Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-26
roTES SUPPRESSED.
Oue Voter in Georgia Haa ~ Mach
Power n- Fsur In Kn nanH.

TOTES SUPPRESSED.
On = Voter in Geergin Has ~ Much
Power NJ Fsur In Hn naRs.
So much has been said as 10 the suppress
sion Of Republican votes in certain sections |
hat New York Press correspondent has /.
prepared detailed aud accurate tables show
ng a. nearly as can b, until the next cen
sus is taken the results Of the suppression
in the states Of Alabama, Arkansas, Geor-
gia, louisiana Mississippi aud South Caro-
lima He does this by comparing the mum
her Of votes cast, or counted, with the to-
tai number Of males Of the voting age.
Since the representatives in Congress and
the presidential electors are proportional
on the number Of legal voters, it is evident
that wherever suppression Of votes oc-
ours the result is 10 give those who are al
lowed TO vote an undue representation.
The Press correspondent says;
In the six states where the vote is sup
pressed there are 1 120, 900 males Of voting
age, with but a very small percentage of
foreign born persons to reduce in any de
only 1S5, 1Sj votes polled These states
send 43 Representatives to Congress and 50
electors to the electoral college, that
each member of the House represents the
power of 49, 60 voters and each elector
14,21S.
The other Southern states have 1910, 900
males of voting age and the vote as count
ed was 2,bS5.21l Those states have -
Representatives in Congress and ~ in the
electoral college, so that each Representa-
tive has the power of 33, 81 voters and
each elector that of &c, $50. But these fig
ures do not accurately represent the votes
poled in some of the states In Florida it
is well known that the Democratic vote
was increased while in North Carolina
enough voting precincts were thrown out
to reduce the vote Of the state about 49,.
900 and thus give its electors to Cleveland.
In the Northern States.
In the Northwestern states the males of
voting age number 4, 1856 600, and the vote
polled was 3, 736, 203 These states have 80
Representatives in Congress, who each rep
resent the power of ~, 4j7 voters, and ll2
electors each 30, 800. The New England
states have 26 Representatives and 80 cleo
tors, the first representing 81 900 voters
and the latter 81 ,626 The four great Mid
die states with two tifths of the population
and of the wealth of the country, have 80
Representatives and rs electors, the first
representing each 3d. and the latter
each 1870
Now, if one groups these five section to
gether, and adds another element that is,
the wealth of each-he finds the following
comparisons
Voters for Voters Wealth for
each rep for each each rep
resentative elector. resentative
States with sup.
pressed vote ls,sO iI,g7s sIssO,oU
Other Southern
states, H,i3i $3.50 A,1Uu,OU
Northwestern
states 49,l5, 1850 4G,soOm
New England
states 3,eoO el,GsC G9,sOOON
Middle states, 3s,5i3 1870 20 10000
These figures show that IL men, when
the vote is suppressed have the law max
ing power of 33 in the other Southern
states, AZ in the great Northwest, 30 in
| New England and - in the great Middle
states, the voters representing the most
wealth having the least representation.
DO the figures in this table indicate gov
ernment founded upon the declaration that
"All men are created equal :" Do they
fulfil that clause of the constitution which
requires representation TO be equal Is it
not true that ~, 900 men in South CarolinR
send seven Representatives To Congress,
while 33l 900 are required 20 send the same
number from Kansas That l43, 900 men
send ten Representatives from Georgia,
while it takes 47G, 900 to send eleven from
Michigan Is one man in South Carolina
or Georgia the equal of four men in Kan
sas or Michigan
The tables show that even the Southern
] It at xth ha le moi SIM g.4H
should unite with the Northern states in
finding and enforcing a remedy for thi,
| great evil Eleven men in South Carolina
have equal power in legislation with 30 il
| Virginia, Tennessee or Kentucky. Are tn,
people of these states willing to submit I,
this inequality
Remedy Proposed.
The facts show for themselves. What i
the remedy The constitution provides i
in article |, section (, paragraph /, which
gives Congress the absolute power TO regu
late and control the election of its owl
members If Congress will use that pow
err by providing national registration an,
election law for its own members, no sec
ton will possess more than its equal shar,
of power in legislation. and if this Law
should forbid any other election held oil
the same day with the national election
unless at the option of the state authorities
these vote-suppressing communities, which
have such horror of negro supremacy,
can have no ground for obiecting to it.
If one were to go step further and eX
anime into the question of illiteracy,
would be found that in the vote-suppress
ing states are found the greatest number o
ignorant white voters. Among the vot
suppressors there are 1876 white men o
voting age in every thousand who canno
write, while in the Northwest there are on
ly ~, in New England 63 and in the Mid
die states 80 to the thousand.
Thus one sees that it is the poor and il
norant white, by the suppression of tn
equally poor and ignorant colored voter
who controls the intelligent voter of tn
North in the proportion of one ignoran
white voter in these states to four educate
ones elsewhere.
Is not this condition a greater threat t
the republic than was either secession o
slavery Is it not time that the intelligen
sentiment of the North should he arou So
on this gu biapt