The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Apnortionment.

On Saturday last, the Legislature,
by 9 strict party vote. passed The
Stanton apportionment bill slightly
amended, as reported by the Confer
euce Committee of the two Houses.
This bill gives to the Radicais fifeeen
members to five to the Democrats,
while the former have not 10 exceed
10000 majority in any event, and
ought not to be entitled to more than
one more member in the Congression-
al delegation than the Democrats
This is pretty commentary on Rad
ieal professions of fairness in matters
of representation. According to their
ideas the, Democracy require 5000
voters to elect a Congressman, while
it requires bat about 5000 Republi-
can votes for that purpose.
The following is the apportionmeH
under this new act: .
First District-The First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Eleventh and
Eighteenth Wards of the City of Gin
cinnafi, as they arc. now constituted,
and the townships of Anderson, Co.
lumbia, Spencer, Symmes and Syca-
more; the corporations of Reading,
Ayonllale, and the northeast and
southeast precincts of bfillcreek
Township shall compose the First
District.
Second District-The balance of, the
county of Hamilton, now contained
within the limits of the Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, ,Twen-
ty-frst, Twenty-second, Twenty-third
and Twenty-fourth Wards of the City
of Cincinnati, as they are now con-
stitnted and the Townships of SPRING
field, CoIerain, Green, Delhi, Miami,
Whitewater, Harrison and Crosby ;the
corporations of Riverside, Harrison,
Clifton and Glendale as they are now
constituted, and the. western Precinct
of Millcreek Township, shall compose
the Second District. -
Third District-The counties of
Butler, Warren, Clinton, Fayette and
Clermont shall compose the Third
Fourth DistrictAThe counties OF
Darke, Preble, Montgomery, and
Greene shaH compose the Fourth Dis
ltrict. ss- 'sf- 'i'it+'i- - .
Fifth District-The counties of De-
fiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Vert,
Alien, Auglaize, Mercer and Shelby
shall compose the Fifth District. I
Sixth District-The counties of Will
liams, Fulton, Henry, Wood, lucas
and Ottawa shall compose the Sixth
District. = si7i' @t4' sAe 's'-
Seventh District-The counties OF
Highland, Brown, Adams, Pike and
Ross shall compose the Seventh Dis
trict. f'2ss.ta 9tt &'4-.s' a.
& Eighth District-The counties OF
Madison, Clark, Miami, Logan and
Champaign shall compose the Eighth
District. s25aai''i5' -5-'.'taia Sfa'
r Ninth DistrictLThe counties of Har-
| din, Marion, Delaware, Union, Nor
row and Knox shall compose the
Ninth District. asl ~
Tenth District The counties of
Hancock, Seneca, fSandusky, Erie and
Huron shall compose the Tenth Dis
trict. j - = go; s's ar.
Eleventh District-The counties of
Vinton, Jackson, Sciota, Lawrence,
Galfia and Hooking shall compose the
Eleventh District. sos 70 = fiii
Twelfth District-The, counties OF
Franklin, Pickaway, Fairfield and
Perry shall compose the Twelfth Dis
| trict.
Thirteenth District-The counties
of Licking, Mnskingum, Coshocton
and Tuscarawas shall compose the
Thirteenth District. , b '1t,1 $
i fourteenth District-The counties
of w Wyandot, Crawford, Richland, Ash
land and Holmes shall compose the
Fourteenth District, d
Fifteenth District-yThe counties OF
| Meigs, Athens. Morgan, Monroe and
| Washington shall compose the Fiji
teenth District.
i Sixteenth District-The counties OF
Jefferson, Harrison, Belmont, Guern-
sey and Noble shall compose the Six
teenth District. as 7t
| Seventeenth District-The counties
of Carroll, Stark, Columbiania and
Mahoning shall compose the Seven.
| teenth District
! Eighteenth District The counties
of Lorain, Medina, Wayne and Sum-
NIT shall compose the Eighteenth Dis.
trict. H. e
! Nineteenth District-The counties
of Ashtabula, Trumbull, Portage,
Geauga, and Lake shall compose the
Nineteenth District. SOB Et
Twentieth District-Cuyahoga shall
compose the Twentieth District.