Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10
THE MEASURE PASSES
Geoghegan's Apportionment
Bill Passes the House at
Olympia
No Material Changes Made in
the Measure as Pre-
sented
Judson of Pierce Makes a
Speech Attacking the
Bill
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 9--After wrestling with
the apportiOnment problem for nearly six
long weary hours, the house this after
noon finally solved 1t and passed the bill
popularity known as Geoghegan's bill by a
vote OF 20 to 5. No material changes
were made TO IL when presented by the
committee on privileges and elections, al
though both Shaw and Heren made her.
culean efforts to increase the number Of
representatives. The bill was reported
by the committee. As the committee was
not ready to make report at the morn
Ing session. recess was taken until
2:3O. When Grant. chairman of the
committee told how his committee
had arrived at u unanimous conclusion
they had first agreed to allow each coun-
ty containing less than 5000 a represent
tive. then a representative for each 5000
population and one for a traction exceed
ing one-half OF that amount. As Spokane
lacked less than one hundred of the frac-
ton they had been allowed an extra rep
resentative. When the bill was taken up
the first objection was presented by
Spencer. OF Lincoln, who didn't want
Adams county associated with OkanoQan
and Lincoln In the first senatorial district
but preferred TO have 1t attached to
WallaWalla. Kennedy of Adams, however,
didn't want anything to do with Walla
Walla and said so. That made Painter
angry and he intimated that his county
was little better than Adams and that
u they didn't want TO associate with the
people they need not do so. Spencers
motion TO get rid of Adams was lost.
Everything went along swimmingly un-
I'll the ninth district, composed Of the
counties OF Franklin part of Walla
Walla was reached when Spencer tried
TO attach Adams to II. After consider
able flibustering that motion was also
vote down. When the Pierce county dis
ricts were reached the fun COM
menced. Steve Judson threw his
hat In the ring and declared he
was against every proposition
the bill contained. In stentorian tones
he declared that the redistricting of
Pierce was something remarkable Ii was
one OF the grandest and most outrageous
schemes OF gerrymandering ever at
tempted. The scheme had not been de-
vised In the delegation, or he would have
nothing TO complain OF, bu. II had been
liked In Seattle or Tacoma, he knew not |
which, but rather suspected Seattle. He |
declared that the way In which the dis
trlct nau been arranged made one OF the /
shoestring districts ever fixed |
up. The twentieth senatorial district, |
said he, was about evenly divided. but is
republican. and they can
elect their man there provided
they nominate a good one, but now the
way they have fixed IL ! would have To
jump into the bay TO get from one portion
Df To the other and il Is OF course repub-
ican. will tell you the reason this has
been done, gentlemen. The republicans
not satisfied with running good man
want To run some carpet-bagger and elect
him. daughter and applause) and | am
that my colleagues should SUBJ
nit TO this" After the laugh had died
Evans took the floor anu presented figures
20 show that Judson's statements were
wrong aud misleading and he claimed
hat II Mr.. JudsOn had his way he would
lump across the city Of Tacoma to include
he precincts Of Rosedale aud Juniata so
" 10 have a democratic majority. II the
'epublicans had looked out for their in
erests. so had the democrats In the city
" Tacoma when democratic council
lad compelled republican district OF ,
1900 to submit to the same representa- !
ion as democratic one of i.OOO /