Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14
THE VIEW APPoRrIoYMKNT.

any mateTiai s1sa.gs made in tllis As
sembly, or Senatorial district. lf the
present membership If the Assembly il
not increased, Pierce county will lie eli
titled 10 the same representation she now
enjoys, namel y-one member.
The Senatorial district. PERHAPS, will
meet with SOME slight alteration, Tut We
do not look for any material change
The exquisite harmony that has existed
between Pierce and St. Ctoix counties
will probably causceur legislator. 10 hes
ilate to rutbIessly sever The political ties
that nos mite them. AT any rate VIC
are inclined to abide with thsm asss sin
cerely h"pO the nsS npporti"nment will
not depf;va our delegates of the pleasure
of participating in ono moro senatorial
convention with our ST. Cruix neigbbD's
We want to have little more fun with
the boys"
But the most important duty dero:v-
ing upon the Legislature. in this connec
ton. viii bs. the formation Of tbs new
congressional disirici. In short time
Congress may be expected TO pass an
act apportioning representatives among
the states rs required by the constitution.
The present number of Representatives
is 243, ard II this number is not in
crease, the older eastern and middle
states will lose largely in representation
in the next congress while the western
states will gain in the same proportion.
Ia order therefore to retain 40 nearly rs
possible the present apportionment in the
eastern states, an act will probably be
passed increasing the number of repre-
sentaiiSes TO 800. In this even, the ba
sis will he one representative to every
$4,000. According 10 the csnsu. of
1870 the population Of Wisconsin is L.
053, $50, winch therefore enti,le us 10
eight representatives, with several thous-
and TO spare. -s5
The Milwaukee Sentinel Of the 9th
inst. contains map giving it. scheme
fhr the aPp0r,iOnment. As We are una
lie TO publish the map itself We can give
the counties comprising the districts and
those of our readers who are interested
can take q map of the state and trace
out the boundaries Of the districts at their
leisure.
The first district under the Sentinel
plan ia composed of the counties of
Grant. lows, Crawford, Richland. Sank,
and Vernon and contains population of
lS2, 1922.
The second district is Dane, Lafayette,
Gresn aud Rock counties. Population,
l3s,764.
The third d strict, Jefferson. Waukc
shn. Walworth, Racine and kenoshn
counties. Population l2s.245.
Fourth district. Milwaukee. Ozaukce
and Washington counties. Population
!. l29 459.
Fifth district. Dodge, Fond du Lac,
Green Lake, and Columbia counties.--
Population, 1924
Sixth district, Sheboygan, Mnnilowoc,
Calumet Winnebago anil Kewsnnce
counties. Population. l29 ESQ.
Seventh district. Brown, Outagame
Waupaca, Waush"ra. Marquette, Jun
eau. Adams, Wood. Portage. Marathon
Oconto and Shawauo counties. popu
lalion, 29,3l3.
Eighth district. La Crosse. Monroe,
TremDeIeau. Jackson, Buffalo. Pep;n.
Eau Claire, Clark, Dunn, Pierce, St.
Croix. Polk, Barron. Chippewa. Bur
nett. Ashland, Douglass and Bn, field
counties Population. l30,2l9.
This is the plan Of division the Senti
mel offers. /, seems To be about right,
anil perhaps divides the state into dis
tricIs As nearly equal in population and
as convenient in territorial formation as
any 9th. scheme that can be devisel.-
We should be better snitel with tho
iSeRtiReEs plan if the seventh aud eighth
districts were reduced about Ten or ff
teen thousand each. With even thi.
reduction We are ronfi lent that before
another decade expires these districts
will exceed in population those located
IN the southern part Of the state. The
completion OF the important railroad
Lines traversing the sparely settled dis
tricts, some Of which arc now Icing
built. will give an additional impetus to
emigration now tending toward these
new counties, and add thousands to the
population in very few years.
BY this plan it will be noticed thai
this congressional district is reduced by
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