The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-11-13
P0PULISTS HAVE IT ALL
FlGUREL OUT.
WILL CHANGE DISTRICTS
Under the New Arrangement There VIII
BE one Overwhelmingly Republican
District and seven safe Popu-
list Districts Senatorial Dis
tricts to lie Reappor-
toned Also.

! TOPEKA Kan, Nov. le. Now tha
the Populists have both branches o
the Legislature and the governor, the,
propose 10 divide the state of Kansa
into eight new congressional districts
The Populists are willing that tn,
Republicans shall have one big
healthy Republican district BY put,
ting Shawnee county in the First, tn,
Republican majority viii be materiall,
increased, Judging by the past
The Populist leaders have planned
the eight districts so that none viii
contain more than 200, 900 inhabitants
and none less than 1913, 600 inhabitants
Here is the plan, including the popu
lation OF each county;
First district Atehison. 20, ,995
Brown. i9,4l4; Doniphan, 10, 095; Jack
son. T., ,213; jefferson, 17.l73; Leaven
worth, 43,69l; Nemaha, 10, 900; shaw
nee, 47,95s; total. 1884
Second district--Anderson l3,457
Cotfey, 1879; Douglas, 1857; Frank
lin, 20, 734; johnson, l6, s9l; Linn, ID, 27s
Miami, 1879; Usage, 24,sis; Wyau
dotte o., 352; total, POS. .5ll.
Third district-Allen, l3,lll; Bour
bon, 25, sls; Cherokee, 30, ,65l; Crawford
33, $40; Labette, 27,O23; Montgomery
23, ,94s; Neosho ls,5Ts; Wilson, "A 1893
Woodson, 9,3i3; total l96,7ll.
Fourth district Butler, ei,l26,
Chsutauqua, l0,20s; Cowley, -, Goo
Elk, 10 500. Greenwood, l4,96l; Har,
vey, 10, 25O; SedgwiclI 80, los; Sumner,
"a, 3s; total, 1885,
Fifth district-Chase, ,e25; DielIin,
son, 90, geo; Geary, Q, 395; Lyon. %, 795;
Marion, 20,374; McPherson, eO,3i7
Morris, 1894; Saline, l7,475; Wabaun,
see, 1l.sl2; total, li2, 2G5.
Sixth district ls.TSS; Riley
n. .394; Cloud, l7,O55; Jewell, Il. 49s
Marshall, "a 5G7; Mitchell, 1897; OF
tawa, 1924; Pottawntomie, 1882
Republic, l6,07G; Washington. n Goa
total, lG4, ESQ,
Seventh District-Chcyenne 3.7e9
Decatur, G.953; Ellis, 5,47s; Ellsworth
s,s73; Cove, 2,l26; Graham, 3,se5; Lin.
coin, 9,O65i Logan, 2,07l; Norton, S,67l
Osborne, 1887; Phillips, li,7le; Raw
Inns, 5,7O2; Rocks, 2 ,440i Russell, 7,470
Sheridan, 1913; sherman, 3,ss3; Smith
1905 Thomas, 3,5ls; Trego. e,l66
| Wallace, l.592; total, l23, $50.
Eighth District Barber, 5,ii5; Bar
ton, 1e,sss; Clark 1899; Comanche
l,72o; Edwards. 3,s2e; Finney, 1883
Ford 1910; Grant, 53e; Gray, ,e56
Greeley, LOSS; Hamilton. l,4li; Harper
9.23s; Haskell, 595; HOdgeman, ,79s
kearney, 1859; Kingman, 2, 400; Kiowa
/ 2,eOO; Lane, / 400; Meade, l,7il; Nor
ton 3ss; Ness, 3,7s5; Pawnee, 4,797
Pratt, 6,5s3i Reno, 20, 4e2; Rice, ! 3. 367
! Rush, 1853; Scott, LOSS; Seward, $40
Stafford, s.3s9; stanton, Gi3; stevens
| Gsi; Wichita, ass; total, l3s, 100.
Figuring on basis Of the vote No
vember 81, the Republicans would bl
able 10 carry the First district, Will
shawnee added and Pottawatomi,
taken out, by 800 majority.
The other seven districts are 80 ar
ranged that it would be impossible fo
a Republican 10 win ia any of then
without a landslide
The Populist leaders are also plan
ming 10 redistrict the state into Sena
torial aud representative districts
Several western counties which pol
only a few votes viii be CONSOLIDATED
80 as 10 have the population OF seyera
communities equally represented. Car
viii be taken 90 arrange the district
30 as 20 keep a. many Republicans on
ot The legislature in the fature as pos
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