Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-01-29
Reapportfonment.

justice in the reapportionment bill in
troduced by Delegate Singiser pro-
viding for reapportionment on the
basis of the vote cast for Delegate at
the last election, the substance of
which is that thousands Of illegal
votes were cast along the Oregon
Short Line, and these voters are now
gone-left the Territory, and that
reapportionment based on the vote
last fall, would give Alturas, Bear
Lake and Oneida counties greater
representation in the Legislature than
they are entitled to, and goes on to
say that there is no necessity for this
bill-that the Legislature can reap
portion. Now, there would be in
justice in this, particularly to Alturas,
as the population of this county has
greatly increased since the last reap
portionment according to which she
is entitled to but half a Councilman
a joint Councilman with this county,
and but one member of the Lower
House--so she has not, according to
the reapportlonment, based on the
population of 1880, the number of
Legislators she is now justly entitled
to, and should it be left with the
coming Legislature to reapportion,
Alturas would have to elect next fall
on the basis Of population, as shown
by the census of 1880. The Demo
J GRAFT seems to think that reappor-
t tionment based on population would
, be nearer the correct thing. We
don't agree-favor the number o1
2 votes cast, as the basis. But dc
' agree with the Democrat in thai
e according to the vote cast for Dele
{ gate last fall, Alturas, and probably
S the other two counties mentioned
r would be given more power in the
: Legislature, in all probability, thai
e their voting population entities then
q to. The Democrat claims that owe
: two thousand illegal votes were cas-
, last fall by railroad hands. This i
7 merely an assertion without proof
o If they had been cast for Ainslie
= doubtless the Democrat would hav
+ seen no illegalities. The Boise Git
4 bug-bear has bobbed up again, an
- the Democrat looks into futurity an
y sees the capital spreading its pinion
~ preparatory to a soar, but isn't quit
- positive whether it will alight at Gallo
! well, Haley, or where not, and wi
~ wing its flight from the beautiful Iii
ar tie city of Boise as soon as Singise
# Shoes it, or rather gives the Legisls
n ture the power to do the shooin
w through the workings of his reappo
. tionment bill. Verify the O. S. !
+ and Delegate Singiser causes gre;
ot gloomy clouds of unnecessary, dil
forboding, to settle down and enve
ope good many of the Boiseite
shutting off the bright sunshine (
prospective prosperity. The DEM
a crat says the North and the East vi
vote solidIy for the removal of tt
u, capital, and when they do, under Il
o. workings of the re-apportionment bi
90 % away she goes-all they want is
10 majority III the Legislature. If The
~ are SO terribly afraid the capital W
be removed they would do wisely
stand in with Mr.. Singiser on t
'io ''scheme of annexation" Of the mort
" ern counties to Washington. v
have kind of an undercurrent id
~ that all this talk about the removal
40 the capital is not founded on any +
al fears. Some are yet sore becau
Mr.. Singiser SO completely wiped 0
re- G.. Ainslie, Esq, and they CAN'T hu
10 THAR borrinrc and in tho bSaDca