, 1881-03-30

1t Is this conduct which has brought out
the utilization mil threats of the Uourb0ns.
hut Sellator Malone "tlacsn't scare." lla
Inns tho courage md tho ability to maintain
tho position 1lo has taGCn; md, formidable i,
Us lie IS by himself. he will liayo II following
III Virginia and tho South that will he still
more formidable within tile next two years.
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TIE CONGRESSIONAL APP0HTI0NMENT
The npport|onuleht Of Illinois Into CON-
gresslotal districts Is reccEyin. the Intention
OF good naa'ly politicians. "statcstict."
mud legislators III Spr,nghcld; as.sl It is now
regarded us probable tint thu work will l,u
1one within few weeks. THE Tn1nuSE
short ti'no ngo presented schc'ne satd to
have originated will! Senator Pearson, which
contemplated t'lo division vi tho State lnso
nineteen districts and the election Ut ONO
Congressman by tic State ut large. This MP
portiorment I,ad many Eoosl points. 1t WINS
fatr, a'nl made MI tho districts nearly c1tsal
in population n'nt voting strpi'st!'. Alore-
over, 1t left but two districts really close, fiHl
slight changes In these which wa advised ut
tho tE1no would remove that objection. Tho
advantage Of having one Congressman
elected by the State ut large, II Congress
shall provide for twenty members, consists
lit the fact that twill nut require tho work tO
bc ttonc over agattl It a loss ntllhbur SHOULD
be authorized by Congress. II but nineteen
n.emhtrs should ba relluirGd 1t would only
br necessary to drop TIC one proposed to bH
c!l0sal OF, general ticket, ;.i'l tho otor dis
trcts might roll,aln n they were. But 1t tho
Stato Should be divided tnto twonty districts,
aild Congress SHOULD cnli for nineteen, the
whole superintendent would bo worthless.
There has lntely been developed ut Spring
field nnOther plan of npDortlon1ncnt which
possesses nono Of tho merits tint wo llayo
described. It divides tho Stnto Into twenty
districts of Irregular shape alnl uneYcN popu-
lHts0n, and leaves three or four Ut them SO
closu politically that 1t IL difficult to sny
whether they would ba ,lluro often ltepublic-
MI or Democratic. Ostcnsbty this twenty
district plan gives tue Democrats six Con.
tIirtM tltlles out 0t flye 1t would Ksy0 tic It,
Wlblcans only eleven anu tho Democrats
,,lnu, md III cnso Of accidents In tic Nortl,
Chicago district tho democrats would l,avo
ion .l1,d tho Republicans ton menburs, no
that tho delegation might bu evenly ,livIltctl
wien tho Itoplllitcnn plurality III tho Stato
Mt large was ao,00 or 10000 II tilis weak
Bel,unlu OF upport!oi,alunt was drawn I'D uy Il
Democrat, ~ wo aro inclined tu think 1t ,l,ny
l,nyo been. it could not aaye bcen nur4 cui,-
nipyIy devised to help the Interests of that
party.
So,no OF tho tlutalls Of the two!lty -tIstrict
pla,}, rs stated II, 'I1sY TRlnuHg'. Springfield
ulspntcll Yesterday, age extrumuly objection.
abto. Tho prouosctl Tenth District, for H.
stance, IL tho present Ninth, comprising tho
Counties of Stark, Knox, Peoria. u1ld Fulton,
This il QUO OF tue closest, a,st by NJ! odds the
least harmonious, lkepubitcnn districts In tho
Suite. 1t IL wuEgl,ed down by tl!e two Uou,t-
critic counties OF Ieortn a,,d Fulton, a,,t! l!us
given tho following small plural[tles Tor thu
Nepullcan candidate Mt the Inst fp,lr clce.
lions. tho vote for 1874 ulono by[ug u 1nuiorIty
over all:
Isl; ,;,..,,,,. ,,,, ,asolls7a, s7a,.,..,.,.,,,,.,7ll
ls'u..""......"...,. ..,.Sl7 lsso o.".."......."...;hl
Avoraua .{gl
The tlreuuback ca1,d[,tnto for t0ngres, LII
this district hui 17S yotcs IN 1870: 374o fiji
t1nles ths Kcpubfican plurality. Yet IL ia
popos,ul 10 leayt thls district. which l,a,l
wien created n cleur RepubEtcan majority Of
1otN untoucl,etl: n,u] In nil probability to
bautl It aver tn tho D,u,ocracv through i,,cal
tltsscus[oua In NIL tin, aol1-ycarn ulecttons
hnr.nfter
! Tha A[e[,ean t,ounty district In thu
twentv-tlt4tritt ,,,nn Ii t,nuuIv nt,Inctnubf.,.