The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-02-17
AN APPEAL
FOR FAIRNESS
Present Democratic Gerry
mander Laid Bare.
Strong Argument in Favor Of An
Honest Redistricting Measure
by Coming Legislature.

tWanklOW, n.y., FED, 10. ISL
q Editor Republican, AT the coming
November Election are to be elected
onshundred State Representatives and
part of the Thirty-eight State Sem
ators, into whose hands will be Civ
en- the power and duty to re-district
the State both as to National and
,State Representative districts as well
as State Senatorial districts.
n. Our present aportionment Is a shame
and a disgrace to any civilized coun-
try. Kentucky now has a population
of 1885, O5. Thus it will be seen
that an honest division of state re-
preventative districts will give one re-
preventative to each 22,S99 inhabitants;
one state senator to each 60,26O inhabi
tants and one representative in the
National Congress to each 2OS,l7S in
habitants. Leok for. one moment if
you dare at the figures as the dis
tricts now stand! They are enough
: to make every Kentuckian blush with
shame, and to brand as unholy aud
unworthy servants every member of
sthe General Assembly who cast their
vote to either bring upon the State
or to perpetyate such an unfair, un-
just and un-American division as we
now have.
Hancock County with her SSH in
habitants has one State Representa-
tive, while the counties of Bell, Har-
Ian, Leslie and Perry with their COM
bineda population of 57,244 have bat
one representative. The County OF
Warren with it's 3O,579 inhabitants has
two representatives while the coun-
ty of whitley with its 1882 popuia-
ton is refused representative and
is combined with the county OF Knox
which has a population of 22,1lS to
make one representative district. The
State Senatorial distniost are fully as
unjust, as are also our Congressional
DISTRICTS. The 18th State Senatorial
district composed of the countie' OF
Nelson, Shelby and Spencer with
population of 42,43S has the same pow
ar in the State Senate as does the
nth Senatorial district composed OF
the counties of Laurel, Pulaski, Whit
ley, Knox, Bell, jackson and ROCK
castle with a population of 1850.
The Eighah Congressional district
has but 14S,909 Inhabitants, while
the Eleventh has population OF SoS'-
34S. Thus it is seen that the Demo-
cratic party which has been in con-
troll of the General Assembly has at
all times since the adoption of ohis
infamous distributing measure had u
in their power to correctthis awful EVIL
but save at one time when they pass
, ed a measure that was even more glar-
ing i'm its infamy than This one which
measure the courts of this State de-
-clared unconstitutional How can any
party 20 before the people with such
record? The present Governor OF
the State has done his whole duty In
this matter. He has urged and plead
ed for distributing measure that
would reflect credit upon the party
who enacted Ill and upon the Com
monwealth but all his entrsatiesiwent
by UNDECIDED Il
Our Democratic friends often preacn
the doctrine of Equal rights to all
and special privileges ITO NOME Rave
they kept the faith! Do they believe
in the doctrine of LOCAL seh-sov-
eminent" Have they In this measure
honored and cherished those prnnci-
pies for which our Revolutionary nore-
fathers shed their blood when they Dc
cared that "taxation withou frpre-
ssntatiou is TYRANNY. Have
these so-called lawwmakens had any
regard for the oaths which they took
when they were inductsd into ofnice?
Each one with uphftsd hand swore he
would support the Constitution ana
The laws Of the state. The Constitu-
ton and laws OF the state say uhat
the districts shall be as nearly equal
in population as possible We beheve
that there are honest men in all poiiti
cal parties and Il Is to them ahat
this document Is addresssd with the
hope that this great evil and stigma
upon our State may be removed
No man, Il matters not % ~ns1