The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-01-11
Congressional Districts.

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II is provided by act OF Congress THAT
In each State entitled under this appor-
tionment, the number to which such
State may be entitled in the Fifty-eighth
and ench subsequent Congress shall be
elected by districts composed of contig-
uous and compact territory and contain
ing as nearly as practicable an equal
number of inhabitants. The said districts
shall be equal to the number of the Rep
resentatives to which such State may be
entitled in Congress, no one district
electing more than one Representative"
United States Compiled Statutes. Vol
l. Chapter II. Sec. 8, page 10. from act
of Congress of January 16, 1901.
To show how flagrantly unfair and un-
just is the gerrymander of Kentucky into
Congress 'ional districts. and how far the
pres state law violates both the letter
and the spirit of the Federal law IL is only
necessary TO set forth the facts and to
examine map of the Congressional dis
tricts of our State. The map shows that
the districts are not compact and are
made in all kinds of shapes and forma-
tions in the effort to make ten out of the
eleven districts Democratic. as they were
vt the time the districts were created.
That the people may see the justice of
our condemnation of the present gerry
mander Of the State, we will submit the
apportionment of the State into Congress
sional districts as made by the act Of the
General Assembly of March II, 1898. I'M
der which each district should have, ac-
cording to the census of 1890. an average
population Of 16s. 800. as nearly as may
De, as follows:
First District
Ballard, Caldwell Galloway, Carlisle,
Crttenden, Fulton. Graves, Hickman,
IiNinnCsnn Marchs1l Afsf 'rnrlxap
and Trey, having 10000 inhabitants. or
an excess Of 1,h34
Second District.
Christian. Daviess Hancock Hender-
son. Hopkins. Mclean. Union and Web
ster. having l7i,S0 inhabitants, or an
excess Of $3.50
Third District.
Allen, Butler Barren, EdmonsOn Lo-
gan, Mctcalf. Muhlenburg, Simpson Todd
and Warren, having 166. 6S1 inhabitants,
or a deficit Of 1885.
Fourth District.
Breckenridge, Bullitt, Grayson. Green.
Hardin, Hart. Larue, Marion, Meade,
Nelson. Ohio, Taylor and Washington
with 1872 06i inhabitants. or an excess OF
23,09S.
Fifth District.
Jefferson, with 1SS.59S inhabitants, or
an excess Of 1852
Sixth District.
Boone. Campbell. Carroll. Gallatin,
Grant, Kcnton. Pendleton ard Trimble.
with 100, $40 inhabitants or a deficit of
s,317.
Seventh District.
Bourbon. Fayette, Franklin, Henry,
Oldham, owen, Scott and Woodford, with
TAI, 46l Inhabitants. or q deficit of q .5O5.
Eighth District.
Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine
Lincoln, Madison, Mercer. Rockcastle.
Shelby and Spencer with 1850 inhab-
ttants, or deficit of 34456.
Ninth District.
Bath, Bracken. Boyd, Carter, Fleming.
Greenup. Harrison. Lawrence. Lewis.
Mason, Nicholas, Robertson and Rowan,
with 1917 inhabitants, or an excess of
7,211
Tenth District.
Breathitt. Clark. Elliott, Estill. FLOYD.
Johnson, Knott Lee. Martin, Magoffin.
Menifee, Montgomery. Morgan, Pike.
Powell and Wolfe, with 149.O6S inhabit-
ants. or a deficit Of 1888
Eleventh District.
Adair, Bell. Casey Clay, Clinton. CUM
berland, Harlan. Knox, Lecher, Leslie.
Laurel. Monroe, Owsley. Perry, Pulaski
Russell, Wayne, Whitley and Jackson.
with 213.2S2 inhabitants, or an excess of
44,316.
The Eleventh district had IN 1890 Il. S21
more inhabitants than the Seventh dis
trict and 7s,772 more than the Eighth
district.
According to the census Of 1900 the
Congressional districts should have an
average population Of 1876. O9s The table
given below shows that the discrimina-
ton is even greater according to the 1900
census than that Of 1890:
First district. population 2ols66. or an