The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-05
PLANS OF APPoRTloNMEN1
Senate Refuses to Make Redistricting
the Only Business.
Straw on Senatorial Preferences Fails
The Tide Lands Commission Has Work
Well Under Way-List OF Applicants
to Purchase.


advance, in order that they might be
printed. he declared there were so many
errors that he would not permit them to
| leave his office until tomorrow. He said
last night that this was so, but he hoped
that by today the corrections would be re-
ceived. Rotch, of Thurston, says the gov
ernor was very emphatic in his re-
marks on the subject. Another day
has therefore passed without recording
advancement. Tonight the members are
| discussing Rinehart's proposition as out
lined in Wednesdays PosT-INTELLIGESCER.
1t is receiving more favor as it becomes
better understood. 1t provides for every
hold-over senator in the county from which
he was elected. There are some members
who insist that the representation should
not be increased. This is not altogether
logical, however. The present representa-
ton is based upon a population of 250.000.
With growth to $50, 900, the number of
representatives might be increased so per
cent without disturbing the proportion of
representation. The bill as drafted only
attempts to deal with the general question,
and no further progress can be mads until
the returns are received.
most ingenious scheme has been de-
vised by Geoghegan of Clarke, by which
new districts are created in accordance
with the constitution, and meeting the OBJ
lection to retiring all senators by naming
those who are entitled to hold over so that
they will continue to represent even-num-
bered districts. Some of them will partly
represent districts other than they were re-
turned from, but no plan can be formulated
which will not have some Objectionable
feature. This has the advantage of not
chipping off bits of counties and sticking
them onto others. 1t increases the Senate
by two members and the House by nine,
but is twenty less than the constitutional
limit of ninety-nine.
Geoghegan's bill provides that the Sem
ate shall consist of thirty-seven and the
House of seventy-nine members. The next
election of members shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, and thereafter biennially. Sena-
tors shall be elected by single districts at
the same time for every four years, one
half retiring every two years. provided
that successors TO the senators elected in
the even-numbered districts as enumer-
ated in article % of the constitution, and
of successors 10 the senator's elected in dis
tricts 5. 7. 8, II. IA, is. "a, 25 80 and 80, as
enumerated in this bill, shall be elected in
November, 1892.
The counties of Stevens and okanogan shall
constitute the First senatorial district, with one
senator.
the Second senatorial district, entitled to one
SENATOR provided that holdover senator not
named shall represent the second senatorial dis
trict in the second legislature
Certain precincts of Spokane shall constitute
the Third district. one already elected senator
representing the Third district.
Certain precincts of Spokane shall constitute
the Fourth district. with holdover senator
Remaining precincts of Spokane the Fifth
district.
Lincoln is the Sixth district and Luce is to
/ represent il in the second legislature
Certain precincts OF whitman constitute the
Seventh and Eighth districts.
Garfield, Asotin and Columbia the Ninth,
with Austin 10 hold over.
Certain precincts of Walla walla the Tenth
| district with Thompson To hold over.
Other precincts OF walla Walla form the
Eleventh, with P. A. Preston.
Adams, franklin and Douglas constitute the
| Twelfth.
Kittitas the Thirteenth. with E. T. Wilson.
Klickitat and Yakima the Fourteenth.
| Clark and Skamania Fifteenth, with !. B.
| Clough.
| Cowlitz wahkiakum and Pacific Sixteenth.
Lewis Seventeenth, with ]. 81. Long.
| Chehslis Eighteenth.
| Mason and Kitsap Nineteenth, with W. Il.
| Kneeland.
| Thursson Twentieth, with N H. owings.
Pierce is divided into five districts. Twenty
| first to Twenty-ifth, with the present senators
/ holding over.
King forms six districts, Twenty-sixth to
! Thirty-frst with al senators 70 be elected.
tha ,fv~x-S tfalfa TSla rH
| San Juan the Thirty-third: Snohomisb, Thirty
| fourth, with Senator vestal; skagit, Thirty
fifth.
whatcon is made into two districts. with W.
J. Parkinson holding over In the Thirty sixth,
and one to be elected in the Thirty-seventh.
Each senatorial district shall constitute rep
resentstive district, OF which each shall have
| two representatives, except districts Nine,
| Twelve Fifteen. Sixteen and Thirty three, which
| shall have three each, provided that in each
| senatorial district composed of two or more
counties there shall be elected one or more from
| each county.
/ A caucus was held in Senator Kinnear' 8
| room Wednesday night attended by six
/ teen senators and several representatives.
| Apoortionment was the only topic dis
/ cussed. and Houghton. Rinehart and
| Baker were appointed TO draft a bill on
| the basis published Tuesday of one senator
| TO every 100. allowing fortv-eight senators
| and ninety-six representatives. There is
/ strong opposition manifested by the five
largest counties to Geoghegan's measures.
chiefly because for the remainder of this
/ term some OF their districts would be rep
resented By senators from other districts.
| Rather than submit TO that they will in
crease the number. The increased MEM
| hership will cost the state $l95 day, or
$lI, ,709 session.
The House was in session but twenty
| minutes to-day. and the only feature was
/ Speaker Feighan's remark hat he consid-
| cred himself elected for the entire term
| The Senate talked FIR some time in a cir
Gle, but got tired OF chasing its tail and ad-
| journed.
An attempt is being made tonight by a
newspaper 10 ascertain the views OF menu
bers on the United States senatorial ques-
ton, and is causing much amusement.
The King county men say Squire, and
| the Pierce county members say Caikins,
but the majority are either non-committal
or are making joking replies,
| L. B. Andrews, OF Seattle, president OF
the Harrison Legion, is in town, and was