Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-10
Startling Figures.

OIdI Ll11lS y uIeS.
The determination Of the Republican
members Of Congress to pass a Federal
/ Election law. says the Jefferson Co.
\ News: finds ample justification 10 a
study of the following figures:
In the debate upon it facts will be
presented which ought 10 startle the
country. Here are some of them: The
official count of the votes cast for the
election of Representatives to the Fiji
/ tieth Congress shows that the State of
Kansas elected seven Representatives
| by poll Of 27i .571 votes. while Miss
| issippi also sent seven Representatives
/ to the same Congress-the same number
but they were elected by only 44.953
votes. TIE State of New JERSEY also
elected seven Representatives who re-
ouired 229. 373 votes for their election,
while on the other hand Georgia. ten
| representatives were elected by PAD
votes. Connecticut elected four Rep
resentatives by 123, Jos votes. and four
| Representatives from different Con-
0ressional districts from the State Of
Ohio were elected by Isl, 523 votes,
while only TO- Sos votes were necessary
| Congressional districts in South Caro-
lima The Sixth Congressional district
of Ohio elected one Representative by
%. 290 votes, or 11.445 more votes than
the whole State of Georgia gave her
delegation of ten Representatives 1t
required sc. 864 votes to elect one Rep
resentative in the Twelfth District of
Ohio; 9, 1874 more than Georgia cast for
the ten members composing her deli ga
ton. The Thirteenth District OF Ohio
gave its single Representative 39,3l5
votes. or II, $40 more than Georgia cast
for ten. Of the eleven Congressional
districts of Michigan, ten cast. each OF
them, more votes for their Representa-
tiyes than were found necessary for the
election of the whole ten from the
Empire State of the South. Oregons
one Representative was elected by
81. 954 votes. or more than double the
number polled for the whole Georgia
delegation. La the Eleventh District OF
Illinois it required 81, 266 votes to elect
one Representative, while in Georgia.
27.475 elected ten. No less than 59.ll7
ballots were required to send only one
Representative to Congress from the
Second District of Connecticut. Hap
more than elected the whole Georgia
delegation. The great State of Indiana
sent thirteen Representatives 10 the
Fifieih Congress. who we're elected by
461 9S7 votes, while Georgia and MIS-
sissippi sent together no less than seven
teen Representatives to the same legiS
ative BODY. who were elected by only
y, 42S votes while in Vermont It re-
quired more votes to elect her two Rep
resentatiyes than We're necessary in
Georgia for the election of ten. The
Emrire State of New York has thirty
four Congressional districts, thirteen of
which-the Thirteenth, Fourteenth. FIT
teenth. Twentieth. Twenty third,
Twenty fifth. Twenty sixth, Twenty
seventh. Twenty eighth and Thirty
fourth-gave each Of them more votes
to its Representative than Georgia gave
to her delegation of ten; and 50 this
suggestive comparison might be extern
ded through the list of all the Northern
States. This startling inequality of
Congressional representation il even
greater now than it was before the war,
and '.the solid South remains as large
" the gamer in this important matter
as she became through the readjustment
of the labor question within her borders.
It is no wonder she ostentatiously de-
clares that she would not have her slaves
returned 10 her if she could. She was
compelled in the antebellum days to
feed and clothe her slaves and also to
provide them with comfortable living
quarters. whereas at the present time
the former owner is completely relieved
from these heavy burdens and is even
enable to defraud them indirectly OF
large share OF their hard earned wages
and crop profits.