_TABLE_ 8 ────────────────────────────────────────────── NEGRO MALES OF VOTING AGE IN THE NORTHERN STATES. ────────────────────────────────────────────── STATE. 1890. 1900. ────────────────────────────────────────────── Pennsylvania 34,873 51,668 ────────────────────────────────────────────── New York 24,231 31,425 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Illinois 18,200 29,762 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Ohio 25,922 31,235 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Indiana 13,079 18,186 ────────────────────────────────────────────── New Jersey 14,564 21,474 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Massachusetts 7,967 10,456 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Rhode Island 2,261 2,765 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Connecticut 3,497 4,576 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Kansas 12,543 14,695 ────────────────────────────────────────────── Michigan - 5,193 ────────────────────────────────────────────── These figures tell their own story when we consider the normal relation between the two parties in these several states. It is also interesting to note that the Negroes in the North are found very largely in the cities. This makes this vote of considerable importance in municipal elections. There is, however, a tendency on the part of this vote to distribute itself between the two parties in purely municipal and local matters, which to a great degree neutralizes its special significance.