St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-31
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REAPPORTIoNMENT.
How Graves and Flynn Would Re-
district the State.

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district the State.
Speaker Graves and Representative
Flynn have been amusing themselves
by figuring out scheme for the reap
portionment Of the state Oh the basis of
population, and with as little change in
the grouping of the senatorial districts
as possible. There are probably several
other schemes of similar description
afioat, out of which something definite
will be formulated at an early date.
The most prominent changes are in the
shape of increased representation for
Ramsey, Hennepin and st. Louis coun-
ties. In order to do this with
out increasing the number of
members in the legislature it is
necessary to reduce the representation
of other parts of the state. The south
ern counties are the ones from which
members must be drawn, and this
scheme, which is the result of much
careful calculation and study on the
part of the speaker and MIR. Flynn. is
all endeavor to do justice to the cities
without being unjust to the country. A
few of the more prominent features are
as follows: The representation. OF
Ramsey county is increased to four
senators and ten representatives.
ISanti county IS taken from Hennepin
and placed i'll district with Chlsago,
Kanabec and Pine. The representation
of Hennepin remains the same as be-
fore, which in reality gives it one more
Isanti to the present Twenty
ri Iicfpiof If another
member of the house, while its
representation in the senate remains
the same. Wabasha and Fillmore
counties lose two members each. while
Dodge and Mower are united, with one
senator for the two. Scott and Carver
are united, Kandiyohi and Meeker, Mic
ollet and Sibley, Waseca and Steele are
treated in the same way. Renville is
tackled on to Chippewa and Swift. The
Northern part of the state undergOes
very important changes, Polk, Norman
and Beltrami becoming one district,
with one senator and three representa-
tives, while Marshall and Kittson be-
come another, with one senator and one
representative. The present Thirty
ninth district is given one more repre-
sentative, while st. Louis gets four and
one senator. whereas it now only sends
one to each house. Otter Tail remains
as it is in the senate, but gets one
more representative, while Wilkin,
Clay and Becker receive one more.
There is no change in Stearns county,
but Houston loses one, Winona one
and Rice one. There are other changes
suggested, but these are the most i'm
portant. 1t will be noticed that the
principal changes are in the cities. The
representation of the Fifth congress
sional district is increased by about
twelve, and that of the Twin Cities
about ten. The effect Of this measure.
if it should be passed unchanged, would
be to leave the total number in the
legislature precisely the same as it is
now-150, but there would only be A
senators, while the house would contain
106 representatives.
The fathers of the scheme say that,
recognizing the immense importance oil
an Immediate reapportionment,t they got
together and tried to ascertain if it were
feasible to reapportion the state with
out any serious Embarrassment. They
procured the most reliable statistics as
to population, and set to work in earn
est to make as fair plan as possible.
1t is probable that the egg which is the
offspring of their combined intellects
will be Matched out at an early date, and
become live chicken in the shape of
bill.