Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-08

in a senate district we divide the
whole number by SO, and find that
in round numbers a senator must
represent 10000 people. To arrive
at the number for each assembly
district, we divide the whole by 100,
and find that $4,000 is the result.
Iowa county is short about $4,000
Of having enough for a senator,
therefore she is attached to Rich
land county which has about the
right number to make up the defic-
iency. BY this arrangement we
loan in sense to Richland county
about 1900 population, which is
the excess Of our population over
one-half of the number received for
senate district, to-wit i: 10000.
The senate district being thus
formed, and the 1000 surplus there
in fairly credited to Iowa county,
for assembly purposes, by adding it
to her actual population, we find that
she is entitled to representation in
assembly on over $4,000 population,
which is enough for two full assemb-
" districts of $4,000 each and over
1900 ip excess.
Suppose the plan of last winter is
carried out, and Iowa county divid-
ed SO as to make her one district
and half, she will be under repre-
sented to the extent of one half of
$4,000, pins 2,O00,-an aggregate of
$500, while Richlapd county will
be over represented to about the
same extent. We do not believe
the people Of this county, either
north or south, will approve or sub
NIT to any such scheme. They
should be a unit in convention, and
before the Legislature in demanding
two members. That they may diff
fer about dividing into districts
should not prevent them from agree
ing on this more important question,
in which all are equally interested.
We believe two districts can be
formed of this county in which po-
litical and other interests can be
equitably adjusted.
| Personally we have no objection
whatever to Mr.. Underwood, or
any other gentleman Of the north
ern dis riot named for the Senator
ship, but to the plan of redistricting
proposed last winter our people are
as one in opposing, and we hope
they will make that opposition felt
in the convention to the end that
some one favoring two districts for
Iowa county may be nominated.
The Clro,' icle mans claim for
northern district man is thinner
than his argument for his plan of
redistricting. This we showed in
these columns few weeks ago but
for the further information of all
concerned we reprint the exhibit Of
who has had the most of senatorial
honors for the past % years:
1857 and 5S-Hon. l.. w. Joiner, Wyoming.
50 and Colon. G. G. Rodolf, Orion.
81 and 62-Hon. l.. w. Joiner, Wyoming.
63 and 64-Hon G. l.. Frost, Mineral Point.
65 and 66-Hon. w. l.. Lincoln, Avoca.
81 and 6S-Hon. Joel Whitman, Dodgeville.
90 and 7o-Hon. l.. W. Joiner, Wyoming.
Il and 72-Hon. F. Little, Linden.
IS and 76-Hon. D. Mcfarland, Highland,
II ---Uon.D Downs, Rchland Center.
rs and 79-llon. A. Campbell Ridgeway.
so to Sl-Ion. j. B. McGrew, Richand Or.
Here il is seen that the northern
dist. has had the senator IA years of
the %, while the southern district
has beer so honored but for years.
Fourteen times have the republicans
nominated a northern district man,
while but six times has our party
conventions favored men from the
south. If the claims of locality are
recognized by the convention, some
southern district man must surely
be nominated.
Gen. j. M. RuSk.