The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1883-01-11
ApPOaTI0ENFNT sCHENIs.

The EAGLES last apportionment scheme
brought forth several comments from lead |
Ing Journals. There 10 . general dissent. |
The Eastern Kansas papers and politicians
cant get il out of their heads that 1t is not
lust as reasonable TO commence on the south,
west or north side Of the State to make DIS
tricts as on The east side. They seem to over
look the fact also, thatthe House has just as
much to sag about the matter as the Senate,
AND that a majority OF the House lives west
of Topeka.
As we said in the start the apportionment
must not only be made with reference to ga
community interest," but will be made with
reference to the location OF present elected
congressman. As the state congressional
convention nominated with reference to
such an Gpportionment, so the same innu-
ence win demand like apportionment. So
| in making figures and in blocking out plans
no congressman must be pocketed.
| As to the criticisms Of the Leavenworth
Times and Atchison Champion we oply ans
wer that the plan we last gave, they will
find closely conforming with the bill that
Governor Click will be called upon to sign.
The Commonwealth says:
.sThe Wichita EAGLE submits another
congressional apportionment which includes
district for each Of the present congress-
men. The editor of the EAGLE was MEM
Der of the Senate when the present appor'
tionmept was made, and was active in max.
iny out the districts as now formed, and he
concludes he knows thing or two concern
ing congressional apportionment. His pro-
yosed bill puts all W estern Kansas in the
Seventh district. including the counties OF
Marion. Saline, Mcpherson, Rice, Ellsworth,
Russell and all west. Population, l4l,l19.
This might be called Hanback's district, or
the Garden of Eden district.
We have no doubt the EAGLE was flying
very high when it conceived the above APP
portionment, and did it not include all OF
| the extreme west in one district, might be
/ adopted.
The Leayenworth Times says:
The wichita EAGLE this week will con-
tain another scheme for the apportionment
, of the State, Of which an advance proof Is
kindly furnished us. The EAGLE viii pardon
us. but we think that the latter scheme is
, even more absurd than the first one propos'
ed by that paper. For instance, We viii
!, take its First and Second districts according
g to scheme No. ., which are as follows:
FIRST district, population, l39,'9'. Second
q district, population 1927.
/ The steady aim in Reproducing the
. State should be TO make districts as compact
as possible. and with due attention TO th'
business ties which bind them. Pottawato
ME and Jackson county both have Interests
in common with Leavenworth, while Frank
lin, Anderson aud Miami counties are virtu
ally set away from US in commercial sens
; more so. even. than the far west countie
OF the State. The EAGLE scars too high II
= irving TO establish community Of interests
in any such manner.
Another very radical objection TO the Firs
district, as proposed by the EAGLE is tina
Atchison, the only town of large size in tn
e district. will play the boss over the rest
/! the district, and by always trying to hav
= things her own way breed continual bickef
L. ings and ssatisfacton-prolific sources Q
= defeat at the polls.
u The Times wishes it distinctly understoo
~ that so far IA it is concerned 1t wants tn
l' reappor.ionmeut made in business-lik
'' way. and not for the purpose OF giving thl
man or that district, or this party or thu
Oh an overwhelming majority in each distric
e We think, after carefully noting all til
schemes yet made up, that Sol. Miller b;
given the most sensible, in the Troy CAi.f.
The Champion says:
ef The Wichita EAGLE has made up anoth'
as apportionment scheme. 1t is an improv
nd ment on its first attempt in that line, but
IL is open TO the objections we have pointe
e, out in other plans of apportionment, viz
n, the districts are not formed OF compact te
b. ritory, and are not as equal, in size, as the
CHI should be.
There is yust one fair and just plan
ks dividing the State into congressional oil
nv tricts. That is to make four districts aloI
a.. the Eastern border, and three districts
n. the Western half OF Che State The io'
az Eastern districts should extend just I
If. enough west to give them the requisite pc
as ulation of About l4a .Oo0, and the remainil
80. territory should be divided into three equ
he parts, running east and west. This Is
N. natural division of the State, and distr;e
so formed are far more likely to be harm
70 NOUS than any others that can be mad
GU The Champions arportionment scheme W
TO made up on this general theory, ana u
ho theory should commend itself to the appro
IL al of fair-minded members of the legislator
"a. Further. the State should be apportion
,,e without reference to legis!ating ana co
tv gresham or any person either IN OF out