Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1891 — Tariff Pictures [ARTICLE]

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The American Iron and Steel Association’s weekly “Bulletin” gives complete aeturns of the pig iron production of the United States in 1890. It was 10,307,028 net tons of 2,000 pounds, or 9,202,703 gross tons. as against 7,603,642 gross tons in 1889. How is that for America’s growth in producing and consuming power under protection-——* —xVeic York Press.

The new Gerrymander bill now being enacted by our Democratic State Legislature, takes from the Tenth Congressional district the strongly Republican counties of Lake and Porter and adds the Democratic county of Miami. This will change this from a Republican district of 1148 majority, to a Democratic district, with 186 majority, as figured on the vote of 1888. The senatorial district is increased by the addition of Warren county, with its 700 or SOO Republican majority, the idea being, of course, to get as'many Republicans as possible into such districts as could not be made Democratic. The legislative district is still Jasper and Newton counties, there being no practical way by which it could be changed to the advantage of the Democrats. The Republican county of Benton and the politically evenly divided White, are both left practically without representation in the lower house, for although they have more than 2000 votes in excess of- the average number to each legislative district in the state, they have no other member of the lower house, except one jointly with the populous and overwhelmingly Democratic Cass county. The bill gives the Democrats eleven of the thirteen congressmen from this state, and makes the two houses of the State Legislature Democratic by about two thirds.