Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-05

cot. ~. GLARS Plan
For Redistric,iug senatorial Districts and
KeaPportiohiug the aouse.
special Correspondence. o. ~ Register.
CHARLESTON. February Sol. s..
Clair has prepared The following al
rangement il Il proper and fair repre-
seutatiun under tue last census. II not
only has The merit OF fairness but limits
the Representation ia both houses 10
that which LOW exists. To be- sure.
some 0f the counties which have not
made great strides Ia population luSe
lutte. while others which have large
ly Increased do not secure Increased
representation iu this arrangement.
Stil the scheme i enc which will meet
che APPRECIATION OF large
number of Representatives. Colonel
81 Clair will not likely
present this ScLeme In the shape OF
Dill, but vii! submit IL To members 50 a.
70 give all ample opportunity 10 formu-
late opinions as TO what j. best Lhdrr
the circumstances 81 a. 10 be able 10 act
adViSedly when the matter Is brought
up for consideration
While nothing has been said particu-
iarly about change ia the COngrcssiOn-
al districts. there is feeling among 4
bali dozen or more members 10 saw the
First district up So aS To make il large
ly Republican and make the other three
solidly Democratic. But the weight Of
opinion is largely against such an ar
raugement and 10 is doubtful if ii be
proposed
The thirteen Senatorial districts are
formed As follows, on basis Of 5S,496
population:
Flrst-Hancock Brooke, Ohio.
Second Marshall, Marion. Wetzel.
Third-Tyler, Doddridge, Richie and
Harrison.
Fourth-PIeasantS, Wood, Writ, Cal
hOun, Gilmer.
Fifth-JackSon. Roane. Mason.
Sixth-Cabell, Wayne, Putnam.
Seyenth-LOgan, Lincoln. Wyoming,
Nc DOwell, Mercer, Raleigh.
Eighth-Greenbrier, Monroe, Sum
merS, Fayette. PocahOntaS.
Niuth-Kanawha, Clay, Nicholas,
Boone.
Rehabilitation. Webster. Lewis,
pShur, Barbour.
acknowledgements, Preston, lay
or.
Twelfth-Randolph, Hardy, Grant,
Mineral. PendletOn, Tucker
Thirteenth-IlampShire, Berkeley,
Morgan. jefferson.
Counties entitled To delegates are:
Barbour. l. Berkeley, /, plus 6,955,
/ Delegate district; Boone, /: Braxton, ];
I Cabell, .; Calhoun, /: DOddridge, /;
| Fayette, !, plus s,7g4, Delegate district;
/ Gilmer, I: Greenbrier, l. plus 6,3lS, Del
egate district: Hampshire, /; Harrison, >;
Jackson, ], plus :, 2ss, Delegate district;
/ jefferson, I. plus 3,Sj7. Delegate district;
kanawha, 4; Lewis. /; Lincoln. /; Lo-
gan. I: Marion, .: Marshall I, plus 9,O42,
/ Delegate district; Mason. .: Mercer, ]:
Mineral. J.; MOuOnralia, /, plus a,9d9,
/ Delegate district, Monroe, !; Ohio. Z;
/ PendletOn, u; Peasants. ]; Preston, =:
/ Putnam, d; Raleigh. /: Randolph, l.:
/ Richie /; Roane /. plus 3.GlS, Delegate
district: summers. /; Taylor. L; Tyler,
/ 1: UpShur ]; Wayne, .; Wetzel, /, plus
/ 5,4l5, Delegate district; Writ, 1; Wood,
| >, plus 5,lGg, Delegate district
Delegate districts are aS follows;
Hancock and Brooke, l. Marshall and
Wetzel, /. Jackson and Roane, !; Mich
olas and Clay. /; Wyoming aud Mellow
/ ell. /: Fayette aud Greenbrier. ]; Poca-
hontaS aud Webster, J.; Hardy, Grant
and Tucker, >, Morgan, Berkeley aud
I jefferson, /.
This arrangement, we understand,
will give twenty-Seven Republicans and
/ thirty-eight Democrats in the House,
and sixteen Democrats aud ten Republi-
cans in the Senate.
Taking the basis OF representa-
ton. 1854, aud dividing it into the pop
ulatiou OF each county. rejecting frac-
tionS, each county i first assigned all
jhe delegates 10 which 10 Is thus en-
titled.
/ The other counties having the num-
/ Der Of inhabitants nearest the ratio are
I then assigned delegates down to 1000.
/ Then the counties having the largest re-
mainder over are assigned delegates,
mainly by grouping those together hav-
( ing large remalnderS, 50 as to give an
I equitable representation. In some cOun-
| ties this Is impossible, because no CON
tiguouS counties nave an excess beyond
one delegate ratio.
Some cOunties-for instance. Boone
land PendletOn-are assigned delegates
because in the case OF Boone 10 contig-
nous county except Kanawha has an
excess, and this is assigned delegate.
/ PrudletOu aud Grant cannot be placed
together without separating Tucker and
/ Hardy, neither of which is entitled 10
delegate: hence PendletOn is given Il
delegate. aS il now has one. and Tuck
er. Grant aud Hardy are thrown tOgeth-
er and given two delegates. Randolph,
which was formerly with Tucker, is
now entitled o a delegate.
A change may be made in MOnonga-
/ liza and Preston by placing them togeth-
/ er In q delegate district instead Of Civ
/ ing Preston the extra delegate aud leav-
. ing Monongalia unreprrSeuted for its
excess.
On a basis OF o. members this arrange
ment IS believed TO be Is fair as can be
made. rs IL gives every substantial por-
/ ton OF excess in each county repreSen-
tation in the House.
The following counties lose a member
each. Berkeley. jackson. Jefferson.
Marshall, Greeubrier, Wood and Nor
gan.
The following counties gain a MEM
Der. Cabell. Kauawha and Wayne.
Randolph and Roane were parts OF
Delegate districts.