The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-18
GOV. FERRY'S REPLY.
No Blhnder Made in the Appor-
tiOnment Bill.
CLEAR AND EMPHATIC WORDS.


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sIn !, 1slry says ne ieeis tne need OF rest
- ~. ne WIN spend the next month 0r SIX
As a"ay rom olympia on what may 90
u..su an OUTING, or a any rate ne wiildo A.
ns 'e ~olA e P0sslole. VI course ne wii
.so - eo g olympia now ana tnens ous
A's III Wlu &c 20 fecuperate.
opssklne 2. tne reapportonmens OIL, the
soveInol said: tnink tnat the measure
~nole = emlnenuy ssusiacsory. Inc
sonmen. y JUST, ana there Is ntte OF
NO com PANT rom any quarter. Mr.. JUDI
son. - 5ierce' oolecseo' ous ne Wouio %
pl1.sy nneiy % ooJect 70 AWNING done oy
nspuoncan leeiaasure. IN the absence
y. - any cr.sicasm IN the newspapers. tnink
= gu salesy oe said mat the work OF the
.es,siA.ure IN sneir oimcuit ana deiicate
49, meets w1n very genera, approval
ns,errlne % tne statement made IN the
Oeas.c ae'eg,upe lew Gays ago. tina! part
2. oeatsie nad been ieft out, Governor
Ferry said ne mad gone over the matter
cIre.ully WIN MI: ;. Grant, MAJOR W.
y. ninenart ana MI. W. 4. Forrest, ana IN
n's mind tnere MAS not the least ground
,ol .ne assuM puon tnat part OF oeatue nad
Oeen ie't OUT.
II manenouid read the clause without
IoierIlns % the map continued the gov
ernor. ne might imagine that part OF the
CITY west OF Ninth street and between
manson ana stewart mad been left out, but
= ohce ne trles 70 lay doWn the lines on the
map the whole thing becomes clear. You
must remember that IN constituting any law
the lntcn!ion IS Wen 40 the wording must
De taken INTO account Now We cannot by
any possibility assume that the legislature
intended to leave any part OF the state. un-
represented. That theory would be too
ridiculous 20 pe considered for moment.
ven, tnen, the legislature intended TO
take all the state IN we must put such
construction on their language.
But It requires no twisting or torturing
IN THIS case. The law says the district in
quesuon includes all that part OF the city
bounded by Madison street on the south
and on the north by Stewart street and
Olive street, that Is, all that part of the
clty.
Then the bill goes on. on east of Ninth
street, koilin street, and Roliin street pro-
duced.
Now,that simply means the district is to
include, in addition to the slice OF territory
jest mentioned, between Madison and Stew
art and Olive. that part east OF Ninth street
and east OF Roliin street, aud Rollin street
proouceo.
The word and in the original bill.
Wnicn read and castor Ninth, was changed
before passage to or. and so now reads
or east OF NINTH and the change was
made Dy Mr. drant himself.
People have the plat so clearly in their
nina that they cannot imagine anyone be
ing confused about It. But, as have said,
II you VIII lay the lines down on map
tnere IS no possibility OF doubt.
'ine talk about gerrymandering is all
nonsense. Uerrymandering IS laying
olstrict out NOT according TO reasonable or
naturai oounuaries, Tor the sake OF partisan
purposes. There Is no reason to believe
tnas tnere mas been any gerrymandering in
the state; ana no one need worry about
part Oh ceatue being lett OUT OF the reappOr-
uonmenL
Inc taiK tnen shifted 70 the matter OF an
otner representative IN congress, and the
governor SAID week or SO ago dispatch
appeared IN me papers tnat Representa-
i've Dunnen, OF MINNESOTA, had on the
OASIS OF the census prepared new appor-
uonment Dill lot the United states, giving
900 members IN the House. and OF
Inc increase washington would get
one. NO" the curious thing is
tnat SINCE that dispatch I've heard
not anotner word about such bill There
Is no report OF It's reference to committee
or report Dack TO the House; and in the
WORK iald out lot the closing days OF con-
gress see no reference 70 1t. felt that II
the Dill was actually introduced there
would De no trouble ABOUT It's passage, for
every state would De anxious to get what
increase IN representation 1t could. Since
tnen nave looked over the files, and see
that the account OF the bill was not in the
regular Associated Press proceedings. but
IN separate dispatch; SO 1t may be that
the Dill was only prepared, but not actually
introduced.
on any plan washington is entitled to
an extra memoer IN the next House,
wnetner the number OF members is kept at
%. as a. pIesen. OF raised 70 500; and
.'inA u'as asniis'oil snouio go INTO the
49, .As so ~ .ss ..,n .ne TWO members 10
mn1en smo - T,''nie' py tue enumeration OF
~. un.' lou. Ina. - si,npiy ner que. So1f
$500 gasS ". ioi 81 sn' nours OF
o"y sai ISSUE PFociamatlln
ior al . Ha congressman. Inc usual
way nel.o mas peen "neh tnere mas not
peen uine ior reapporuonment 10 elect
TUG 4onglessinan'a.-i anc we could
10 .na'' eiecuhg the TWO on one ticket.
a .0 'non lol 'i,o neA' eiec.'oh oiVioing the
STATE INTO TWO districts.
Inc only dimcui.y IL tnat, according to
'ne sta.e law, candidates must hie notice
OF 'neir cahaidacy with the secretary of
s'ate tiiir'y DAYS before election. But If it
were ihpossioie 10 NE such notice here
on account Oh tne late passage
oi 'he reapporuonmeht py congress, that
UOuy, Dejflg Tue luugc OF the tights OF lta