Show The Memphis Scimitar says the South I I has resolved to get rid of the nigger as a voter not only because his vote I is obnoxious and dangerous In itself but also because the methods hitherto used to that end have demoralized Southern politics And In so doing the South has no need nor any intention to deny Its purpose or befog the Issue with longwinded discussion of the Constitutionality of its acts If that is to be then the colored man is no longer to be treated as a citizen I and Is no longer entitled to representation representa-tion In Congress and the square thing I would be when the census returns are all In and counted and a new adjustment I adjust-ment made for Bepresentatlvestlmt the South should only have the same number num-ber of Representatives as an equal j I number of white men in the North hae because we do not believe the i I I most Intense Southern man would 1 claim that It Is quite the square thing j I to require three times as many votes in the North to elect a Congressman I as it does in the South If it is true that the Southern negro is no longer I to bo reckoned as a citizen then certainly I tainly the punishment of him should not extend to the whole white population popu-lation of the North because when millions of colored voters are denied I a vote in the South that reduces from 30 to CO per cent the Importance of the I i vote of the North Mr Bryan Is going to obtain 112 electoral votes In the South on a smaller popular vote than I will be required to obtain the thirty six electoral votes of the State of New York That is not quite a square deal I |