Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-04-28
offers New cerrvmander Plan.

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With an opportunity to study official
plan for new congressional districts,
Democrats and Republicans agree that
1t is an artistic gerrymander. 1t was
revealed in the bill introduced by
Chairman Fulton of the house federal
relations committee. The plan bears
little resemblance to State Printer
Crawford's state organization scheme,
which was rejected without considera.
ton. Crawford's IL Democratic dis.
trlcts are cut to IL in the Fulton bill,
but Fulton's IL Democratic districts
have 1885 less estimated plurality
than his ten Republican districts. Dis.
tricts as outlined in the Fulton bill
follow:
First District-Cincinnati all OF
wards l, %, 3, 6, s, 13, 1S and %; parts
of wards 5, 7, 10 and ii. Also Ander.
son. Columbiana, Symmes, Mill Creek,
College Hill, Mt. Airy, St. Bernard
Wlnton Place townships and villages
Second District-All of Cincinnati
not in first district and Colerain, Cros.
oy, Delhi, Green, Harrison, Miami
Springfield, Sycamore, Whitewater
townships and villages.
Ihird Dfstrict-Butler, Montgomery
Green.
Fourth District-Clark, Miami,
Darke, Shelby, Mercer, Auglaize, Pro
BILE.
Fifth District-van Vert, Putnam.
Paulding, Henry, Defiance, william,
Fulton, Wood.
Sixth District-Warren, Clinton,
Clarmnnt {1L Io
Scioto.
Seventh Decentralization Fayette,
Ross, Pickaway, Fairfield, Hooking,
Pike.
Eighth District-Allen, Champaign,
Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Seneca, Wy.
andot.
Ninth District-Lucas, Ottawa, San.
dusky.
Tenth District-vinton, Jackson,
Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs, Athens.
Eleventh District-Franklin, Union.
Twelfth District-Muskingu Nor.
gan, Noble, Monroe, Washington.
Thirteenth District-Carroll, Jeffer.
son, Harrison, Guernsey, Belmont
Fourteenth District-Crawford, Erie,
Huron, Richland, Lorain, Marion.
Fifteenth District-Ashland, Wayne,
Summit Portage.
Sixteenth District-Stark, Columbi,
ana.
Seventeenth District = Delaware
Morrow, Knox, Licking, Holmes, Co.
shocton, Tuscarawas.
Eifhteenth District Ashtabula
Trumbull Mahoning.
Nineteenth District-So much OF
the county of Cuyahoga as is now con,
tanned within the city of Cleveland
and bounded as follows: Commenc
ing at Lake Erie and w. 117th street
south on w. 117th street, and follow.
ing the city limits to the Cuyahoga
river, down the Cuyahoga river, nor.
therly to Kingsbury run; up Kings
bury run easterly to e. 55th street;
north to Cedar avenue; west to e. 22d
street; north to Prospect avenue;
west to E. 9th street and north to
Lake Erie.
Twentieth District-So much of the
county Of Cuyahoga as Is now contain
ed within the city of Cleveland and
bounded as follows: Commencing al
Lake Erie and e. 9th street; south
to Prospect avenue; east to e. 22d
street; south to Prospect avenue; east
W Il. ESu SlISSt, bOulu " SeudI ave
nue.; east to e. 55th street; south tc
Kingsbury run; down Kingsbury run
westerly to the Cuyahoga river; uI
the Cuyahoga river southerly to the
intersection of the city limits oppo
site the Riverside cemetery; follow
ing the city line and Fleet avenue tc
e. 57th street south to Fullerton ave
nue.; east to Broadway; southeast tc
Harvard avenue; east to the precinct
line dividing the precincts B and L
of the eighteenth ward; north along
said precinct line and along the line
between precincts and L Of the
eighteenth ward and along the city
limit line to Quincy avenue; west to
e. 10th street; north to Wade Parl
avenue; east to Rockefeller parkway
to Lake Erie.
Twenty-first Ditsrict-All territory
in Cuyahoga county not embraced
within districts 10 and 20 and all Of
Lake, Medina and Geauga counties.
University Appropriations.