Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-08-26
Hardin 1858
&C, 942--799 Loco.

what the political chara cter Of The bill
is. The bill gives seven districts to the
Whlg', and Twelve 10 the Locolocos, "
wo districts may be said 10 be doubtful
with fair chance for SUCCESS in favor VI
our opponents. Were the Wings to
carry the State by ten thousand, they
could elect only SO ven members Of Con-
gress, while the minority would eject
fourteen. This at frs blush demon,
strates that the bill proposes to d~isiraD.
chise oHe.half Of The Wings 10 the
State.
But let We examine the bill a little
more minutely The law oil Congress
requires the State 10 be divided ia SIN
gle districts composed Of contiguous
territory, 1t needs only { glance at he
map 10 see how far coDligulty Of terri
tory has been regarded in the formation
OF this bill. II has not only not been
regarded but has been most grossly dis
regarded. Take The districts composed
Of the counties Of AshtabCla, Lake aud
Cuyahogaj a district running about one
hundred miles along the lake shore,
and IN some places not more than from
six to ten miles in breadth. Look at
the district formed of the counties of
Summit, Wayne and Holmes. Summit
scarcely touches Wayne. Why was this
unnatural district made? The answer
is al hand; in order 10 crafty the vault.
ing ambition Of Mr.. Speaker Spalding,
who had set his heart on going to Con-
gresr. District No. 7 will show how
carefully locoiocoism has consulted con
tIgUily Of territory. Union has no
more intercourse with Rlchland than
with Ashtabula. Study also the out
lines OF district No. 10, running from
the ceDlre of the State almost to the
Indiana Stale line. District No. Is
runs along the Ohio for some Two hum
dred and fifty miles Ne will not fur.
Their ]parlicuIarize. Fully to see the
monstrous features of this bill, it will
only be necessary 10 consult your map;
you will there discover The lurnings and
wIndngs Of Lo~coIocuism, in the con-
~strucliuO Of Ibis bill a bill, which, while
it pretends 10 follow the law Of Con-
gross, Is a most gross violation oil lis
spirit aud letter.
Why was all this done? Why were
counties so d%Isarranged, and the Stale
SO gerrymandered2 What was the OBJ
ject o! the leaders bul 10 secure districts
for them '%elves, and the greatest posi-
BILE number OF Locoioco members OF Con
gressR hat this was tie express OBJ
ject of the bill, needs only q glance al
the map and election returns, TO demon.
strate. BY this bill, every county,
which in 1910 gave a Locoloco majority
is thrown into 10 districts certain to elect
Loco(oco members Of Congress; while
nineteen counties, which gave Wing
maiorilies at that election, are swallow
ed up in Locoloco districts. Thl.
strange combination could not have beer
accidental; il must have been done de
signedly and the motive for ii coul(
have been nom other than political; /
was an open attempt TO detfaud thous.
ands OF Wing electors OF their ProPeI
weight in the Congress Of the UulteC
States. Nor is this all; the seven Will
districts gave ir le4O an aggregaIt
majority OF 2l,734; while the lweIvr
Locoloco districts gave a majority OF +.
1886; leaving an excess Of wing major
tiles in seven whig districts. over twelVu
Locofoco districts of 1896 BY thl
arrangement aud combination Of coun.
ties, the wings might have a majoiI.
OF ten thousand in The State, and ye
fourteen Locoloco members TO seveI
wings 10 be elected to Congress. Woul
this be a fair representIon for the Stat
of Ohio, with such a wing MAJORITY
There are other enormlties STILL
The seven whig districts contain
population Of 1875 02; while seven Loco
loco districts have q population only O
462.499, leaving a wing excess OF 62,
603; a larger population than is con
tanned in one of the LOcO(oco districts
Compare wing districts Nos. /, Is, an
Is, containing a population OF 247,63s
with Loco(oco districts Nos 4, 20, an
81, having a population Of l90,S27, an
you find a wing excess Of 56,S08 VIVA
reason for their giving to one porto
and taking from another? Can Their
be any other given than that the on
live in Locoloco, and The Other in viii
countiesf Again Wing district No. II
adjolns Locoloco district No il; we sa
Locotoco, because this district last ia
gave zeal five hundred Of a Locoloc
majority No l6 has q population c
orS5,76S; No. II Of 67,754, excess i
in the Wing Is Ala Take the count
of ScIolo from No. Is, and you si
have an excess over the Congressionf
ratio Of over four thousand, aud of nea
two thousand over the ratio for hi
State. Now add Scioto county 10 Nc
II, and you have a.pOpulation Ol 7O,94(