in common.

The counties of Delaware and Franklin elect one representative in common.

The counties of Fairfield, Hocking and Perry elect one representative in common.

In discussing the political features of the bill, it may be truly claimed that no effort has been used to break down any democratic counties. Adams, Jackson and Marion are the only counties, with marked democratic majorities, which have been placed in probable whig districts. Shelby, Pike and Hardin, sometimes one way and sometimes the other, by small majorities, are also in whig districts. Has full justice been done to the democratic districts? Let figures speak.

It is thus clearly shown that the marked democratic counties have their full share of representation, after deducting one half of the minus in the Belmont and Monroe district. These two counties are allowed about an half representative too much. The one is strongly whig; the other, although much less in population, is more strongly democratic. The arrangement of the bill accomplishes even-handed justice-nothing more. Should complaint be made that Columbiana and Mahoning are short in representation, a ready answer is at hand in the undue representation given to their political brethren in “Old Butler," more than sufficient to balance the surplus of the two former. The surplus in Ashland and Wayne is also large; but so also is that in Erie and Huron. In the 1st, 8th, 20th and 36th districts the whig surpluses are large-much more so than those of any other democratic districts, not particularly pointed out.

It may not be unimportant to make a few remarks on some of the double representative districts, composed of more than one county. In the 7th district the representatives are elected in common. It could not be otherwise. In the 8th it might have been done, by making one district of over a thousand more representative population than the other. No good reason can be assigned for such a marked injustice, inasmuch as the counties of Darke and Shelby have no business relations whatever with each other, being connected by a few miles of territory, nearly altogether in the woods. The same is true of the

9th district. And, in addition, it may be remarked of both that it is not probable that any division would make a change, politically. In both, the people can make of themselves a more equal and just distribution of representation than can be made by the Legislature. In the 14th, 22d, 23d, 28th, 29th, 30th 31st, and 32d districts, each composed of two counties, the difference in the representative population is too great to authorize the committee to assign one representative to each County; more especially as no political result is accomplished in making them double districts. A separate representation, most probably, would be made the foundation for grave charges of inequality.

It may be asked, however, how the plus and minus in the whig districts contrast with the democratic districts, as above given? A comparison will at once show that the bill does not give an undue representation to those districts which may be regarded as probably whig:

There are two other districts, namely, the 24th and 34th-both, however, are doubtful, as are, also, the 16th and 35th. Take the minus, however, in these, and half the minus in the Monroe and Belmont district, and there will still be a whig plus of four hundred and fifty-four.

With a few remarks on one more topic, and the committee will have done. The bill apportions to the county of Hamilton two Senators and five Representatives, but provides that the first 8 wards of the city of Cincinnati shall elect one of these Senators, and two of the Representatives, and the residue of the city and county the other

tioned whether the representative had been apportioned among the several counties.

The committee, however, could not accomplish any such purpose without great delay. It would be necessary to send out to a great portion of the counties for returns by townships, and a law for that purpose might become necessary.

It would have been desirable to have made the city proper one district, and the townships another; but it could not be well accomplished. The census of the city is 14,320. One Senator and three representatives would have a plus of 1,990; while the townships, having only 8,490, if given, would have a minus of 1,286. The division adopted by the committee is the only just and convenient

one.

The committée, therefore, present a bill as required.

All which is respectfully submitted.