Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-01-20

Increase 1,769,l01
This is a gain Of than 10 per
cent in the voting population Of the
United States in four years, and if
there were no special reasons to ex-
plain the disparity Of me Increase in
the several States where there is an
increase, d study Of the figures in each
would be interesting. The fact, how
ever, is that there has teen no uni
form and evenly distributed gain in
the voting population Of the United
States since 1892, but abnormal and
Spasmodlc increases in some States
and an actual falling off in the vote
in some others. In South Carolina,
for instance, the total vote for Presi-
dent in 1892 was 7O,444; in 1896, under
the amended State Constitutions, it
was only 6o,9O7. 10 North Carolina,
on the other hand, the vote of 100000
in 1892 vas increased to $50, 900 in
1896, This remarkably large increase
was due chiefly to the amendment to
the voting laws following the defeat
Of the Democratic candidates in the
State election of 1894. The industrial
conditions which opel ate t make the
growth in population in South Caro-
lima small are the same as prevail in
North Carolina, but while the former
State, in its political aspect, is ruled
by reactionary policies, in respect to
voting laws the latter is governed by
progressive policies, and this explains
the difference in the vote of the two
States in 1896 as compared with 1892.
The very largest increase in any
State was in Colorado, or from 80. 900
in 1892 to $4,000 in 1896. This re-
markable increase was not due to any
marked growth in the number of in
habitanIs, but 10 woman suffrage,
women voting the same as men and
under no different or more serious
restrictions. In Wyoming, however,
where woman suffrage is no new
thing, the total vote Of the State.
which was 16,71S 10 1892, increased
only to 20, $50 in 1896. A comparison
Of the figures in the several New Eng
land States at the recent election and
at the election of four years ago shows
anew the siDgularly steady character
OF their voting population even under
pressure Of great interest and excite
ment OF last years campaign. In
Massachusetts the total vote increased
from 391 900 in 1892 to 4O1 900 in 1895, a
gain of 10000 only. IL Maine it in
creased from 49, 900 in 1892 to $4,000
| in 1896, a gain of 1000 only. Ia New
| Hampshire there Vas a falling off of
5000, or from $4,000 to $4,000. In Yer
mont the gain was 5000. following an
exciting State election in September,
and in Connecticut the increase was
10000, or from 1884, 900 to ia, 900. In
Rhode Island there was the very
slight increase from So ,1SS to "a, 1855,
and it was due almost exclusively to
the naturalization of Socialists in the
large manufacturing cities.
Both New YORK and PENNSYLVANIA
cast over a million votes in 1895. The
gain in New York in 1896 was only
$1,000 votes, but in Pennsylvania it
was 10000. Ohio, with about l,OO9,-
poo, and Illinois, with about 1890, 900.
also crossed the million mark in 1896.
The total vote of New York in 1896
vas nearly as large az that of the
whole United States in 1886, and the
7ote Of the Union as a whole has 0
han doubled in twenty-five yea1s
t was 100000 in 1872 and 100000
t the recent election.