Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1883 — THE STATE’S VOTERS. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE’S VOTERS.

The Increase of White aud Colored Voters Since the Enumeration of 1877. The statistics gathered by the Auditor of State, in compliance with the law requiring an enumeration of the voting population every six years, to be uecd as a basis for the redistricting of the State, shows that there has been an increase since 1877 of 18,C07 voters in Indiana, and that the voting population now numbers 499,833, of whom 10,298 are colored men. /he increase of white voters durii'g the six years aggregates 46,5C5, which is at the rate of over 10 per cent. The increase in the number of colored voters during the same period has been 2,C4 ?, or about 2"> ;er cent. The following is a comparative statement of the enumerationin 1877, and of the one just completed by the Aud.tor, given by Congressional districts: • j 1877. ~~~lSB.< ' Districts. i I Whit-'. 1 Col. White.) Col. First 31.797 1,553 41,166 i 2,487 Second 33.713 305 33,985 371 Third 31.417 964 34,717 1,190 Fourth 32,133 1,020 32,804 39ft Filth 33,302 369 33,940 447 Sixth 82 445 890 36.197 1,014 Seventh 33.224 1,967 37,770.2,374 Eighth :5,.>93 617 40,050 804 Ninth 34,482 353 38,M8! 386 Tenth 34,712 91' 37,965 108 Eleventh 39,479 384 45,519 449 Twelfth 31,886 711 36,857 89 Thirteenth 35,156 1251 40,497 182 Totals, 442,970 8,056 489,535'10,298 8,056 10,298 Aggregate 451,026| _499,833| The largest increase in the white popula tion during the six years has been in the First district, composed of the counties ofGibson, Perry, Pike. Posey, Spencer, Vandere burg and Warrick, where, in 1877, there were 34,797 white voters, and from the statistics just gathered it is shown that there are now 41,1611 In the Eleventh District, comprising the counties of Adams, Blackford, Grant, Howard, Huntington, Jay, Miami, Wabash and Wells, the enumeration shows an increase from 39,479 to 45,519, which is the largest voting population in any district in the State. The First District has the largest number of colored voters, 2,487, and the Twelfth the lowest, 89. In the Fourth District the colored voters have decreased from 1,020 in -1877 to only 396. In Marion county there are 27,529 white voters and 2,283 colored, while in 1877 there were only 23,745 white and 1,t07 colored. The coal miners of the western part of the State organized a State Miners’ Association at Terre Haute, and elected the following officers: President, Wm. Galt, of Brazil; Vice President, Thomas Burk, of Coal Creek; Secretary, David Lawson, of Knightsville; Treasurer, Thomas Boxbufy, of Rosedale. The daughter of Col. James Trumbull, of Indianapolis, a prominent belle, walked off to a clergyman's and married Geo. Gale, a ballad-singer in a minstrel company. When they went to the depot her father attempted to prevent her from leaving the city.