Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-22
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Republican HaBiuefnattou
The republican press OF the state seems
to be considerably exercised over
congressional superintendent bill which
they claim the democrats have framed
The purported bill would make II demo
cratic and o republican dis,ricts-no no, such
an unfair equalization as the republicans
would Ike to make it appear, especially
when the democrats carried a majority Of
the districts last November under the re-
publican gerrYmander. On the whole
the pHrported bill. which, however, exists
only in the imsgina,ion of republican ca,
lamity shriekers. would undoubtedly be
as bitterly opposed By the dem ocrats in
certain quarters sc by republicans. Take
for instance his. the Eleventh district.
which at the last election gave Mr.. Gable
1878 plurality. Only two of the counties
now composing the district, would be in
cluded-Mercerand Rlsk Ial1I to
which would be added the repub lican
counties OF Whiteside, Henry, Stark and
Knox. Talk about democratic gerry
msnder; district new reliably democratic.
being Transformed into one with an esti :
mated rsPxbl can majority OF s.04l. The
Eleventh district would not actually CON
tain democratic county, and it is hard
TO conceive where q beneficial Oh ange 70
the democracy would occur in conse>
quence. II might be expected, therefore,
that If such bill were presented there
would be pretty healthy protest fro NJ
the democrats of this district and where
similar conditions prevail else where n
the state. Following is the mythical
document:
Districts One to Five are 10 be 10 Cook
county and the exact limits Of these wi.l
not be fully determined upon until after
consultation with the Cook county repre-
sentstives and congressman.
Sixth Disirict-Lake, McHeury, Boone,
DeKslb Kane and Du Page COUNTIES.
Population 10 1890. 176 SIS Republi-
can majority, 1884.
Seventh DisIrcI-JC Daviegs, Stephen
SOC, Winnebsgo. Carroll. Ogle and Lee
counties. Population, 169.151 Repub>
lican majority, z .097
Eighth Distritt-Ls Sale. VIII, Kendall
and GIundy counties Population, 175.-
$50. Republican majority, 2.514.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures, Kan sakee,
Iroquois, Ford and Vermillion counties.
Population, $780, Republican ma
iority, 46i3.
Tenth District-Burea, Putnam. Mar
shall, Peoria, Woodford and TszewelI
counties. Population. la, 455. Demo-
cratic majority. 1884.
Eleventh District-Whitesid Rock
Island. Henry, Mercer, Stark and Knox
counties. Population, 173. 073; republi,
can majority, 041.
Twelfth Observation-Disclosures Warren,
Hancock, McDonnugh, Fulton. Cass,
Schuyler and Brown counties. Popula
ton, 11o,OOl; democratic majority, L.
892.
Thirteenth District-Mason, Mensrd.
Logan. Ssngamon. Christian and Mont
gomery counties. PopuI alton, 176, 100:
democratic majority, $3.50.
Fourteenth District-McLean. Dewitt,
Pratt, Macon. Moultrie and Shelby coun
ties. Population. 1s0,251; republican
majority, oI5
Fifteenth Overwhelmingly, Doug,
las, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland, Clark and
Jasper counties. Population, III, 765;
republican majority. 800.
Sixteenth Dstrict-Fsyet;e, bingham,
Clay, era" ford, Richlsnd, Lawrence.
Wayne, Edwards and Wabash counties
Population, IFS, $50: democratic msjori,y
1,74S.
Seventeenth District-Adams, Pike.
Scott, Morgan. Green, Calhoun and Jer-
sey counties. Population. 1S1 ,041; dem
ocratic majority. a, 467.
Eighteenth Dis.rict-Macoupin Madi-
son. Bond and St. Clair counties. Po u.
lstion, 172, 800; democratic majority, 40
Nineteenth District-Clinton, Wash
ington, Monroe, Perry. Randolph, Jack
son, Union. Alexander, Pulaski and Mas.
sac counties. Population. $50. o03; dem
ocrstic majority, BAL.
Twentieth District-Jefferson Franklin
Williamson, Johnson. Hamilton, Saline
Pope, White, Gsllatin and Hardin coun.
ties. Population. 174,752, democratic
maj ority. las.