The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-14
OHIO STATE NEWS.

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Secretary of State Ryan show the pop
ulstion OF the thirty-three Senatorial
Districts to be as follows; FIRST, 974 ,579;
Second, 74,O05 Third, 124, 1913; Fourth,
90, 452; Fifth, 76, ,369; Sixth, 6s,497; Sew
enth, 1O7, $50, Eighth, 112, 419; Ninth, 91,-
79l; Tenth, 151, ,046; Eleventh. 1884;
Twelfth, 1O7, 422; Thirteenth, 1O3,912;
Fourteenth, 1910; Fifteenth, S2,S61;
Sixteenth, T0,464; Seventeenth, 1920;
Eighteenth, 1881; Nineteenth, G4,202;
Twentieth, s,24S; Twenty-frst, 1O1,-
1856; Twenty-second, 9s,444; Twenty
third, 9s,S52; Twenty-tourth, 1880;
Twenty-fifth, 1870; Twenty
81, ,957; Twenty-seventh, 6s, ,037; Twen-
ty-eighth, 60, 144; Twenty-ninth, 60, 295;
Thirtieth, 1900 Thirty-first, 94,51s;
Thirty 2O3, 223; Thirty-third,
266, 542. A full Senatorial ratio is 1O4-
924, and three-quarter ratio, without
which a district is not entitled to
separate representation in the Senate,
is 1903. 1t will be seen that there are
fourteen districts which fall short of q
three-quarter ratio, namely: The Sec
ond Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Fourteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth. In apportioning Sena-
tors for the ensuing years the Board,
consisting of the Governor, Auditor and
Secretary of State, must scrutinize the
districts in their numerical order, begin
ming with the first, and ascertain
how many Senators each district
is entitled to for the ensuing
five Legislatures. If they find district
containing less than 1898 population
the Constitution requires them to an
mex "the district adjoining it having the
least number of inhabitants" Conse-
quently the Second will be attached to
the Fourth, the Fifth to the Sixth, the
Fourteenth to the Nineteenth, the Six
teenth to the Seventeenth, the EighS
teenth to the Twentieth, the Twenty
fourth to the Twenty-sixth, the Twen-
ty-seventh to the Twenty-eighth, and
the twenth-ninth to the Thirtyfirst,
making eight joint districts instead of
five, as at present. Each of these joint
districts would be entitled to one SEN
ator in the next Senate. Thirteen
single districts will have one Senator
each in the next Senate, namely: The
CtNShJLs ANluIllS
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Fifteenth Twenty first,
Twentysecond, Twenty-third and
Thirtieth. The First will have three,
the Twenty-fHh three, the Twenty
second two and the Thirty-third two-a
total membership of thirty-one.
NEAR Louisville, about twenty miles
east of Caldwell, bad wreck occurred
on the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE and Cincin-
natl railroad, in which the coach of
a freight train was thrown over steep
embankment, completely demolishing
the car and breaking the ribs of several
passengers, but killing no one. Henry
Erbin, hardware dealer of GAINESVILLE,
was among the injured.
A FEW days ago II. w. Thompson,
Senator-elect from the Twelfth District,
wired Governor Campbell, declining to
serve, on account of continued serious
| illness, and knowing he would be un-
able to attend to his duties, therefore
considered it best for the district and
State at large to take this course, which
was urged by his physician. A new
election will probably take place soon
to fill the vacancy.
THERE are $500 saloons in Hamilton
! County, who paid as taxes for the half
year S314, ,3S71S.
JOHN ZUMsTEIN has been nominated
postmaster at Cincinnati.
THE total bonded Indebtedness of
Butler County is 1927, 900.
| BLooDED draft-hOrsemen from all
over the State met at Findlay, the 9TH
| on 1,a
Horse Breeders Association with the
following officers: President, l. H.
Kahl, Glandorf; vice-president, Philip
Waldron, Milton Center; Secretary, J.
e. Hesser, Beaver Dam; treasurer, j.
+. Huntington, Mortimer A commit
tee was appointed to draft rules and
regulations for the association, which
adjourned to meet again in Findlay
February 27.
j. U. CHAFFEE was appointed post
master the other day at Mecca, Trum-
bull County.
CAPTAIN D. A. MILLER, superinten-
denly, at Logan, the other day of apo
pleXy.
For four weeks East Liverpool has
been having the most remarkable revi-
val in its history. Thus far there have
been over /, 100 converts.
AT Findlay, Mrs. George Carlin has
sued James Clifford and Jacob Gossman,
to recover $4,000 lost by her husband
in gambling.
A committee from the Ohio Legisla.
ture, consisting of eight Senators and
thirty-siX Representatives, accompanied
by Lieutenant-Governor Marquis and
, John G.. Doren, Secretary of the State
, Board of Charities, arrived in Mansfield
, few days ago, en- route to the reforma
tory at Elmira, N. Y, after which the
| intermediate penitentiary in Mansfield
is patterned. The legislators were met
, by delegation of one hundred citizens
and We're taken on a special train to the
| intermediate penitentiary grounds
r where the buildings, its surrounding
t and its further needs were examined
I The expression was general among the
legislators that the institution has now
, reached a stage that necessitates it!
, completion according to the origina
Z designs, though none committed them
selves on the subject of granting the
$500, 900 appropriation that is asked
| The depot of the Lake Erie and West
t ern railroad was destroyed by fire a few
: days ago at Findlay. Loss $4,000.
THE Dueber Watch Company, at Can
O ton, will start up again in a few days.