The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
Congress- ioual Districts.

Two pldIlS lOI ItulotIlCtlilS tuo oldlc nave
been proposed respectively by Reps. Jack
son and White. The first given is much
more conservative than the latter:
First district-Oakland, Livingston and
that part of Wayne embracing the town.
ships of Redford, Plymouth, Livonia,
Greenfield, Hantramck and Crosse Point
and the third, NTH, seventh, ninth, eleventh,
thirteenth and fifteenth wards of Detroit.
Second dlstrict-Monroe and the re-
mainder of Wayne county not included in
the First.
Third district--.Lenawee, Washtenaw,
jackson and Ingham.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, Branch, CAL
hOun, Kalamazoo and Eaton.
Fifth district-Cass, ST. Joseph, Berrien
Van Buren,, Allegan and Barry.
Sixth district-Ottawa, Kent and IOnia.
Seventh district-Clinton, Shiawassee,
Genessee and Saginaw.
Eighth district-Macomb, st. Clair, La
peer, SaIilllac and Huron.
Ninth district-TuscOla, Bay, Midland,
Gladwin. Arenac, IoscO, Ogemaw, OscOda,
Altoona, Alpena, MOntmOrency, PresQue
Isle and Cheboygan.
Tenth district-Muskegon, Oceana New
aygo, Mecosta, Isabella, Gratiot and Mont
calm.
Eleventh District-Mason, Lake, Osceola,
Clare, Roscommon, Missaukee, Wexford,
Manistee, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkas-
ka. Crawford, OtsegO, Antrim, Leelanaw,
Manitou, Charlevoix, Emmett and the Mani
t0u Island.
Twelfth district-Upper peninsula entire.
The seventh district, which would in
clude Shiawassee, would have population
of 17s,949. These counties gave Winans a
plurality of 2, 1863 votes in 1890 and in 1888
| Harrison received 365 votes more than
| Cleveland. There would then be fighting
republican chance.
The second bill is as follows:
| The first district to consist of the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and
| thirteenth wards of Detroit,
The second of the fourteenth and fifteenth
wards, the towns of Plymouth, Livonia,
born, Springwells, Romulus, Van Buren,,
Taylor, Ecorse, Sumpter, Huron, Browns
town and Monguagon, and the counties OF
| Washtenaw, Lenawee and Monroe.
The third Of Barry, Eaton, Calhoun, St
Joe, Branch and Hillsdale.
The fourth OF Berrien, Cass, Van Buren,
Kalamazoo and Allegan.
The fifth of Kent, Ottawa and Ionia.
The sixth of Jackson, Ingham, Living
ston, Oakland and Genesee.
The seventh Of Huron, Sanllac, Lapeer
ST. Clair, Macomb and the townships O
Crosse Pointe and Hamtramack i'm Wayne
and the fifteenth ward of Detroit.
The eighth of Saginaw, Tuscola, Shia
wassee and Clinton.
The ninth of Muskegon, Newaygo
Oceana Mason, Lake, Wexford, Manistee
Benzie and Leelanaw.
The tenth of Bay, Arenac, Midland
Gladwin, Ogemaw, IOsco, OscOda, Altoona
Montmorency, Alpena, Otsego, Presqu,
Isle Cheboygan, Emmett and Mantou.
The eleventh of M0ntcalm, GratiOt, Me
costa, Isabella, Osceola, Glare, Missaukee
Roscommon, Crawford, kalkaska, Crane
Traverse, Antrim and Charlevoix.
The twelfth of Mackinac, Chippewa
Luce, Schoolcraft, Alger, Delta, Menomi
nee, Marquette, Iron, Houghton, Baraga
Keewenaw. Ontonagon, Gogebic and ISL
Royale.
The second scheme substitutes Tuscola il
the place of Genesee county, which gave
plurality of 536 for Winans In 1890 and |
republican plurality of 776 i'm 1883. Thu
reckoning on the vote Of 1888 the demo
cratic majority would be $50. The success
of either party would depend much on Sag
NAV county's attitude and judicious nomi
nations.