Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-04-10

Tho Congressional Apportionment
bill, as finally passed by tho Legisla.
turc, is ono Of tho most accursod
gerrymanders ever foistcd upon the
people Of this State,
Although tho parties arc nearly
balanced, tho Democrats arc allowed
but ten Of the twenty.six districts.
Tho Radical newspapers of Philadcl
phia have condemned tho conduct Of
tho shoulder hittors and Jail BIRDS Of
that city in tho McCure.Gray election
contest for Senator, but it was nc
moro iniquitious than tho conduct Of
tho majority in the Legislature or
the apportionmcnt bill, which is as fol
lows:
First District.--Third Fourth. Fifth, Sixth
Eleventh, Twelfth and Sxie nth Wards, philadc
phia.
Second District--First, Second, Seventh and
Twenty sixth Wards, Philadelphia.
Third District Eigth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth
and Twentieth Wards, and all that portion Of th,
Seventeenth Ward west Of Second street, Philadel
phia.
Fourth District Fifteenth, Twenty first, Tuen.
ty.fourtb, Twcnty.scvcnth, Twenty-eighth aud
Twenty-ninth Wards, Philadelphia.
Fifth District--Eightccnth Nineteenth, Twenty.
second, Twenty third and Twcnty-6fth Wards, and
tho Seventeenth Ward east Of Second street, Phia.
dcphia.
Sixth District-Chcstcr and Delaware counties
Seventh District--I,ancaster county.
Eighth District--Bcrks and that portion oil
Montgomery northwest Of fNorristown, Whiteplain
Gwynedd and Montgomery townships.
Ninth Distriot-Buoks and Northampton aud
balance OF Montgomery.
Tenth District -Lohigh, Carbon, Monroc, Pike
and Wayne.
Eleventh District -schuylkiil, Columbia and
Montour.
Twelfth District-D -Dauphin, Lebanon and North
CUMBERLAND.
Thirteenth District---Lurcrnc.
Fourteenth District--Dradford, Susquehanna
Sullivan and Wyoming
Fifteenth District--Tioga, Potter, Mexican
Cameron and Lycoming.
Sixteenth District--Union, Snyder, Mifln
Centre, Clcarheli, Clinton and Elk.
Seventeenth District-lIuntingdon Blair, Cam.
bria and Somerset.
Eighteenth District Bedford, Franklin, Fulton
Juniata and Adams.
Nineteenth wcstmorland, Fayettc and
Greene.
Twentieth District Cumberland, York and
Perry.
Twenty first Distriet--Iniiana, Armstrong, JEFF
ferson and Clarion.
Twenty second District-Pittsburg, Birming-
ham East birmingham, Ormsby, Sonth Pittsburg
Ma,aa..b.la al.
willie, West Plttsburg, Union, Allentown, ST. Clair,
Verona, Braddocks and the Townships Of Plum,
wilkins, Penn and Potter.
Twenty third Distriet--All Allegheny county
not included in the above.
Twenty fourth District--washington Beaver
and Butler.
Twenty-hfth District-Lawrcnce, Mercer and
Crawford.
Twenty Distrct--Eric, ycnango, Warren
and Forest.
The reader will notice that Mont.
gomery county has beon cut in two
and where the Democratic counties
could not be thrown together one
Democratic county is put in with
a number OF Radical counties and lit
orally devoured. AS witness, Cambria,
Clarion, Northumberland, Lycoming,
Sullivan and Wyoming. But one
single instance occurs (and that is in
our own district-Snyder and Union,
in which Radical county is over
whelmcd by Democratic counties.
But, Notwithstanding this effort TO
disfranchse the Democrats of this
State, so far as their voice in Congress
is concerned, VIC shall be greatly mis-.
taken il not at the first, by the second
election we will be able to tie the
rascals.