The Beatrice Daily Express

THEY TELL THE STORY.

In a recent speech in congress in support of his so-called "force" bill, Henry C. Lodge gave some official facts showing how the republican vote is suppressed in the south. For instance, in 1886, the total vote returned in Georgia for ten congressmen was 27,520-less than were returned in any one of 164 northern districts in that same election. Georgia's voting population is not less than 350,000. The entire South Carolina delegation, seven members, sit in congress with fewer votes behind them than were cast for Mr. Dorsey, of this state.

Compare Mississippi and New Jersey -both democratic states, both having in 1880 almost the same number of inhabitants. In 1880 Mississippi cast 115,167; New Jersey cast 303,741. Mississippi's seven congressmen sit in congress representing an average of 16,459 votes cast and counted, New Jersey's seven congressmen represent an average of 43,335 votes. In Mississippi there were males of voting age in 1880 to the number of 178,254 whites and 130,278 colored.

Take Georgia again and compare with Wisconsin. The average vote of a congressional district in the former state was 2,743: in the latter 31,510. One vote cast in Georgia has the same influence upon national government, upon questions of taxation, internal improvements, pensions, etc., as eleven and one-half votes in Wisconsin. The lowest vote cast in any one district in Wisconsin was 25,916: in Georgia 1,604 votes elected a representative in congress.

These figures tell plainly the story of the suppressed republican vote in the south.