Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-03-03
somebody that must be-oh, we'll,

called It, He must be transferred
Well, now, here is the situation.
could not say much with reference to
him, but here is the situation, taking
his district in the State OF Mississippi.
deal with 1896, because could not
get the figures Of last November. lind
IN the gentleman's district there were
only S,4lS votes cast for all the candi-
dates in that district, while the y hile
she estimated vote of the district 90
663 l fouud in the Second district that
the estimated vote was 34,104. The
Congressman said that he got plural
ity OF 25+ over his opponent. but did
not give us the benfit of how many he
got Ipresume few thousand. In
the Third District the estimated vote
is 36.s59. and 1850 were cast in the
Presidential election of 1896. / found
in the Fourth district there was an es-
timated vote of 42,647. There were
votes cast for oil the candidates, Dem
ocrats, Republicans, Populists, Free
silver, hotteutotr. and everybody .else
1877.
In the Fifth district the estimated
vote is 44,923, and there were 1900
votes cast for all the candidates.
In the Sixth district there we're
33,ss2 votes estimated and there were
cast nobody knows how many, Here is
the note in the Directory.
Elected as Democrat practically
without opposition to fill out an mex
pired term
and so forth. Practiclly without op-
position? ,.. ~
In the Seventh district the estimated
vote is 37,s3s, and there were east 8.
6i7 votes.
The total vote cast for Congressmen
in the State Of Mississippi in the year
1896. leaving out the Second and Sixth 4
districts, where the vote is not given,
was 45,SG7 out of total vote of be- !
tween 100000 and 100000, y.
Mr.. BRUCKER. Was that at the
Presidential election?
Mr.. WHITE of North Carolina. That
was at the Presidential election in the
year 1896 These were the votes cast
| for congressman as they themselves
have given them in the Congressional
Directory. Here they are. Where are
the others? Echo answers, ''Where?'5
White supremacy to get rid Of Negro
domination? do not know whether
the Negroes ever dominated in Missis-.
sippi or not. If they did, it is the only
State outside of South Carolina for q
While that they ever did dominate.
They certainly never dominated, but
we would like to be given chance by
the side of other men to work out our
destiny and paddle our own canoe.
find in the State of South Carolina
adjoining the State that hail from,
similar situation of affairs. | suppose
I might give these facts and figures,
because the public would like to
know these things, and everyone can
not get hold of Congressional Dir
ectory.
In the first district of South Car
oina the estimated vote is 81, co.;
the vote cast, 1893. In the Second
district the estimated vote is 20, 265;
the vote cast, 1854. In the Third
district the estimoted vote is 2o,5l2
and the votes cast 1859, or about
one-third.
In the Fourth district tina estlmat
ed vote is 40, 900; the vote cast, a.
$50. In the Filth district the esti-
mated vote is 2S,35 and the vote
cast is S.S33.
In the Sixth district the estimated
vote is 3o,77o and we have this entry,
no 6guers being given at all.
Elected as a Democrat without
opposition having received the entire
vote cast.
A popular man: In the Seventh
district the estimated vote is 35,7s6,
while the vote cast was 9,4o7. The
total vote cast, leaving out those two
districts where the gentlemen did not
give the public the benefit of the
votes cast for them-the total vote
cast for congressman in that State in
that election Was 55,954, while the
estimated vote of the State of South
Carolina is about 100000, about
one fifth of the entire voting popu-
lation having actually voted.
Now, l lam not going to grumb!e
about the number Of votes that you
cast down there in Sonth Carolina,
but l want to say to the Congress OF
the United States, and through Con-
gress to the people Of the United
States, that South Carolina, Louis
lana, Mississippi, and every other
State in this Union ought to have
the benefit Of the votes that are al,
lowed to be cast in their representa-
ton on this floor, and no more.
II 10 not fair to the other Statsl