The sun., 1897-12-05

crisis ceris sooner or later II ought not to require
the gift Of prophecy for any Southern white
fact;
the n?s so%hern vGsT Who M
not subscribe to the truth of tho statement thai
tsS %4 white sOnh has bee" for
sS "9a thE, eSGSpt Gerh"ps in tho case e
is wholly ndcfcnsible, based as It Is upon the
claim OF white mon alone to enjoy the constitu-
onSl right Of ,z,Gnshp The who
gate, in the mississippi Constitutional Convcn-
tionl proclaimed it from the housctops that ID
American citizens and they did H. and the dis.
principle OF the organic law of their states, with
out amy impoirmcnt whatSvCi of their repre-
legc as explicitly provided by section . Of Arh.
Gle Ia Of the Constitution. This section upon
light of the condition which has been brought
about IN every Congressional district in the
which every citizen in the country is Affected
reads as follows:
Representatives shall he apportioned among the
counting the whole nu6cr Of persons in each state.
excluding Indians not taxed bat when the right to
PRESIDENT S and Vice. .rr"s,d"nt OF the United states.
an oT aa % tbs aSs M hs ana e nd
nrc thereof denied to any Of the male nh.bltants
the United States or in any way Abridged except for
participation in rebellion or other crime. the bass Of
alton therein shall b. reduced In the propor-
lion which the number Of such male citizens shall
benr to the whoe numLCr OF male citizens 81 years OK
| age in such State.
| lead OF Mississippi aud South Carolna-Major
| Henry J. ilcarscy. editor Of the New Orleans
| York that "wc are going to hnvc n constitu.
| tional convention, and we are going 10 stop
know all about it--lct us ana.yzo the situation
in those three States the Congressional, p ap-
| total population for each Representative in
| 5s7 l56o,l92 being disfrarchised Afro-Ameri-
cans has eight votes inn, in Ne fect3r1l ColiegD fg
President in 1896 was T0.Coa. being an aver
| nge of 1879 votes for each Presidential elec.
1oS MSSJsGp Ss bsns H5d fro
Amcrcnns has seven ConErcss,n.n re- ~, and nine inc
age of 1888 votes for each Presidential clcctor:
G"9aa YS bens 'G% nSSh"oH %ro OF
SGsS SaSb SspS AZ Ss Of
total population OF the three States. upon
which their ;cpresGntH,o1 IN Congress mgr e and the
their total vote for President last year was
saf hs an Of so54 votes for
These figures are sufficiently astounding to
excite the attention and indignation of the
'' so "1 and S' she "SpHsf%9
the average Of her vote for each Presidential
eector Of the on conbined n States Of south Caro-.
lima. Louisiana and Mississippi. Or, let us take
mates that of the three States under considcrn-
ton Ohio has toial Formulation OF .:
total vote Of l.ol4.2a3, and as shS has twenty
three, votes in tho Electoral College, her aver.
|
were cast for each Presidential clcctor by tho
snd Msssspp siI' The s"S toa yoe am%
lima. with nine electoral votes. was only 2l.soS
votes greater than the average vote for each
Presidential clcctor in Ohio,
The voters in the North and West nre impa-
tient when the Acknowledgment Of tho Afro.
American citizens of the South is referred to, but
cnrcfu full consideration Of the figures here given
will show that, b. the supprcssion Of this
vantage over the voters Of the North md West
than they had under Article l.. section" Of tho
: ''by addin; 10 the whole number Of free persons,
including those honnd to service for term OF
iifhs OF all oihcr persons. the "aii other por-
sons" being slaves. which The father OF tho ma
lection that the Federal Govcrnmrent shall nos
regulate and control elections. but ihnt tho
mntter shall be left 10 The. regulation and con.
troll Of the states. But It Is obviously The duty
injusticd in M p"c p"ctrcI S upon thcm by soni Caro-.
lima and Missis,irni. npd threatened by Lou. Lou.
lHlann. IN inc ulSlfhHcIiSlnch o.
half their population. aud to insist that the
representation OF these S;atcs in Congress and
; the Electoral College shall he reduced by Mt
least onc.hnlf. Ths matter hag not yet rcnchcd
Congress- and the courts hnt George Washing.
, ton MURRAY 0f the First Congress district Of
south Carolina will fDrcc II upon the House Of
Representative in ~" contcS, for his sent now
10 cnt their pc and have II. II thcy di-frnn-
chise half their population, they sh2nd be mad?
TO suffer by half thcr votes ~ the Electoral
can victim will surely work his way from under
the woodpilc in tho long run. The church:
house. and the sChoOlhuusc and tie patience OF
Job ARE on his side. y. THOMAS FORTUNE.