped her still more in her
absurdly disproportioned weight in our
Federal system. In 1875 the Republican
party, in order to be able to declare
Hayes elected President by majority of
one in the Electoral College, was
obliged, through bull-dozing and Re-
turning Board tactics, to steal the nine
teen Electoral votes of South Carolina.
Florida and Louisiana. Mr.. Hayes had
1855 Electoral votes and needed nineteen
to give him majority of one in the
Electoral Colleges; Mr.. Tilden had 1874
uncontested electoral votes, throwing out
the three States named, and needed but
one to compel the proclamation of his
election. If it had not been for that
political rotten borough, Nevada, Mr..
Hayes would have had but 1853 electoral
votes, the nineteen electoral votes of
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
would not have helped him, and we
should have been saved the scandal and
shame of Fraudulent President.
This Republican rotten borough will
this year poll less than twelve thousand
votes, so great has been the hegira Of
population from her boundaries, owing
to the decadence of the Comstock and
other mining lodes. Yet if, by chance,
the election were to be thrown into the
House of Representatives, Nevada would
count for as much in determining the re-
suit as the imperial State of New York.
And yet the single county of Los Ange-
les will this year poll twice as many votes
"a the whole State of Nevada. When
ever it is proposed to create new State
of South California we are met on all
hands by northern and central Cali
fornians with the charge that we
are not able to support State
government OF our own. The region
which would be embraced in such a
Commonwealth would poll vote of at
least five times that of the State Of
Nevada. In territorial extent it would
be larger than the State of New York.
In addition, it is increasing more rapid
", as to ratio of population, than any
0CQ0T 6oCClOu VI tuo AncIlCdu COutluouG.
When regard is had to the immense
and unwieldy extent OF California, EN-.
bracing coastline of more than seven
hundred miles, and every conceivable
variety of climate, with interests al
diverse as those of Maine and Florida, 6
State Of South California in the neal
future looms up as logical necessity
With State of South California, Sacra
mento would be in about the exact geo
graphical center of the old State
and there would be some ex
cuse for it's remaining it's capital
AS it is now, it is absurd to ask people
from San Diego, San Bernardino, Ven
tura, Santa Barbara, Kern, Tulare anc
Fresno counties to send their represents
tives such q distance. The evils under
which we suffer are intensified by the
utter lack of interest and sympathy fell
by the people of the northern and central
counties in Southern California. We are
inclined to think that even San Luis
Obispo county would feel like throwing