Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

Oh MAINE, III NEW England, maze some
remarks that produced a profound i'm
preston. 1t will be surprising if
tangible fruit is not borne as a result
of his efforts.
Iowa Especially Interested.
Congressman Conner of the tenth
Iowa district is taking special interest
in this proposition and as far as he has
light upon the subject is in favor Of
action. Mr.. Conner has delved.a lit
tie into the facts and finds. among
other things, that the state OF Mis-
sissippi has seven members in the
house, all democrats, and the total
number of votes received by the seven
in 1900 was less than $4,000, the re-
publican candidates receiving about
5000 votes. Thus the entire number
of votes cast for democratic and re-
publican candidates in Mississippi
was approximately $1,000. At the same
election there were polled in the tenth
district of Iowa more than $4,000 votes
u 900 more than the entire state of
Mississippi polled. Mississippi there
fore has relatively seven times the
representation in congress that the
tenth Iowa district has. The vote of
one man in Mississippi counts for
more than seven votes in the tenth
district so far as representation in the
house is concerned.
An Instance.
| One Mississippi member was elected
by vote of 9,402 of which 1886 were
democratic votes and seventeen were
republican votes.
South Carolina has seven members
in the house, the total vote being A.
/ 007. Thus Judge Corners district
cast $4,000 more votes than the entire
state of South Carolina.
Another Absurd Proposition.
The state of Georgia has eleven
members in congress, the same sized
delegation as Iowa. For all candi-
dates for congress in Georgia there
We're cast in 1900. $4,000 votes. The
tenth and eleventh districts in Iowa
the same election cast 10000 votes.
Figures Unquestioned.
The accuracy of these figures is un-
questioned; they are official. There
are other elements that mere figures
involved, however, and it is to reach
a conclusion as to these matters that
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Southern Republicans Oppose Plan.
Republican congressman from the
south are opposed to the proposition.
They take the ground that within a
few years some of the southern dis
tricts and states will be wrested from
democracy, if this question is permit
ted to rest; that the tendency is in
that direction, but that if pressure is
brought to bear and radical measures
taken that such action will solidify the
elements and that nothing may be &C
compl1shed for twenty years. Sena-
tor Pritchard, of North Carolina, is so
optimistic upon this proposition that
he says the republicans will carry his
state within couple of years. He as
serts the business and manufacturing
interests are rapidly swinging over to
the republicans.
President Does Not Favor Plan.
| 1t is understood that the President
is opposed to any action along the line
of reducing southern representation in
congress, at this time, and President
McKinleys opposition to this propo.
sition was well known
However, the republicans have a
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