The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-23
RE-DIsFRICFISG.


A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gozstte gives the following in regard
to re-distrieting the Slater
You have already laid before your
readers the bill introduced into the
House by Mr.. White, of Crawford, to
redistrict the State into congressional
districts. This bill was adopted with
some slight amendments by the joint
Democratic caucus, and passed the
House.
1t then went over to the Senate, aud
was referred % = select COMMITTEES Of
five. t-r.s 49,.
The Democratic members of this
committe, after Iaboring with the
thing through several weeks, have f.
nally cOneocted the following plan OF
redistrieting:
First and Second Districts-HamIlton
County as the two now stand.
Third District-Butier, Warren, Ciermont,
OuTthSMOntgcnery, Prsbls. DArke. Aer-
FifthNMiani. shelby. Aueisizs. Alien.
Putnam Van Vert. Psulding. (Dem.) ~
Sixth-Willisms. Defiance, Fulton, Henry,
Lucas, Ottawa. 3Dem.l i fs-ffI---
seyeRth-wOod. sandusky, Seneca Han
Fl ghth-Hsrdln, wyandot, Crawford. Ma
rion. Morrow, Union, Delaware. (Dsm.l
NInth-Clinton, Greene Clarke. Cham
Tenth -Fradkiia. a Madison. PicEASas, Fay
Eleventh Adams, highland. Ross. Piks.
Twelfth--Jaeksou, Lawrence, GAllis,
Meigs, Athens (Rep.)
Thirteenth-Vintons Rocking, Perry, Fair
neld, Muskingum. DEM
Fourteenth Washington, Morgan, Noble,
Monroe, Guernsey. Dam-l
Fifteenth-Lieking, Knox, Coshocton, Hol-
Observation-Disclosures, Harrison, Jefferson,
Carroll, Columblana. Rep. l....,..-LE g -
Seyenteenth-RIenlsnd Ashland, Wayne,
Eighteenth Huron, Lorain, Medina, SUM
mitt, Portage. (Rep.) ~ E-E ~ q .
Eineteenth-Nehonlng. Trumbull, Ashts-
TWentieth-Cuyahoga- (Rep) 81
The select committee OF five Sans-
tors, to whom the congressional re-
districting blit was referred, has thus
prepared their report. That com NIT
tee consists of Messrs. THOMPSON,
Newman, Sheridan (Dems.1, and
Jones and PhilsOn lReps.). Ofcourse,
the Democrats only sign the report
Those who have done me the hon.
or to read my correspondence for the
last two years, will probably remenl-
Der that ! have never written . word
in defense Of, or 10 apology for, the
system Of distFicting adopted by the
late Republican. General Assent bly,.
| regarded some Of the districts under
that system as uniusti6Able, aud said
so at the time. Feeling thus, Hooked
with q good deapof o0npIaeeney up
on the determination Of the demo-
cratic mojOrity in the present Legis-
lature to redistriet the State. I was
ass0red by Democratic memt ers that
If they did redistrict they, would get
up \ perfectly fair and just, system, In
which there should not be even an
appearance of gerry Their
first proposals looked well and fair
enough, The bill that finally pased
the House was more Objectionable,
tut was not wholly bad.
But the spirit Of fairness that
seemed to actuate the Democracy has
departed, at least from some of them,
and the above bill Is the result.
8 now say that II the bill agreed up
on by the select eOmmitteel is passed
into law, 1t will be as foul an OUT
rage of the kind as was ever perpe-
trated upon a people 1t has not in
any part Of ita eingie element that Is
not rascally aud wrong; 1t makes the
bad Republican system-of last winter
en1inently respectable by comparison,
and its enactment will deserve, as 1t
Will receive. the epithet of oFima.
The Seventh, Seventeenth, EIgh-
teenth, and Thirteenth districts a.
shown above are bad enough, but the
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and
Ninth are so wholly indeIensible upon
any ground whatever, that the party
which attemps to give them the sane
ton of law will, as sure as the sun
shines and there is still left q decent
sense of right among the people,
secure its own destruction. 50
AS will be seen, the bill allows the
Republicans, who are q majority of
the people Of Ohio, six Congressman
outside of Hamilton county I; in other |
words, il will to areasonable certainty |
allow this fall the election Of fourteen |
Democratic COngressme1 and six Re-
publican. Or coneedlng that the Sec-
oud and Sixth districts are doubtful |
and that the Republicans by = deter
mined effort may carry them. We
have twelve Democratic districts, six /
and two doubtful.
It Is pretty evident that the Demo-
Gratis believe in the doctrine.
when you get white cat save him, save
When You get black cat shave him to the
tall. tr. . f.a-l .t l.-l q I
We hope they will redistrIet the
State on the above basis. It wiz teach |
.
the people OF Ohio whom TO trust 10 |
the future.