Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1886 — Gerrymandering. [ARTICLE]

Gerrymandering.

It must have tickled the risibilities of his auditors to hear Senator Harrison declaiming against the iniquity of the Indiana gerrymander. The achievement of the Indiana Democrats, which Senator Harrison denounces as a disfranchisement of Republicans for political ends, is not one whit worse than what his own party is chargeable with in every State where it has the power. In California the Democrats in 1881 cast 45.58 per cent, of the total vote, and they have one Representative out of six in Congress; ia Kansas the Democratic vote was 33.90 per cent., representation in Congress nil; in Maine the Democratic vote was 39.88 per cent., representation nil; in Massachusetts the Republican vote was only 48.36 per cent., representation in Congress ten out of twelve; in Minnesota the Republican vote was 58.77 per cent,, its representation was all; in Wisconsin the Republican vote was 50.38 per cent . and its representation seven out of nine. These instances are sufficient to illustrate the character of the disfranchisement Republicans are capable of for political ends where they have the opportunity.— Chicago News, Rep.