New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-18
DrpEESENTdTION,

The growth Of population and the addition
If new States within the last ten years nave
been so great as to change materially ana
permanently the political balance OF power.
II nlcascs opponents Of Republican principles
TO describe Il new appointment according 10
the census as Juggling with figures Tor par.
,ison cnds' But the fact is obvious 10 all
intelligent men thai tho more RAPID grown oi
\orthern than Of Southern states. ana inc
crcation of new states inspired by the ideas
and feelings and controlled hy the principles
Of thc North have greatly increased the Irglti-
mate power of the Republican party IN the
National councils and elections.
Four new States already admitted have add
cd eight Senators and five Representatives. ami
the census appears to prove that each OF thcW
had the population to Cntitc It to inc repre-
scntat;on allotted. Washington having gained
one additional member hy rapid incrcaS" sinc"
if, last enumeration. The election in Wyoming
has now resulted in a complete Republican we
tory 80 that OF the new States only Montana
can he considered in any sense doubtful. The
natural increase Of population III this ana the
other now States is certain 10 DO so larger!
from the Republican North that their political
future can SdTt'IH w uiSp"'s"' ~ VIZ 49,
cst the Republican electors gained by the adj
mission of new states will he thirteen ana
within u few years the gain is reasonably GER
tain to be nineteen votes.
But the increase in population has also been
50 much greater in Republican than IN Demo
cratic States that large net gain Is assured
NO matter what ratio of representation may he
adoptcd. On the ratio chosen by Mr.. Dunncl
for the bill which no has offered namely. on"
Representative to ISO.nnn Inhabitants. tn" net
gain in Republican states appears 10 b" SIN
Teen. while tho gain in all Democratic states
is only four. and III" gain in doubtful states
only one Thus a net gain tor the Republican
side is assured Of eleven V:,tr> IN the House
i'm addition 10 the member, gained by the adj
mission of INV states. There is no assured
Democratic state having eleven Representa-
,ivcs executing Missouri and Tcya>. 80 that
the relative increase Of Republican states in
noula,ion during the last dccad" alone has
been substantially large enough 10 nriiiialir
the entire vote of the largest DrmocraiIc state
II is the same rs il the whole STAT" OF Tr>n"
had been for political purposes "hiicIat"1
from III" Democratic column.
Il is Ibis cnoimull> chang" III ia" p"pu'a'l"n
Of states Of different Glasses with which Dem
mlats are u,iarrciIing when they >cch (" cIc-
ate the impression THAT the new app"lrionm"ni
i, an unfair one. Closet examined. a." hc-
urc> reported 10y the, coInm!ttr" can J." dis
pltcd a. respects one or at the utmost Nv"
REPRESENTATIVES. while the Republican iii'ica>;
in the other STAT ., i indiSpuiablc. II cannot
he claimed that there is any lncirl*" IN Con
nccticui. Indiana ol New York. and IN New
Jersey there is gain of only one member. 50
that in all the doubtful states the gain is but
one. in the southern States Alabama gains
one, Arkansas two, Missouri one and TEXAS
one. while according 10 the figures reported
Virginia loses one. VI ih" utmost Virginia
might retain il present representation. - Thai
the gain in the entire body al Democratic
states would be only five. IL happens that
Ohio. which Democrats please I" consider
doubtful loses ON" Representative according to
the figures reported and Iowa gains none.
The great gains on account OF increase OF pop
ula,ion appcar in stale, which are nnInrstion
ably and surely Republican.
At the last Presidential election the Demo
Gratis required - elect. in addition 10 th" en-
tire southern vote. font! eight electoral votes
from the North namely. New York and lndi-
ana. or New York. New jersey and Connccti-
cut. should the appoitunincni be made ac-
cortliny TO the figures above given, namely. Oh
the basis of $4,000 population to Il Repre-
sentative the Democrats will require III the
next Presidential election all the electoral votes
of the south, lj1 i'll number, and th">" "f
New York, Indiana. \cw-Jcr>cF, and either
Connecticut or two ~ the state, having but
three electors each, Montana ana Idaho, for
example. These would give SIXTY seven clcc-
,or1l votes in all and 10 eject Il Democratic
President there will he needed ski! five he
sides the votes % all the Southern states.
LILO SOITHERN WITNENNES.