The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-07-12
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The t,olitiwl papers have lsleiy had
n,nel, " say In reference ~ what TIM IN,
vM'lIcMns call tile gerSymai,,ler ~
Ohio, II IN mt Tor uA t0 sAy whether
tho term Ii rightly ~ wrongly applied
Ia this esss', fOr this wOHlL trench upon,
the teld NJ politics, which VI mnst not
enter lint the tefm itself should le ~.
plslned, ior rial gsrTynansleriD1 u Dne
~ the nsp~t unjust anil slisgfaeeinl u
political tricks.
Undef our system of slloting repre-.
seutatiye1 In mir htnte Legislatures and
In Congress according ~ population, II
beOniHs no6usHary t0 change tlia Liners NJ
districts almost ~ 0fien ~ 4 new een.
nns h taken. Under the censms n iNal,
fown. fof example, hal only III repre-.
ssntAtlves ~ cOngrnss hut her popnla.
iI0t, ~ revealed by the cenAns 81 ls7O.
entitled hHr ~ nine. ~ e6nrsa II was
peHeA3Ary " ra.iistfict the Htatr.
This work eHH ba ,tous fairly ~
unfairly. u1rrymandrripp, ~ now gen.
orally understood, Ii DONG II unfairly.
Originally. iie sense NJ The word wnA
restricted 10 4 particular form ~ unfair.
urnA.
IN 1871. tIin Democrats were In power
In MasvacilnsetiA, A. tir Legislature
hal the Int, thst ysar ~ dividing the
btAtn intD districts, ti,e iJsa came ~
.Oms ~ ttie representatives tO arrange
The lines NJ m ~ make ~ many Demo.
cratic and d. t~w Yc,DrrAlisl distrirts ~
p0sslbls. Accordingly, tl,ey formed the
dislfict@ without any references " tliesr
geographical position 0r tha convenience
NJ tl,s people.
One u The districts. In particular. VAS
IN form long, narrow, crooked one,
Boston, and aftev passing intO ihe tnte-
ftUr eafnH baHk ~ the HOaHt ~ tlIe north
rastrvn boundary NJ tho btAle. A fei.
eratist editor drew . plan u llis district
IT. f0rm wAs something like tbHt u 4
jIx&r.l, with heAd and tail droOping. Tho
editor m4ldnsl wings sNd m0nlli 10 II.
and showed II ~ his friends, saying that
II looked Iiks salamanleg.
bslamandlet T. .SalAlmesl another In.
dignant tnemlHr of the same party; ~
should ~ u locked more like = Gerry.
nlmualsg. -
J'ils Governor ri Massachusetts, that
yeaF, was Mr. EIbriLgr TERRY, Aftes.
wasA viee President vi tlIe unitesl
Nsxirs, and Il very distinguished man.
H. probably hAl nothing 70 10 with thc
iorInsti0n VI tlls district, l,nt, ~ he
sIgne.i thu aet, I,e WAS hall responslbls
iOr II.
Tho woni atsrr, man.lcr WAS eanght
~, AMI sDoil became tte recognized
lHrm fOt Il sliapulrss district, constructed
f0s partisan purposes. II Inns .ince, ~
w have siunly ,ail, received more
general nppliessson. = fonfA'~ fSmI,aD.
I'm,
4 struggle esr Lite with . naksss.
T'l,e pastieulsr. appended ass taken
from bontl, African papev Mr. john
pstualn. who jlvrs with Mn. Christian
Nesev, Iii tIls uantASu, weht frw days
since In search III \ STRAY sheep, taking
bts -l,srfetrd shOt. gun with linn.
While climbing n mountain b1 suddenly
cams iit,Oi, tjsr f,iIl -svown nale t,ainsns,
aHd tllDHgtitle1sly Iind AMI disabled
OstH ~ llln numlsir. tilr others heating Il
retreat. t'rinHt lh.n weni ~ i0 The
disabled animal In OrlsF ~ p,it N mt ~
~ min,ry, wllrn two ~ iLe others made
rush ~ their wOiD.i.si anHrAie'1 ~
sislatpse,
prlnels NV them coming when oniy
twenty yards ~, stsd tisesl Ills remaining
l,AsfeI, In hi. hurry missing 10th. bml
soaring 0iae N thsm sWsy. Hut thr
0iIirr naa4le fOr lis human sntsgUnisl.
snsl sprung upon him, gripping him W
llle shoulder with 0nT pair oi hn,pls,
shd holding " hts waist with tin ether.
III y lifly The animal hal tOse ~ l',in.
gia's npiEr rlsAhing, and was gnNwins
Vt hls throat, which Ma fortunately
prOtset~d ~ several f0tls N d Thick
handkerchief, and il,r animals teeti, iH.
Ing vssy tOng / rsvant1d him from Open.
IND t,is rnnulL wf.l1s enough Il, 0sA n 0t.nl