The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-03-31
Re.pistrieting the state.


tricts accordingly. 1t is also generally
conceded that the present outrageous gerry
mander should not, as it cannot, be con-
: tinued. Promising that am not and never
, will be a candidate myself, and have nc
especial friends who are or ever expect to be-
will call attention to the injustice that il
done the people of the.present 9th, or shoes
string District, and to the piney woods
counties in the present 9th District, in
which the large county of Kinds is taken
from those to whom it naturally belongs
and is tackled to the small counties with
, which it has no business relations or asso-
Citations whatever. A person would suppose
from these districts that neither the mig.
gers" or the "poor white trash" have any
rights the balance of the State are bound to
respect.
The LIST and I'd Districts, as they are at
present, will do very well, but the plan of
formation of the Sd and 4th, which run d.
agonally across the State from east to west
is obsolete. 1t did very well before the
great through railroads were built, but now
1T is simply ridiculous. What relations.
either social or business, have the people of
Lefore with those of Kemper, or those of
Yazoo with those of Clarke for instance? I
know that it will be impossible to make the
districts entirely homogeneous until our
state is more thickly populated, but they
can be much more so than at present by ar
ranging them contiguous to our great
through railroads and navigable rivers. L
therefore suggest the following for the new
apportionment. My figures are from the
State census:
1sr -Tishomingo, 1862; Pren>
tiss, l2,OS4; Itawamba, 12,04G Lee, 20, 331 /
Chickasaw, 1879; Monroe, 29,737; Clay, |
1907; Lowndes, 2S,65O Oktibbeha, H. !
1853; Total, 1861
20 DIsTRICr-Alcorn, 1913; Tippah,
1878; Benton, 11,168; Marshall, 80, 492
Tate, 1904 Union, 1909; Pontotoc, A.
600; Lafayette, 2l,22S; Pamela, 2s,52O
Total, 164, O77.
Sd DIsTRIcT-DeSoto, 22,45s; Tunica
1864; Coahoma, 14,137; Quitman, 1868
Tallahatchie, II, 1S7; Bolivar, 1885, Sun.
flower, 4,4SO; Lehore, 9,9S8; Yazoo, "a, 257;
Washington, %, 4S3; Sharkey, 6,075; Total,
1877, S42
4TH DIsTRICT-Calhoun, 1879; Yal,
obusha, 1881; Grenada, 12,S07; Mont
gomery, 1865; Choctaw, 1867; Sumner,
1922 Carroll, 1853 Holmes 27,Ols
Attala, 1884; Madison, 25,967 Total,
164,S71.
9TH DIsTRIcT-Noxubee, 29,782; Win
ston, l0,629; Kemper, 1854; Nesho-
ba, 8,848; Leake, 1878 Rankin, 49,
1856; Scott, 1O,7O1; Newton, 1887
Lauderdale, 81 1928; Clarke, 1920; Total,
157,S1S.
9TH DIsTRIcr-Issaquena, II ,28l War
rem, 3O,259; Kinds, 43,111; Claiborne,
1926; Copiah, 26,335; Jefferson, 1926
Adams 1906; Total, 168, 1896.
7TH DIsTRICT-Simpson, 1913; Smith.
8,O75; Jasper, 1866 Wayne, 1916; Jones,
1853; Covington, G, 213; Lawrence, 9.6ta, ]
Lincoln, 10, 1903; Franklin, 10, 363; Wilkin-
son, 1874; Amite, 1915; Pike, I7,46S
Marion, 6,389; Perry, 3,998; Greene, g.
1913; Jackson, 8,487; Harrison, 8,OS5
Hancock, 1000; Total. 1877, 455.
The 1st District you will see, lies entirely
upon the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, except
Itawamba which adjoins Lee and transacts
all its business by that road, and Tishomin-
go, which adjoins Prentiss, and is on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad that
connects with the NJ. and o. at Corinth.
The I'd District is composed principally
of counties which lie upon the Chicago, st.
Louis and New Orleans, and Mississippi and
Tennessee roads or contiguous thereto. /
will admit that Alcorn is somewhat out of (
place but 1T Is easily accessible by the NJ
and 9. road and besides it has fully as much
association with Tippah, Benton and Mar
shall in the direction of Memphis as il has
with the counties in the lower part of the ,
present 1stDistrict in the direction Of Mobile
The districts will be formed for at least ten
years and l0Ig before that time Pontotoc
and Union will be connected with Tippah
by the. Ripley and Gulf road
The Sd District is composed of river ,
counties, and all of them are directly
interested in the evees, and desire national
therefor. Some objection
may be made to DeSoto but il, like the
northern counties Of tho district, has its
business associations with Memphis I'll
objection is made to Yazoo, will say that
by far the greater part OF its business is
transacted by river, and dare say if anv
one was to go into the county and proclaim
it not river county, and assert its Droper
place to be at the tail of "cow county,
district he would be very apt to be bulls
uOLeu D6IOEe ne got away.
The 4th District is solid for the c.. Sit. I.
and n. o. Railroad, as the lst District Is
for the NJ. and @ with the exception Of
Calhoun, Ohoctaw and Sumner, and these
transact all of their business by that great
thoroughfare. 1t is probably the most
compact of them all.
The 5th District ruHs north and soutI. o., :
the NJ and o., and east and west on the {
Vicksburg and Meridian. Winston. Nesho. ,
ba and Leake touch neither of these roads.
but the first is as near the M. and o. as to
any road, Neshoba is near both, and Leake
Is near the V. and M. This could he caIled
the central district.
The 9th is also competent District with
the exception of Issaquena, and that ID a
small county thrown in to fll up, and all of
ITS business and social relations are with
W atren. Kinds and Warren are connected
by the V. q NJ, Copiah and Hinds bv the /
T. St L: q n. o., and before the Legislature
meets Warren and Claiborne will be con-
nected ~ the Vicksburg and Ship Island I
road and Adams, Jefferson, Claiborne and
Kinds by the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus
road which will be then completed to Jack
son.
The 9TH, take great pride in nv forma-
ton OF this District. You see have nearly
all OF the plneywoods boys together and they
need not complain Of injustice any longer
Dut nght 1t out among themselves for the
nomination. Those counties which are at ali
accessible can be reached by the M. & O..
the Mobile and New Orleans and the o. at
l.. q n. o. There are great expectations for
the New Orleans and Meridian road and IL
when completed, will run diagonally through
the district reaching most ofthe,, at present.
inaccessible counties. Wilkinson NAV an, I
pear out Of place, but she stands 'ssoster in a
crGwa oy nerseit any way, and besides she
pany mot entirely uncongenial.
In forming these districts have done 40
regardless Of political parties or the Congress
lonal aspirations Of prominent men, but 20