Fair play., 1892-04-09
FRANCIS SATISFIED

lie Approves of the Acts of til" Extra
Session of HE I:gi>Iature-l'l.a>cd with
the Congressional it-,li>t ricting Measure
cost nT the session, ,<6o.oo3.
The st Louis Republic of the 9th
contains an interview with Gov. Fran
els. When asked in regard t. the spe-
| cial session of the legislator" he said he
was greatly pleased with tn" result. In
regard to the congressional rc,listrictinC
measure. which became n law. and
which gives the democrats fourteen
congressman and the republicans one.
the governor is quo1vi as saying:
by the congressional rctiistrictins all doubt
has been renewed to the vote of Missouri
hein. properly counted in the electoral college.
The state has been divided into fifteen congres
sipnal districts of contiguous territory and
Homogeneous people. The dominant party in
the state believes that tc interests Of the
try Will he most promoted 10y the supremacy of
democratic principles in the national legisla-
ture. The congressional offices are purely ro-
ltical The division lines between the two
great parties are distinctly defined and
that would b. an Unws. policy, which
would give unin" representation to the
principles which democrats think detrimental
to the welfare of til" minority and rnenaCIng to
the Tcrpotuity of our government. There will
he one republican representative i'll the Fifty
third congress for Missouri. and that is
moro than there would have been in all prob
ability if III" state had not been rctilstritcd rs
the congressman at large would surely have
been democratic. ! have approved the con
grcssioIa rclistrcting hill att r having read it
twice. and having seen no reason why should
not approve il. Failure to do SO or dispToval
would have rccessitated another extra session
of the legislature.
The basis Of representation under the last
npportionment act of congress is l.i,gbl. hut Is
l7S,dl2 in Missouri, obtained by dividing the
population by fifteen. The population In the
new districts ranges from I52 iIe in the Ninth
to Hhi,.4li in the third. In New York the pupu-
latou If thu different congressional districts
ranges FROM lG1,;Ii ii the Sixth to 81. .iDt in the
/ Thirteenth. In PENNSYLVANIA it ranges from
70 .Gi in the Thir3 district to na,i6 in the
Fourth. That state will not redstrIct, but will
elect two Co!,.,r,.s-rnrn ut iarl,r in November
next. Under III" c'nSus of lt'-i Minnesota had
one congressional district the First, with ropu
iation Of !!Iaa.l. and another the Fourth, with
Al; tasl population.
On tn" university question the gov
ernor said:
The legislature after a hard fcht male pro-
vision for the rc-crcctinn Of the buildings of
ths state university at Columbia, and
thereby oh"yei tn" mandate of the state
constitution and left no doubt to the
validity Of its action. The effort to remove the
university from Columbia was. of course made
by those who did not think the faith Of the state
pledged tc contirne it at that place. hnt be-
iiavc that all now agree that the conclusion ar
Ilv'd at was WIS., and honorable. The aiyer.
ha,c++ e., vr m'l. oSs =, y,
iarro increase in attendance at the opening of
the scholastic year os ISq2 1893 Rebuilding
VIII be wci under way wlth'n sixty days and
some OF the structures VIII be ready Tor occu-
riticy ny hnN' 'f'o""r.
On the reduction of tn XatiOn for state
n,,rnos,. ;,rov;,lcd for in the sta+ccnns.i-
f,-,. ~, I1.;
y, -,,a, ,''i'''' i'''' -'''i '''
ti' sl"te Shdtl rtdch :'"o."VV'oUV, the
governor said:
On, Of the most i-,ror+art oc+s Of -ha snecio1
session w.,s a reduction Of p ,er cent or !
cents ON tn. sICt in +l,a tav lev,- ror state rav
emu purposes. 1t means that $i5HofD less will
Le '"iarses from 'r l'ile ~ "i,er' Tax "a 'llS