Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-08
TIE DISTRICT BILL.

.. .t TIE DIS lhlCl BILL.
We published the bill laying the State off into
Congressional Districts when it first passed The
Senate Our readers will recdllect it was intro.
duced by Senator Welcome, and passed the Sen.
ate by vote OF % to g. and subsequently, d. 4
House by q vote of 80 TO g. 1t passed the House,
by large majority, but the reader is not 10 infer
from this fact that those who voted for il were in
favor Of this particular bill. 1t passed the Sen.
ate first, and the opponents Of distrctng INDUCED
the hope that the House would reject it, and
pass new bill, which, in turn, the Senate
would reject, and send back their old bill TO the
House again. By pursuing this course, the
opponents Of distrctng expected to defeat the
measure entirely. But the true friends of dis.
tricting 10 the House. getting wind Of their plans,
determined to head them. and voted for Wei.
born's Infamous BILL rather than have failure
altogether, relying on the people hereafter to
correct such outrageous abuses OF power. This
was light the principle is now established, and
FAIRNESS, and JUSTICE, and HONESTY can be
contended for, with brighter hopes Of success
than Beforehand this will be done, successfully,
! too.
We re publish the counties composing each
district, together with the total population, and
locoGoco majority
LIST Dis.-Sl. Louis, Jefferson, St. Francois,
ST. Geneveve, Perry Madison, Cape Girardeau,
Wayne, Stoddard, Scott, New Madrid, Ripley,
and Shannon.
Thirteen counties-total population l07, 900.
Loco majority in November last 1887.
I'd Dis Washington, Crawford Pulaski,
Usage, Gasconade, Franklin, St. Charles, War.
rem, Lincoln, Montgomery, Galloway, Audran.
Pike, Rails and Marion.
Fifteen countes-total population l04, 480.
Loco majority in Nov. last 1896.
Sd Dis.-Scotand, Clark, Lewis, Monroe,
Charlton, Boone, Howard, Randolph, Macon,
Shelby, Cooper, Morgan, Cole, Miller and
Camden.
Fifteen countes-total population 1O4,36
Loco majority in November last 1,O39
4th Ds.-Adair, Linn Grundy, Livingston.
Carroll, Ray, Caldwell, Davies, Clay Platte.
Clinton, Buchanan, Andrew and Holt.
Fourteen counties-total population $3.50.
Loco majority in Nov 1921.
9th Dis.--Jaekson, Lafayette, Saline, Van
Buren,, Johnson, Petlis, Henry, Benton, Bates.
St. Clair, Dallas, Polk, Dade Jasper, Green,
Newton, Barry, fancy, Wright and Decatur
Twenty counties--total population 1O3,873.
Loco majority in Nov. last 1895.
The total population of the State according
to the recent census is Sill 1897, which divided
by five, the number of Congressman elected by
this State, fixes the ratio for each District at near
100000. Our readers will see how this ratio
has been disregarded in two OF the Districts, the
lst and the 4lh and how modern Democracy
the very personifcaon OF selfshness and despot.
ism, outrageS justice, honesty, constitution, law
and gospel
Several papers have published Diagram Of
the above bill, which enables the reader more
fully to comprehend its beauties. We hope our
readers will take the time and trouble TO examine
a map Of the State, and trace the districts out.
Poor Allan McLane, Junior. Esquire! He
has been indusriously engaged for the last nine
months, in pamperng the vanity OF Gov. Ed
wards by his lulsome praise through the columns
of the Platte Argus, and when the Governor de-
slleu W IeWdIu Hluly lne ''UlOOuy SENATE vetoed
him. We expect communication in the next
Platte Argus, blowing the Senate sky high We
always thought Allan was tricky.
We presume, however McLane is no worse.
and we hope not so bad as some others on
whom the Legislature have conferred office. We
have understood from respectable source, that
the Register Of the State Land Office at Platte
City, is most notorious person, being OF disso.
lutte habits and frequently abuses his family. He
was at Jefferson, we believe, when the appoint.
ment was made, and got drunk before he got
home. His name is Nathaniel Burroughs, but
we understand has divers aliases by which he is
better known there, referring principally TO his
beastly habits. He was forced 10 run off once
Tor attempting to outrage a female, and has
been known 10 divest himself entirely orclothing
and publicly fight in the streets with vagabond
fit subject to receive office at the hands Of tho
Missouri Legislature!
nTThe New York Legislature, by a large
majority, have passed resolutions to receive her
share of The nrnceeds or tho salas Of H.,