The colored areas are intended to display the geographical distribution of the vote on the "inflation bill " of 1874, having regard for the House of Representatives only. The part of the area of any State colored green bears the same ratio to the whole area as the portion of the State representation voting in the affirmative bore to the whole representation of that State. The part of any State representation voting in the negative was proportional to the portion of that State colored yellow on the map. In like manner the parts of each representation not voting are indicated by a corresponding area left white. The frontier lines show the limit of settlement to a density of six or more persons to the square mile and roughly indicate the "farmer's" frontier as distinguished from that of the trapper, miner, and ranchman. |