Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1890 — THE TRUTH ABOUT “JERRY." [ARTICLE]

THE TRUTH ABOUT “JERRY."

The Republican*’ Infamon* Gerrymander. ] Republican speakers and newspaper organs are making as much ado as possible over what they term a democratic gerrymander of the*, state. They insist that people vote the republican ticket to secure a “fair apportionment,” as they style it. Well, the last time the republicans were in a majority when the state was to be apportioned was in 1873. They then fixed up the most infamous gerrymander the state ever saw. It was the law for sijt years, and under it at the election of 1876,' while the state went democratic by nearly six thousand, the republicans elected nine out of the thirteen congressmen. In other words, afrthat election 53,000 democrats were necessary to electa* member of congress, but 23,000 republicans could elect one; 207,000 republican votes elected ninety-two members of the general assembly, while 213,000 democratic votes were only able to elect fifty- ] eight members. The same men who voted for and approved this outrage are at present around bowling against the present fair apportionment.

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