Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-26
PUBLIC LEDGER.
once: No. 18 Madison Street.
MEM Pills,
wednesday Evening. Feb. ag, 1873.
RE-pIsTRICrINa THE STATE.

RE-DIsTRIcrING THE STATE.
The bill reported last week by the
joint committee of the Legislature oil
re districting the State, so as to make
ten districts, instead Of nine, Twill receive
the early attention of both houses. w,
propose here to give the result Of the
vote cast for President and for Congress
sional candidates, as far as practicable
in the ten districts mapped out by the
committee, that the people may be ad
yised Of the pending legislation.
First District-This is to comprise the
counties of Johnson, Carter, Sullivan
Washington, Greene, Hawkins, Han
cock, Claiborne, Granger, Hamblen and
aud Cooke. This is no change from the
old or present district, except the leav-
ing out Of Union county. These eleven
counties cast for President: For Gree
ley, 6s7O votes; for Grant, l0,l99. For
Congressman, Carter, Ind. } 1892; Butler,
rep. } 1896. This district lies compactly
together on the map, and would be geo.
graphically, though not politically, a
unit. Union county votes about eight
hundred, and is Republican by three to
one.
Second District-This at present is
known as the battering ram" term
of ridicule applied by the East Tennes-
seeans, who failed to see its symmetry
and beautiful proportions. Many Of
them think that it reaches from North
Carolina to Jackson, Tennessee; but
that is all mistake. jackson is at
present in the Eighth District; bat Gal
latin made narrow escape from being
in the county next to Macon, the north
western county, in the celebrated Second
District. It is about two hundred miles
long, and includes fifteen counties, the
extremes being Sewer, on the North Car
DINA line, and Macon, on the Ken
lucky line. The new district proposed is
TO include the counties of Campbell,
Scott, Fentress, Cumberland, Morgan,
Roane, Anderson, Union, Knox, Jetfer-
son, Sewer, Blount and LOudon-thir-
teen counties, and still in q bad
shape, but the best that could be
made, perhaps, out of the material.
These thirteen counties gave Greeley
479l votes, and Grant 1905; Grants
majority, 1894. We omit the Congress
sional vote, because the counties now
belong to three different districts and
would make the statement too compli-
Gated. The Second District as it now
stands gave Greeley 1896, and Grant
1873; majority for Grant, 1887. Thus
it will be seen change of 5377 votes
would be added to the Republican side
by the reconstruction OF the District
Third District as proposed-Monroe,
MeMinn, Polk, Bradley, Jones, Meigs,
Rhea, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie,
Bledsoe, Van Buren,, Grundy, Coffee,
Warren and White. These counties
gave Greeley 9439, Grant 7457; Gree
ley's majority 1882. But in the Third
District, as it now stands, Greeley re-
ceived 1898 and Grant lO,262; Grants
majority 1929 So this change is an off
set to the corrections made in the Sec
ond.
Fourth District, as now proposed
Overton, Clay, Jackson, Putnam, De
Kalb, Smith, Macon, Summer, Wilson,
Trousdale and Cannon-only the last
named county is now in the Fourth Dis
trict. These eleven counties gave Gree
ley ll,O69 and Grant 5249; Greeley's
majority 5s52. The Fourth District, as
it now stands, gave Greeley II, l36, Grant
1856; Greeleys majority $3.50, which
shows a slight Republican gain by the
change.
Fifth District, as now proposed-Ruth-
erford, Williamson, Bedford, Lincoln, |
Franklin and Marshall. These counties
gave Greeley 1909 votes, and Grant
6sOs; Greeley's majority, 52Ol. They
nearly all belong, at present, to the
Fourth District.
Sixth District, as proposed-Dayid- |
son, Robertson, Montgomery, Cheatham,
Dixon, Humphreys ana Stewart. These |
counties, now embraced in different dis
tricts gave Greeley 1905 votes, and |
Grant 977l; Greeley's majority, 1884.
Seventh District, as proposed-Hen-
derson, Hickman, Perry, Lewis, Maury,
-, Giles, Lawrence and Wayne;
voted for Greeley, s672; for Grant, 1918;
Greeley's majority, 694.
Eighth District as proposed-Benton,
Henry, Carroll, Weakley, Gibson,
)bioH, Lake and Crockett. Voted for
Greeley, lO.473; for Grant, 1856; Gree
ey's majority, SIG.
Ninth District, as Proposed-Hardin,
Decatur, Hardsman, McNairy, Madison,
haywood aud Fayeite. Voted for Gree
ey, s42s; for Grant, 1851; Grants ma
ority, 923.
Tenth Distriet-Sheloy, Upton. Lsu-
erdale and Dyer. Voted for Greeley,
1888; fer Grant, 1855; Grants ma
GRITTY, 652 But these counties gave
Governor Brown I0.40l and Freeman
0 346, a majority for Brown of55.
So Il viii be seen that in the Tenth
district the different political elements