The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-22
FIXING TO REDISTRICT.
a PLAN THAT WILL 60 BEFORE
THE LEGISLATURE

Up-Brunswick and the Altameht
Counties to Go Into the Second Dis
trict-Atlanta the Hub ofthe New Dis
trict-Col. Livingston Left Out in thu
Cold-Lively Times Expected 10 the
Legislature Before the Redistrictina
is Finished.
About the most interesting if not the
most important question that will come
before the coming session of the legislature
will be the redistricting of the state into
eleven instead of ten congressional dis
tricts.
Georgia's increase in population entities
it to another congressman, according to the
last census. The redistricting of the
state will naturally be the
most fertile field for dick
ering among politicians and also for
satisfying old anImosities, putting different
representatives On the shelf by placing them
In districts where there is little likelihood of
their being returned.
There are many conflicting interests 10 be
satisfied, as well as the aspirations of poll
ticians. Brunswick, for instance, wants q
longer be overshadowed by Savannah, and
Atlanta wants a little district all
her own, that she will have no
trouble in bossing, and one that
will leave Col Livingston on the outside to
hustle for himself. all of the important
cities of the state, Atlanta. Augusta,
Macon, Savannah, Columbus, Athens,
Rome and Brunswick want a separate dis :
trict each, IN which they hope to exert q
predominating influence in the selection of
q representative States win be made up to
discomfort the recently victorious alliance
representatives, aud other states to
strengthen them in their present positions.
ALL WANT A SHOWING.
Besides the cities every important town
will endeavor to be placed in the district
where It's influence will be most felt
All these various interests will have to be
considered and satisfied in part, and in ad-
dision every district must be 50 constructed
that it will be undoubtedly Democratic
GeorgiaAs condition in this respect is SO fe-
lioitous one at present, that there is no
necessity for constructing shoe-string dis
tricss except to satisfy some aspiring poll
tioianG
Representative Ryals showed MORNING
NEWS reporter a map Of the state with the
proposed boundaries of the new districts
marked out IN bright red. 1t was confided
to Maj. Ryals by a brother member Of the
legislature and win. he ssys. be presented
substantially as planned out. Maj. RyAls
did-not say whether he would support the
plan, but be seemed very we'll pleased with
the provision made for the Savannah
district and this end Of the state gen.
orally.
APLAN MAPPED OUT.
The plan appears TO be a very favorable
one for the southern portion of the state,
though there win certainly be some tooth
and toenail fighting over it IN the northern
portion. 1t provides separate district for
Brunswick. cutting of number of counties
from the Savannah district for that pur-
pose. Showing an idea Of the probable
action of the legislature the plan of division
is an interesting one. Il is as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT SAVANNAH.
Chatham, Tattnall, Mcintosh, Emanuel
Liberty, Scriven, Bryan, Johnson, Effings
ham. Laurens, Builooh, Montgomery, Tel
fair, and perhaps Burke and Jefferson.
SECOND DISTRICT (BRUNswIcKl.
Glynn, Echols, Camden, Clinch, Wayne,
Ware, Appling. Coffee, Pierce, Berrien,
Charlton and Lowndes.
THIRD DISTRICT (ALBANY).
Brooks. Doughty, Thomas, Calhoun, De-
catur. Early. Miller, Clay, Mitchell, Quit
man, Colquitt, Randolph and Terrell.
FOURTH DISTRICT (AMERIcUs).
Worth, Dodge, Lee, Pulaski, Sumter,
Houston. Dooly Macon, Irwin, Schley,
Wilcox, and perhaps Telfair, Montgomery,
Laurens and johnson.
FIFTH DISTRICT COLUMBUS.
Stewart, Taylor, Webster, Talbot, Chat
tahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Meriwether,
Marion, and Heard.
SIXTH DISTRICT (MAooN.
Twiggs, Pike. Wilkinson, Monroe, Blbb.
Jones, Crawford, Baldwin, Epson, Jasper,
and Butts.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Newton, Campbell, Henry, Coweta, SpaI-
ding, Douglass, Clayton. HARRISON, For
syth and Carroll.
EIGHTH DISTRICT (RoME).
Paulding, Fannin, Polk, Murray. FIoyd.
Whitfield, Barlow, Catoosa, Chattooga,
Walker, Gordon. Dade and Gilmer.
NINTH DISTRICT GAINESVILLE.
Cherokee, Towns, Pickens, Rabun. Daw-
son, Habersham, Forsyth, Franklin, Lump
kin, Banks, Hall, Jackson, Union, and pos
sibly Madison, Ebert and Hart.
TENTH DISTRICT AUGUSTA.
Clarke, Glascock, Oconee, Hancock, Ogle-
thorpe, Warren, Wilkes. Taliaferro, Lin
coin, Greene. Columbia, Putnam, Rich
mond, Morgan, McDuffie. and possibly
Burke, Jefferson and Washington.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT ATLANTA.
Milton. DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton. Rock
dale and Cobb.
1t will be seen that the new district is cut
out tor Atlanta and contains only SIX coun-
ties. About four more counties will have
20 be added in to give it ITS pro rata pOpu
latiSn.
COL. LIVINGSTON LEFT OUT.
Col. Livingston is put in the northeast
end of new district which extends around
south OF Atlanta to the Alabama line. HI
is located out Of his own stamping ground
altogether, part of the present Fifth, which
he represents, being converted into the
Eleventh, aud almost the whole of the pres
emit Eighth being thrown into the Tenth.
With the counties allotted to the First dis
trict, it will have its full proportion OF
population, and with Burke, Jefferson and
Washington a great deal more, notwith
standing it would give away Appling
Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, GIynn
Pierce, Ware and Wayne to the new Bruins
wick district In fact all of the countie,
for the Brunswick district, except Coffee
Berrien and Lowndes are taken from the
Savannah district. This would give the
Brunswick district twelve counties. They
are nearly all thinly settled, however, and
to give the district its proportionate popu.
latlon it would have to come farther north
and take few more Of the counties of the
First district, and forcing the First farther
north.
AUGUSTA AND ATHENS NOT IN IT.