Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1886 — Disfranchisement North and South! [ARTICLE]

Disfranchisement North and South!

liulianailolis Journal. 1. Indiana Gerrymander—On Senatorial representation one Democratic vote is equal to two Republican votes, 2.., On Representative apportionment two Democratic votes are equal to three Republican votes. 3. On congressional apportionment one Democratic, vote is equal to three Republican Votes. 4. Southern Disfranchisement — In national elections one Southern Democratic vote is equal to two votes in the Northern States. 5. A rebel soldier’s vote is equal to tlie vote of two Union soldiers. 6. In Indiana 24,499 Democratic votes elect a congressman, while it requires 79,493 Republican votes to elect one. 7. One million colored voters in the. South are wholly without representation in Congress and the Electoral College. 8. Six million colored people in the South are counted Tor representation, and are counted out in elections. A