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OHIO SOLONS
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Ohio Congressional Gerrymander
Passes Both Branches
ledlsFcnng Bill law--.P Politicians Aver That Each Of
The Nine Representatives In Congress Who Lined
Up For Free Wool Is Given A Democratic District.
The Several Districts As Outlined By The New
Law

Columbus O., April 19.-Each Of the
nine Democratic congressman who
lined up for free wool in the Demo.
cratic house caucus at Washington
s1ther Is given a Democratic district
ef at least all he asked In the Fulton
congressional gerrymander bill, which.
due to the adeptness of State Chair
man william l.. Finley in smoothing
out wrinkles. passed both houses Of
the general assembly with ease
Congressman Allen, Gard. Cooke.
Buckley and Crosser are placed in dis
tricts which had Democratic plural
ity In 1908 and Of course still have.
The other free wool congressman.
Sherwood and Brumbaugh. are con-
tent with the districts assigned them.
The Twelfth district, represented
by Brumbaugh, is unchanged, and
continues to consist Of Franklin coun-
ty. normally. Republican. General
Sherwood agreed to the cutting of
Fulton county Off the Toledo district.
SVMS C6SiuCu DOWulCS nOt CtOtOCu A4
the caucus vote. is In Republican
district, the First. or the CON
gressmen who voted against free wool
four. Francis, Bathrick, Post and
Sharp, are III treated by the bin. Bath
rick and S,arp are put in the same
Republican district. Francis and Post
find themselves in districts they
couldn't carry IL half the Republicans
died or moved out. But the other four
wool tariff congressman, White, Whit
acre. Ashbrook and Claypool are put
IN Democratic districts.
OF the Republican congressman,
switzer ana Fess are left In heavily
Republican districts. Switxer with H..
coo and Fcss with 10000 plurality to
lean upon. But Frank b. Willis Of
the Eighth district 10 doomed to re-
tirement
According to the 1908 presidential
vote the bill makes II Democratic
and II Republican districts. On the
vote OF last fall 1t would give the
Democrats 20 OF the % districts.
The bill, which abolishes the con-
gressmanship-at-larg of Robert Cros-
ser of Cleveland and gives Cuyahoga
county am additional district. 10 the
third gerrymander bill which has
borne the name OF William ID. Fulton
Of Newark, and this is the third year
he has labored to bring discordant ell
ements OF his party together and to
overcome personal jealousies of con.
sressinen sufficiently to make a new
congressional map, The last general
redistrictine act was PIT through In
1880.
Only 10 Democrats in the Ohio
house. Barthelmeh, Bishop, Boggs.
Brown OF Ashland. Crawford. Criswell
Of Coshocton. Criswell Of Morrow.
Kramer, Read OF Summit. voted
against the I'LL. The vote in the house
was SO to 40. and in the senate % to
9. for the gerry
The New Districts.
The districts are:
First Hamilton, Republican.
/. Hamilton, Democratic.
Third ~ Montgomery. Preble. Butler.
Democratic.
Fourth Miami. Darke. Shelby. Msr.
cer. Auglaixd. Allen, Democratic.
Ftfth--van Vert. Putnam. PauldinE,
Defiance. Williams. Fulton. Henry.
Democratic. n
Sixth---Clermont, Brown. Adams.
Scioto. Pike. Highland, Republicn.
Seventh Warren. Clinton. Greene.
Fayette.' Clark. Madison, Champaign,
Logan, Union. Republican.
Morrow. Marion. Hardin,
HANCOCK, Wysndot. Crawford, Demo
cratic. a
.Ntath--Lucas and Ottawa. Republs'
Gan. W
Teath--Lawrence.. Callia. jackson.
vinton, Msigs, Athens. Republican
Eleventh Ross, Pickaway, Fair
Aeld, Hooking, Perry. Democratic.
Twelfth Franklin. Republican.
Thirtsenthr-Seneca, Huron, Erie,
bandusky, Wood. Democratic.
F0urteenth- Lorain. Medina, Sum
NIT. Portage, Republican.
Fifteenth Muskingum, Guernsey
Morgan. Noble. Washington. Monroe
Republican.
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