The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-04
AFTER THE SOUTH.
The Republicans Arc Derserminedt to
Humiliate Her.

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Hnmiliate Her.
The declaration OF the Republican
national platform concerning restric.
tion Of the suffrage in the South has
not been given large sharge of atten-
tlon in the campaign, but that 1t is q
very lively consideration to the Re-
publicans and will be acted upon In
the next Congress II that body has q
Republican majority is proved by an
extended discussion of the question
made in campaign document that is
teirS widely distributed 10y the ma.
tional committee in the closing days
OF the clnvass. This document sets
forth the Republican argument in
citation of concrete examples of alleg
ed inequalities of representation as
follows:
1t has been asserted that the Re.
publican platform in demanding that
presentation in Congress aud in the
electoral colleges be reduced In, States
where the elective franchise has been
limited by special discrimination is
raising the race question. This is not
true. The platform does not touch
the race question. The clause In
question has to do with more vital
and important matter, the equality Of
voters.
There are States represented on a
basis OF population in which less than
| two per cent Of the population votes,
while the average vote In Others Is
anywhere from fifteen to twenty five
per cent. Before the war these States
we're allowed to count three -tifths IF
their non voting slave population;
now they count the whole OF their
non voting free population. Is this
equality?
There Is district in Mississippi in
which one half Of one per cent Of the
population votes; in another only one
rerson in 1873 votes; and votes for John
Sharp Williams, who Is protesting
against government without represen
tation in the Philippines. One vote In
Mississippi equals from seven 10 twcn
ty five in any Northern State" Judge
Parker says he obj Cts to gOvernmt Mt
by an oligarchY. Where do you think
the oligarchy Is in this country, aad
what do you want to 90 about it?
The accompanying tables show the
number Of votes received by the win
ming candidate in each district, the
whole number of votes cast in the dis
trictS, It's population aud the proper
tion OF the voters to the population.
1t will be observed that in many of
the Southern States the successful
candidate ran without opposition, pol
ling the entire vote cast In his dis
trict; while in Nyrthern States thr op
position, divided among several par.
ties, frequently cast more votes than
we're cast for the winner Of the elec.
tion. If a healthy opposition Is sign
OF wholesome political life, this fact
is certainly Significant.
Compare the First South Car lima
district, which takes in tie city OF
Charleston and has a population OF
196 800, with the Fifth Penn ylyan;a,
which includes part Of Philadelphia,
population l96,3l5 Mr.. Legare Of
South Carolina received 749 votes
out OF total of 1924; Mr. Morrell Of
Pennsylvania, 1858 out Of %, $40,
both Candidates having practically no
opposition. MIR. Lcgare received the
votes OF one fifteenth OF the Iopula
tion of his district Mr.. Morrcll the
votes Of one-sevcnth tine population Of
his. One voter In SDuth Carolina
equals SVEN in Pennsylvania.
| Compare the Sixth South Carolina
district, population 2O1 ,577, with the
First Mass .chusetts, population 201, :
37S. In the one MIR. Scarborough gets
! 3,9Sl votes, with no opposition; in the
other MIR. Laurence gets 1903 votes
against an opposition of l2,0O9. In
Mr.. Scarborough's district one only
person in so voted; in Mr.. Lawrence'S
the proportion was one in seven. One
South Carolina vote equals seven in
Ma Ssachusetts.
Compare the Seventh South Caro-
lima district, population 1873, 1853. with
the Nineteenth New York, population
lS3,375 In one the successful Demo
cratic candidate was elected by vote
[0f 1920 against an opposition Of l67
Republican; In the other the Republi-
can candidate got IT,, S78 votes against
1888 Democratic and 1929 divided
among three other factions, the total
vote polled being one fifth Of the pop
ulation, as against one. forty second Of
The population Of the Seventh South
Carolina. One voter in South Carolina
equals eight in New York, and doesn't
have to work SO hard to elect his man.
John Sharp Williams, the Demo-
cratic leader Of the House, is much
troubled In mind about the rights of
the Filip!nos, who are deprived Of
proper representation. So long as here
are 1872 people in his own district who
are not voting to one who is it seems
as If the Mi.siSsippian might look
nearer home. He was elected to the
present Congress by the total vote OF
his district, l,433, and there are 19O,-
$50 people in that district. One in 1873
of them voted.
In the Eighth New Jersey district
Mr.. Wiley received Is. 8.9l4 votes-more
than tn times as many as MIR. VII.
iiams received in the Eighth Missls
Sippi. The Democrat who ran against
him got 12,005-more than eight
times as many as Mr.. Williams, and
he was defeated, at that. The combln-
ed votes of prohibition and socialist
in that election amounted to 034.
Dropped Dead.
At Columbus, OHIO, former Cover
nor George X. Nash dropped dead
Friday m lrning in the bath room at