Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-07
NEW DISTRICTS.
Forming Them Without Grip
ping the Democracy.
OF INTEREST TO THIS SECTION.

Two Propositions of Advantage to the
Rock Island and Peoria Congressional Dis
tricts, which Should he Considered Be
fore Making Too Hasty Acceptance of
Apportionment Schemes.
| 10 the sppor .ionment Of the state by
the democracy of Illinois there are Two
dist icts at least, in the cenrr,l and west
ern portions of the state that are in po-
sition and surrounded bY circumstances
which enti,le their democracy to demand
OF the party in control of the state fair
and proper treatment and recognition.
These are what are known as the Rock
Island and Peoris districts. The city
and county bearing the name given 10
the last mentioned district have for several
years been unable TO sway the i'll fence
which gave the district to the repuoli-
cans and sent Gen. Post, of Galesburg,
repeatedly TO congress. Weary Of the
hopele sness of the situation. the Peorls
democrats have demanded place il
district assuredlY in keeping with their
politics, and in order to rid them of the
coun.y which furnishes Posi- and the larger
part of the nv critics which S we'll the tot4ls
on the opposite side of the balance sheet,
comes the reappOrtionment schemes here
t1fore suggested to sever the annoying
relations between Peoria and Knox cOln-
ties and give the last named county 10
the R Dck Island district.
Now is This Fair
Now the democrats of the Rock Island
district according to the original design
Of the promoters of the superintendent
plan adopted in 1891, were placed in
pretty much the same predicsment as
their political brethren in the Peoria dis
trict were. and while both succeeded in
overthrowing the depressing influences
thrown about them-the Peoria democrats
Rock Island democrats in the election of
Neece and Cable-the democrats of
the Rock Island district have succeeded
in getting farther out of the wilderness
than has the party in the Peoria district
they have won more frequently by their
own struggles and , # rrts and have, as
stated yesterday, placed the district
among those of the state not reliably GER
tain either way. they have made 1t at
least fighting ground and have shown
Willingness TO GO in and tight as each
election came around, and demonstrated
their ability to win three times out of FIVE
since the republican spportioDmeut VAS
made. 1t is not fair therefore, they
rightly consider, that in order to relieve
the Peoria district of its oppression the
burden should be transferred to the new
ly formed Rock Island district.
How VIII This Do:
But the Rock Island democrats are
not fighting the Peoria democrats. They
simply protest most vigorously against
being deprived of their political lives. They
insist that they should not be imposed
upon in the manner outlined in toe
schemes heretofore mapped out But n
order to satisfy all ends the ARGUS here
with submits district for Rock
Island and one for Peoria, both Of
which would be reasonably safe as
democratic, and commends them to the
thoughtful consideration of the powers
that be, at Springfield:
Eleventh district Rock Island Mercer,
Henderson, Hancock, Adams and Brown
counties: population. 176 0s4
Thirteenth district-Peoria. Fulton,
Warren. McDonough and Schuyler
populations; 17S 249.