New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15
FEDERAL CONTROL NEEDED.
INEQUALITIES OF REPRESENTATION IN
THE HOUSE.
SOME STARTLING WGUREs-NEFARIOUS CEN
TRAIGzAmoy OF POLITICAL STRENGTH
CONDITION OF "sHC +
GUN STATES


Washington. June 10 specaD.-The necessity for the
speedy passage Of Federal Election law will perhaps
be more readily understood from examination
OF the votes in certain states and Congressional dis
tricts in less for those Representatives who sat in
the last (the Lth) Congress
The official count OF the votes cast for the election
OF Representatives to the Lth Congres, shows that the
state Of Kansas elected seven Representatives by a
poll of 27l,j21 votes while Mississippi also
| Representatives b. the Congrcss-thc same num-
ber-but they were elected by only 44,9j3 votes. The
state Of NewJcrsey also elected Representatives
who required 229.373 votes for their election while
on the other hand Georga's Represen tativcs
elected by 27,47J votes. Connecticut elected four
Representatives by 123,105 votes and four Repre-
Scnativcs from different Congressional disricts-from
the state of OHIO elected by i5 ,j23 votes. while
only 1865 votes necessary to seat the Repre-
sentative, from four Congressional districts In South
! Carolina. The With Congressional District Of ohio
elected Representative by 1920 votes; or 1lffj
more votes than the whole state Of Georgia gave her
delegation n ten Representatives. II required 36SGi
vote, 10 elect one Representative IN the NiIth District
Of ohio; 0.3o9 more than Georgia cast for the ten mem
hcrS composing her delegation. The NIlth District of
ohio gave IL single Representative 39,3lj votes; or
.-lo more than Georgia cast for ten. "i the eleven
Congressional Districts Of Michigan. ten cast, each Of
them. more votes for IT, Representative than were
found necessary for the election of the ten from the
Empire satc7 Of the South. Orcgon's Represent
ative was elected by 5i9ji votes. than double
the number pollcd for the whole Georgia delegation.
In the XIth District Of Illinois it required 34'-'o
votes 10 eject one Representative while in Georgia
37.l7j elected ten. No less than 39,ll' ballots were
required 10 send only Representative TO Congress
from the ia District II Connecticut ,142 more tlah
! elected the whole Georgia delegation 1he great
-tat, Of Indiana sent thirteen Representatives 10 the
| ltI Congress- who elected by 4bl,D NoeN'
while Georgia and Mississippi sent together no less
| fIt,
htivc body. who were elected by Only 72A2o votes
while In Vermont IT required more votes to elect her
| two Representatives than necessary iu Georgia
| for the election II ten The Empire state oi N'"-
York ha, thirty Congressional Districts, thirteen
Of which-the XIIIth. NIVth, NVIth NNIlth Nv
| XIXth NXth, XXIIld. XVIII, NNNIth. NNNllh'
| XXVIIIth and XXXIVth-gave, each If them. more
vote, 10 ts Representative than Georgia gave 10 cf
delegation Of ten: and this suggestive comparison
misht be- extended through the list Of all the
Northern states.
This startling inequality Of Congressional representa-
ton l. even greater than II was before thc war;
and the solid south remains as largely the gamer
| I'm thl, important matter she became tHouSh the
radju,mcnt Of the labor question within her borders
II i, no wonder she ostcntatousy declares that she
/ v,ould not have her slave, returned To- her
| she could she was compelled In the ante
| bcllnm days feed and clothc her slaves ana
als, t. pro, dc them with comfortable living quarters
| the present limo. the former OWNER -
completely relieved from these heavy burdens, and
| Is even enabled To defraud them. indirectly. Of
| largo share If their hard earned wages ana crop
! profits. NOr are these by any means the onS
| benefits which have accrued Ia the thrifty anu
far seeing STAKEHOLDER with his heirs, admins
| traior, and assigns for. with that splendid pre-
ccnce which /, the stamp and hall mark "f All
trre yeuin, they have known how to- pluck victory
ont Of defeat during nearly whole Hcneration ana
have used the once dcspisei and newly enirm'hi'e'
African It, q pawn with which to chechma'e opp''
ton AT TIE polls. and, while stealing the most
plcciou, birthght Of the American citizen. con;lnac
to ak. with all the brutal c'noi,m Of a l"e'o'
What ar you going To- DO about it,
IN I~I- the population of Georgia was alleged
| 10 amount n round numbers To some l,loo""o
iuhnbiiaui, OF whom about oo"ooO were "m'''
while about 100000 were # African descent ihe
census IN l-7O showing G3-.92i whites ana IDLE
colorcd a total population of il-io"'- and at
the first election held under the protecting "t'' 81
the Reconstruction acts the Republicans elected
their Governor hy a respectable majority Of '"l'.
The fraud and shotgun pohcic. were W'r'ul"h
immediately conceived and pui in pr''u'e bN "''
leaders. auA well did these somewhat brutal nui
rAtrcmcly iu.cuuu- ~ stems operate iht ' "'' l'
tine wholr political status va, 0mplci"R changed
and the Democracy carried the stat" against "ru'
and Colf,N ,y the large majority of i5."-- Finding
that the systems then Initiated worked successfully
they were Immediately put m operation "ituh '"o
borders Of adjacent states. Through tht' t\iTar
.trruI Ih and functions TIE WH"' ''nt..''t,l |
I-i-htlNc power "f IN" NH't'''i ,.'Sf,
duucd, for years slowly hut surely INTO lNc 'l3IF
,-,-p II the mcrr,t haudfl of brsadier' oi tine 't
rebellion Of the most noted "1d htirI 7i in'n al,
inw n,cupylug for lie the distinguished plt'" pi
A--ocaic Justice OF the United state 9uprem. .ourl
Tie forcsoIng brief review oi the -iatI, al the |
-tb.rn cl.rt,r,l vote for the National Legislature"
could not be- prcdicatcd with any precision upon ~
al ,ntc l REPRESENTATIVES iOl the |
t ,' W. ,n ,h r....,n th,, dllriu, the election, |
- the l,,tr v,.'r AN c,tr,ordary and fcvcri,h de
,,,,,, -, ,r. nm .,r.,,tn IN certain southern
~r d -, y,tG ,,ri,,i[ uutrtnli,y The vote
of Georgia f,r example which va, only 2'A'I ia |
10; yelled tvn N,.r- later 10 the uuprcocd cdcnt"d
,.l ,f 100 30 or ,..rlv fiy. time, the number of
votes poIIci in i--0 In -76 the state Of M-,i~'lpp
..f If "a ynt.- only for her seven Congressional !
,It.,ti,.. chin. h., I--- her vote Tor The
il,iuo,o au,nut,,d tn II so or nearly three time,
I'm, " .t. -,,,. uay Alabama east |