Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-03-05

For Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court.
ISAAC MARSTON.
For Regents of the University,
JAMES F. JOY.
AUSTIN BLAIR.
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CONGRESSIONAL REDlSTRICTsNG
OF THE STATE.
From Three Rivers Tribune.
As the new superintendent will give
Michigan ten congressional districts
considerable interest is felt in the new
arrangement. Compact, well-shaped
districts are especially desirable, and as
the plans we have seen are Objectionable
in this respect, we have prepared a
scheme which is given below. The Re-
publican pluralities are based upon the
vote for congressman in 1880. The ar
rangement of counties is as follows:
First District-Wayne county. Popula.
ton, 1877 1863. Republican plurality, 574.
Second District-Monr0e, Lenawee
Hillsdale and Washtenaw. Population,
155.664. Republican plurality, 2,349.
Third District-JacksOn, Calhoun, Bar
~. Eaton and Ingham. Population, no..
765. Republican plurality, 9,O19.
Fourth BistrictEVan Buren,, Kalama-
zoo, Cass, st. Joseph and Branch. POpu-
latiOn, 17S,43S. Republican purality, A.
$50.
Fifth District Allegan, Kent Ottawa,
and Muskegtn. Population, 170,626. Re-
publican plurality, 1888.
Sixth District-IOnia, Clinton, Shia-
wassee, Grati0t, MOntcalm. Midland and
Isabella. Population, 1853, 1856. Repub-
lican plurality, 1859.
Seventh District Oakland
MacOmb, st. Clair and Lapeer. POpula.
ton, 1904. Republican plurality, g
278.
Eight District -Sanilac, Huron, Tus-
cola, Saginaw and Genessee. Population,
170,654. Republican plurality, 4,122.
Ninth District Oceana, NewagO, Me-
costa. Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Glad
win, Bay, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee
RoscommOn, Ogemaw, IOscO, Benzie
Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford
OscOda, Altoona aud Leelanaw. POpula-
tton, 165,S64. Republican plurality, s.
1872.
Tenth District-Antrim, OtsegO, Mont
mOrency. Alpena. CharlevOix, Emmett,
ChebOygan. Pressure Isle, ManitOu, Mack
mac, Schoolcraft, Chippewa, Della. Men
Ominee, Marquette, HoughtOn, OntOna-
gOn, Keweenaw, Baraga and Isle Royal.
Population, 124,357. Republican plural
ity, 1903.
For the sake of comparison we repro
duce the scheme prepared by the East
Saginaw Herald, the Republican plural
tiles being based on the Presidential
vote of 1880:
First District Wayne county. POpula-
ton, Republican plurality in 1880, 1893,
Second District-Monroe. Lenawee.
Hillsdale. Branch and st. Joseph. POpula-
ton, 1892. Republican plurality, 1906.
Third District-Was Jackson,
Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Barry. POpd-
lati0n, 1902. Republican plurality,
1905.
Fourth District Allegan, Berrien,
Cass, Ottawa and Van Buren,. POpula-
ton, 1885. Republican plurality, T.
1888.
Fifth District-IOnia, Kent, Muskegon,
Newaygo and Oceana. Population, 16O,-
9S8. Republican plurality, 1859.
Sixth Dissatisfaction. Ingham, Liv-
ingstOn, Oakland and Genesee. POpula-
ton, 1924. Republican plurality, A.
221.
Seventh District -Macomb, st. Clair,
Lapeer, Sanilac and TuscOla. Popula-
ton, 1896. Republican plurality. 8,
$751; fF
Eighth District Clinton, Shiawassee,
Saginaw, GratiOt and Montcalm. POpu-
lati0n, 169,319. Republican plurality,
1882.
Ninth District Huron, Bay, Midland,
Mec0sta, Missaukee, Osce0la, Clare. Glad
win, IoscO, Ogemaw, RoscOmmon, Craw-
ford, OscOda, Altoona, Alpena, MOntmOr-
ency, OtsegO, Pressure Isle and ChebOy-
gan. Population, 1865. Republican
plurality, $3.50.
Tenth District-Mason, Lake, Manis-
tee, Wexford, Benzie, Grand Traverse,
ManitOu, Kalkaska, Leelanaw, Affirm,
Charlev0ix, Emmett, NenOminee, Delta,
Mackinac, Chippewa, SchOOlcraft, Mar
quette, Baraga, HOughtOn, Keweenaw,
OntOnagon and Isle Royal. Population,
158,020. Republican plurality, 7,773.
This scheme is objectional from the
want of compactness in most of its dis
trict. The second district is stretched
out in length five-sevenths of the dis
lance across the state, and only one
county wide. The Third is but little
better. The fourth is stretched out as
far as possible to the north. The fifth,
sixth and seventh are not quite so long,
but are anything but shapely. The
tenth is especially ill-shaped, as it be-
gins at Mason and extends to the upper
peninsula. While it seems to be neces-
sary at present to include few lower
peninsula counties in the tenth district,
it is certainly desirable to select those
nearest the straits where railroad con-
nection with the upper counties will
soon be had. We make the tenth dis
trict out of a population Of 124,359, but
when it is remembered that it is COM
posed of the most rapidly growing and
prosperous counties in the state, and
will probably reach the maximum ap-
portionment in five or six years, there
can be but little objection on that
ground.
THIRTY SEX successive shocks of earth
quake occurred at st. Michaels, in the
Azores One church and about two
hundred houses were destroyed, and sew
eral people killed.
A GEORGIA editor is boastful over the
good qualities of his wife, to whom he