The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-13

Carolina into seven Congressional dis
| tricts, report favorabiy upon the SUBJ
st;tute bill for No. 35, with the follow
| ing amendment: On line 2l, Section l,
between Marion and Horny that Flor
ence be inserted.
Respectfully submitted,
D. 81. MAGILL, Chairman.
D. G.. ROPER, Secretary.
THE M1NoRITY's UNAvAILING PRO
TEST.
The minority report, to which some
Importance should be attached, reads:
The undersigned members of the
special committee, consisting OF one
me1nber from each county, to whom
was referred House bill No. 55, relating
to the redistricting of the State, to-
gether with the amendment proposed
thereto, with all the bills on the same
subject, beg leave respectfully to re-
| port:
That having carefully considered the
same they are of opinion and recon-
| mend that the bill and the amendment
proposed thereto do not pass for the
following reasons among others:
/. Because neither the original bill
nor the proposed amendment contem-
plate any comprehensive plan for re-
districtipg the State, but are only par
tlal in their application and merely de-
range two districts. "
2. Because in thei- opinion the 7th
district, as proposed by this bill amend
ment, will he more hopelessly Repue-
lican than ever before, which is most
undesirable.
8. Because in our opinion it is neither
just, wise nor proper to put Charleston,
the commercial metropolis of the State,
with its vast money and business in
terests, into an overwhelmingly black
district.
4. Because in our opinion it is un-
wise to NEEDLE with the distlictins of
the State unless some comprehensive
scheme embracing the whole State is
adopted.
Altamont Moses, P. L. Hardin, w. R.
Bruce, B. B. McWhite, Sanders Glover,
w. J. Johnson. E. w. Hughes, Joseph
NJ. Skinner, J.W. Stalvey, JIM Hough,
J. B. Rogers.
THE PROPOSED SCHEME.
The proposed redistricting scheme,
which has favorable report, and the
Senate's action reads: Section !. The
1st Congressional district shall be COM
posed of the counties Of Lexington,
Orangeburg, Sumter, and the TOM
ships of Bells, Geivehams, Burns,
George, Cain, Dorchester, Hayward,
Roger, Sheridan, Verdier, Broxton and
Warren of the County of Colleton, and
Of the townships Of st. James Goose
Creek, st. Johns Berkeley and st.
Stephens of the county of Berkeley,
and lower township of the county of
Richland.
| The Cd Congressional district shall be
imposed of the counties Of Hampton,
Barnwell, Aiken and Edgefeld.
The Sd Congressional district shall
be composed of the counties Of Able
| Vile, Newberry, Anderson, Gconee
and Pickens.
The 4th Congressional district shall
be composed Of the counties of Green
vile, Laurens and Fairfield, all of the
county of Spartanburg, except the
townships of White Plains and Line-
stone Springs, all of the county of
Union, except the townships of Cow
deysville and Draytonville, and of the
townships of Centre, Columbia and
Up er of the county of Richland.
The 5th Congressional district shall
be composed of the counties of York,
Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield, ,Ker-
shaw and the townships of White
Plains and Limestone Springs of the
county of spartanburg, and the town
ships of Gowdeysville and Drayton-
vile of the county of Union.
The 9Th Congressional district shall
be composed of the counties of Claren.
don, Darlington, Marlboro, Marion,
Florence, Horny, and the townships of
Lake, Lees, Johnsou's and Sumter,
and Of the, the town of Kingstree in the
county Of Williamsburg.
-. The eth Congressional district shall
be composed5o the counties of Charles
ton, Georgetown, Beaufort, and Of the
townships ofAnderson, Hope, Indian,
Kings, Lanes, Mingo, Penn, Ridge,
Sutton, and Turkey of the county of
Williamsburg, the townships of Col
Inns, Adams Run, Glover, Frazier,
Lowndes and Blake of the county of
Colleton, and all of the county Of
Berkeley, except such townships as
are embraced in the 1st Congressional
district above.
I HAT hEHRcSoEN1A4l1c bbCAoc oa =
ABOUT THE BILL.
The News and Courier correspondent
says, under date of last Wednesday:
Representative Blease is doing the
right thing, and is talking IN the right
way. Tonight be said in regard to the
redistricting bill: II did not introduce
this bill. I offered the amendment here
at the request of a friend. After hear.
ing argument for and against it shall
vote as my conscience dictates, found
ed upon reason, equity and justice. !
am not in favor Of putting Charleston
in the Black District.
II am not in favor of placing Charles
ton or any other county in South Caro-
lima in any district where she will be
represented in Congress by negro or
any other person except true Demo-
cras who is in full sympathy with the
people he represents aud will carry out
their wishes to the best Of his ability,