The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-25
AT THE CAPITAL.
Senator Heaston's Bill for Re-
districting the State Into
Thirteen Democratic
Districts,
And the Rousing Old MAORI
ties he Proposes to Roll
Up in the Future.
Giving the Radicals the Sew
enth District, With a Ma
jority ofNearly
5000.

JEFFERSON CITY, April %.
The all-absorbing topic yesterday and
last night was Senator HeastOn's bill Tor re-
districting the state, the introduction OF
which swasa reported in Fridays dispatch
es. 1t is true that the subject of redistrict-
ing has been the leading one ever since the
members began TO assemble. but all he
talk was rather. general, nothing definite
being discussed until this measure started
the boom. The following is the text of
the bill, which is entitled An act to dis
trict the state into congressional redis-
tricts:"
THE FOURTEEN DISTRICTS.
Sec. /. The state of Missouri is hereby
divided into fourteen congressional dis
tricts, the legal vote of each district to
elect one member OF congress OF the United
States.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Sec. ,. The first district shall be COM
posed OF the I'd, 4th, 9th, Sth, 18th, 18th
10th, 10th. I'D and 18th wards of the city
of ST. Louis, as they were constituted Jan
uary l, 1882, and st. Ferdinand township
in 81. Louis county.
SECOND DISTRICT
Sec. 5. The second district shall be
composed OF the LIST, Sd, 10th, 18th, 18th,
18th, 18th, 18th, 10Th and 18th wards oi
the city of ST. Louis, as they were consti-
tuted on the lst day OF January, 1882.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Sec. 4. The third district shall he com
posed OF the 5th, eth, 9th, llth, 2lst, I'D,
oath and 18th wards of the city OF ST.
Louis, As they were constituted on the lst
day Of January, 1882, and all of 81. Louis
county Except the township OF st. Ferdi-
nandi and the counties OF Jefferson, Wash
ingt0n, Ste. Gensvieve, ST. Francois. Mad
isOn, Iron and Reynolds.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Sec. ). The fourth district shall be
composed OF the counties of Perry, Boiling
er, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Mississippi, New
Madrid, Pemisc0t, Dunklin. Stoddard, But
Ter, Wayne, Carter, Ripley, Oregon, How
ell, Douglass and Ozark.
FIFTH DISTRICT
Sec. =. The fifth district shall be com.
posed OF the counties of Galloway, Cole
Usage, GascOnade, Crawford, Phelps,
Maries, Pulaski, Laclede, Wright, Texas,
Dent and shannon.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Sec. z. The sixth district shall be
composed of the counties oil Boone, Howard
Saline, Cooper. Moniteau, Morgan, Miller
Camden and Dallas.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Sec. s. The seventh district shall be
composed OF the counties of Jasper, Newton
Mcdonald, Barry, Lawrence. Polk, Green
Webster, Christian, Stone and fancy.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Sec. 9. The eighth district shall be
composed of the counties of Cass, Bates,
Vernon, Barton. Dade, Cedar, st. Clair.
Henry, Benton and Hickory.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Sec. 10. The ninth district. shall be
composed OF the counties of Jackson, La
fayette, johnson and Pettis.
TENTH DISTRICT.
Sec. IL. The tenth district shall be
composed OF the COMMITTEES of Platte, Buch-
ansn, Andrew, Nodswav, Holt and At
Gibson.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Sec. II. The eleventh district shall be
composed OF the counties OF CLAW, Ray.
Caldwell, Clinton, Davies. DsKalb, Gen
try, Worth, Harrison and Mercer.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Sec. Is. The twelfth district, of Car
roll, Livingston, Grundy, Sullivan, Linn,
Charlton, Randolph and Monroe.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Sec. IA. The thirteenth district OF Put
nam, Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Lewis,
Knox, Adair, Macon, Shelby and Marion.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Sec. ID. The fourteenth district, Of
Rails, Pike, Audrain, Montgomery, Lin
coin, Warren, st. Charles and Franklin.
Sec. 10. All acts Inconsistent repealed
ROUsING OLD NAJORITIEs.
Senator Heaston gives the following as