The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-27
A GREAT CONSPIRACY.
THE UNFAIR.AND WICKED SCHEME
OF THE REPUBLICAN TRUST"

VI j III ILL ODAxOAN 1hUo1s
How They Propose to Control the Next
g House. = And to Elect their Presi-
g dent in 1892.
From the National Democrat.
1t is the intention OF the managers
of the "Trust" known as the Republi-
caE- party to proceed at the present
session of Congress to reapportion the
membership of the House of Rep
resentatives on the basis of the census
of 1890 and by this unprecedented
course to secure control of the House
of Representatives in the Fifty second
Congress.
1t was to carry through this scheme
that the managers Of the "Trust'
made Thomas B. Reed Speaker of the
present House, and it was to assure
the success of the scheme that Mr..
Thomas B. Reed has compelled the
Republican members to adopt set of
rules which it is believed have practi-
cally destroyed the power Of the
Democratic minority to seriously OBJ
struct any measure which the "Trust"
managers think necessary to continue
them in power.
More than this: The reapportion-
ment was absolutely necessary to en-
able the Republican Trust to lay its
plans for capturing the Presidency in
1882.
Had the old rules of the House of
Representatives been readopted it
would have been possible for the
Democratic members of the House
not only to have delayed the reappor
tionment until after the elections of
the present year had been held, but to
have prevented altogether the carry
ing out of scheme of reapportion-
ment which will have for its only oh
ject the aggrandizement of the Repub-
lican party.
Our information is that they pro-
pose to make the nominal unit of
population for district 10000, and
expand the next House of Represen-
tatives to 348 members.
This will make the number of votes
in the electoral college in 1892, 436,
and the number necessary TO choice
219. They count upon 314 votes as
already secured without either New
York or Indiana.
What does this mean?
It means that they intend to be able
to elect President in 1892 without
the vote of New York. Indiana will
be enough. This will save the bood-
lers great amount of M ,ney, as they
believe, and make their task vastly
easier than it was in 1883.
Or, if they can buy over single
Denscratic State, like West Vir.
ginia, they can elect President with
out either New York or Indiana.
The tables which are here present.
ed and which were prepared by Re
publican expert, show the compare
tive results of taking 100, 900 and 200,-
600 as the unit of population in the
new districts.
The unit of 100000 would give a
House of only 329 members after
Idaho and Wyoming have been ad-
mitted to the Union, but it would not
benefit the Republicans, according to
their own theory, so much as taking
the smaller number as a unit.
BY increasing the number t, 348
the gain of members in states which
gave their electoral votes to Harrison
would be as follows: Michigan l, Wis
consin l, Minnesota 2, Kansas 2, Ne
braska 3, Colorado 1, California 1
Oregon 1. North Dakota 1, South Da
kota 1, Washington 1, Idaho l, Wy
oming l. Total, II.
The only losses in Republican
states would be: Massachusetts
Pennsylvania 1. Net Republican
gains, Is.
In the Democratic states the gains
would be. West Virginia 1, Georgis
l, Alabama |. Mississippi l, Texas 2
Arkansas 1. Total Democratic
gains, Z.
The two 80 called doubtful states
would loose: New York 3, Indiana
| It is the Republican calculation tha,
the real net gain would be not les.
than Is members, as compared with
an election under the present appor
tionment, the present house having
$50 members and the old unit of pop
ulation having been 163, 900.
| Should this scheme be carried
through, the only states which wolIl6
be compelled to redistrict prior to tn,
next election would be Massachusetts
New York, Pennsylvania and Indi
ana. The first three of these Statel
have Republican Legislatures. I
there should be failure on the par
of either of these States to redistric
in season, the failure will be provided
for by requiring all the members to b,
elected Oh one ticket. This would moi
be disagreeable to the trust managers
in the case of New rork, for the
would then concentrate all their effort
next fall on carrying that State anG
electing the entire "a members, which
would, Of itself give them control o
1.-The next House. Still it would be !.
rather hazardous risk, as the loss o
New York would in that case give tn
Democrats the control of the mex
House. ~
As to all the states in which there i
increased appropriation, provision
would be made for electing the addi
tional memheFs at large on the genera
ticket
To carry through this plan an un
i scrupulous renegade Englishman ha
been placed ct the head of the census
1 and preparations are making to rust
i the census returns together so that th