The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-12
FIGURES FOR TILE THOUGHTFUL.

Tho Inequality Manifest In tho Representa-.
tion In C0ugrcss-A Remarkable State of
Affairs.
Fdirmon. lEtsl rirginian.
III our last issue We had something ia
say Of the inequality manifest in the
representation in Congress accorded the
two sections OF the Union-the North
and tho South. In discussing the ques
ton sectional lines must be considered
since the "Solid South" as an "institu.
tuition" has become a sacred thing in the
estimation OF our friends on the othe,
side OF the sectional line. They boast o.
their political solidity as a sure help tc
the seating of q majority in Congress
and an ever present factor in deciding
the Presidential succession. We are dis.
charging solemn duty, therefore
when We demonstrate by Democratic
authority the means employed to pre-.
serve that solidity. IN r-es' 4
The next State to be considered in
this exposition is Mississippi. The State
has seven Representative in Congress
aud nine votes in the Electoral College
1t is incidentally a Republican State, but
only so when all men are accorded their
rights under the Constitution.
The First district, embracing eight
counties, is represented by John Allen,
He was given at the last election au ag.
gregate.o OF 1883 votes; hisopponent re.
ceived but l,732 votes! The Second dis.
trict. with nine counties, gave Mr.. James
Bright Morgan, Democrat, 1878 votes,
while his Republican opponent. John K.
Chalmers, received but 5,Sl7 votes. The
Third district, ten counties, is represent.
ed by Mr.. Thomas Clendenin Catchipgs,
who claims. butl1, G24 votes, his Republi.
can opponent being 'conced" 4,6l4.
And then comes the Fourth district rep.
resented by Clarke Lewis, that cast e.
S55 votes for the Democrat, and but q
1906 for the Republican! Cananybody
not deaf and blind to Justice, in
dorse that as the correct return OF the
vote OF that district? Or of the FIFTH
district, which sends up G. L. Anderson
giving him 1926 votes, as against $780,
votes for his opponent? Orofthe Sixth
represented by Thomas Ringland Stock.
dale, which returned 10,5S0iDemocratie
votes against 3.4G4 votes for the Repub.
lican? Or Of the Seventh district, tina,
returns Charles L. Hooker, Democrat
by vote OF 1877 rs against 1887 fol
his Republican competitor? Here we
find seven Congressman elected" ia
represent voting constituency OF only
l14,536. In electing but four Congress.
men, West Virginia polls in round mum.
beers 10000 votes. Politics aside, is il
Just that Mississippi shall be entitled to
nine electoral votes with voting popu.
lation Of one.third less than the same
recorded population Of West Virginia,
which has butts six electoral votes?
But let US examine the returns from
South Carolina, which, like Mississippi,
is Republican State, il left to the iree
expression OF the wishes Of the qualified
voters. South Carolina also has seven
Representatives in Congress, and nine
electoral votes. ''F9 z5a
The First district is represented by
Samuel Dibble, Democrat, who received
at the election Of lSSS, an aggregate Of
$3.50 votes; his Republican competitor
received but 1,296. This is m eloquent
tribute to Democratic clemency-they
could have reduced the Republican vote
to IN even thousand, but they didn't.
The second district, which is represented
by Mr.. George D. Tillman, Democrat,
polled lO,74 votes for him as against
l,405 votes for Republican Mr.. Smith,
The Third district, represented by Mr.
james S. Cochran, Democrat, modestly
describes l6 votes as scattering Il
while S,75S votes are recorded as belon,p.
ing to the Democratic candidate. The
Fourth district seems to be carried in
the Democratic party's pistol pocket-the
Democratic member, Mr.. VIM. Haync
Perry, receiving i, 400 votes rs against
six scattering" Mark the magnanimity
OF the mamie acknowledges that there
were six men in his district who we're
not afraid to vote against him; whose
votes were not suppressed! The Fifth
district gave Mr.. John ]. Hemphill,
Democrat, $3.50 votes as against twenty.
seven votes scattering" The Sixth
district is represented by Mr.. John ",
Dorgan, Democrat, whose recorded vote
is $3.50, as against three hundred and
twenty.seven for the Republican
candidate, and tifty-nine ''scatter.
ing The Seventh (the famous
BLACK belt district, that has 10000
Republican majority, which was gerry.
wandered by the Democrats so as to in.
cmde that majority, composed Of colored
Republicans, IS recorded as having re-.
turned Democrat, William Elliott, to
Congress, over a colored Republican
candidate, by a vote OF s,S5s as against
S,0O7. The case Of South Carolina il hv
lar the worst OF the lot. Here ia n Stato
exercising one.third more influence in
the Electoral College than is exerted hv
West Virginia; that sends seven Reprc.
sentatiyes TO Congress MS against iour
from West Virginia, and yet the arere.
gate Of the votes polled OF both parties
and including the "independents''
in the seven Congressional districts
is but 7G,SS5-less than were cast
in lSss for the Republican Gov.
ernor OF West Virginia; less than were
cast in three OF the four West Virginia
CEJAe !; e s.