The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-04-25
WILL REDISTRICT STATE.
Generally Credited Rumor
Afloat Among Democrats to
This Effect-A Slate Suggest
ed by a Leading Politician.

1t is said to be practically GER
tain that the Democrats will re-
district the State after the GEN.
sus is complete. Effort will be
made to arrange the counties in
such fashion as to leave the Re-
publicans out in the cold. In
fact there is considerable talk to
this effect. Several clever Dem
ocrats are working with might
and main on this redistricting
proposition now. A well-known
politician, whose name is fami]-
lar from Murphy to Manteo, de-
clared several days ago that the
Democrats should rearrange
things so that all the district
would return Democrats. He
said that this could be done, leav-
ing fairly equal population in the
several districts.
Il would divide the State into
districts as follows:
First district: Curricuck,
Camden, Pasquotank, Perquim-
mons, Gates, Hartford, Chowan,
BERTHE, Northampton, Dare, Tyr
rell, Washington, Hyde and
Beaufort counties, which, by the
last vote for Governor, would
give Democratic majority of
1856.
Second: Pitt, Martin, Edge
comb. Nash, Wilson, Greene,
Johnston and Harnet; majority,
1000.
Third: Pamlico, Carteret,
Craven, Jones. OnsloW, Fender,
Duplin, Lenoir, Wayne and Samp-
son; majority, 1862.
Fourth: Franklin, Wake,
Chatham, Durham, Orange and
Alamance; majority, 1878.
Fifth: Halifax. Warren.
Vance, Person. Caswell, Rock
ingham, Stokes and Surry; ma
jority, 1897.
Sixth: Bladen, Cumberland,
Moore, Lee, Randolph, Guilford
and Forsyth; majority, 1890.
Seventh: New Hanover,
Brunswick, Columbus, Robson,
Scotland, Richmond, Montgom-
cry, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin
and Wilkes; majority, ,629.
Eighth: Arson, Stanly, Ca
barrus, Rowan, Iredell. Alexan.
der, Caldwell, Wataugua, Ashe
and Alleghany; majority, 1902
Ninth: Union, Mecklenburg,
CASTOR, Lincoln, Catawba, Burke
Mitchell, Yancy and Madison; ma
jority, 2,819.
Tenth: Cleveland, Ruther
ford, Mcdowell, Polk, Hender
son, Buncombe. Haywood, Trans
sylvania, Jackson, Swain, Ma
con. Clay, Graham and Chero
kee; majority, 633.
This would work like a top,
continued the politician. ''Th
districts would be within the re
quirements of the constitution
and would look we'll. Their
would be one or two long ones
but that would not hurt.
Let US see how it would shap
up: Down in the first, Pitt an
Martin would be replaced by Be
tie and Northampton. The Sc,
ond would be made up of 90
tons of the present first, secon,
fourth and sixth. The THU
would fall heir to Lenoir. tt
fourth would be composed
three counties of the old distri
and three of the old fifth. T.
fifth would have counties of t
fourth and fifth; the sixth cf t
fifth, sixth and seventh, and
seventh of the sixth, seven
and eighth. The only change
the eighth would be the exchan
of Wilkes for Arson. Clevela
would be taken from the mir
and added to the tenth, and I
ion given to the ninth.
After the shake up it wo
be found that Pou and Godw
kitchin and Morehead, Page {
Cowles, and Grant and Webb
sided in the same districts.
new fourth, sixth, eighth +;
ninth would have no Congre
men.
This is the best arrar gem
that can be made, and | am
favor of it, for it means De,
cratic gain.'
Deafness Cannot he Cure \