Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-01
Dane County will be Divided About
as in the Act Declared
Void.
The Legislature to Remain Democrat
ic by a Small Majority ON
Joint Ballot.

other sitting last evening before II
o'clock. The bill, however, is not We
completed. "The bill cannot be given
out yet" said DR.. w. A. Anderson, las
evening, 'nor will any morning paper ge,
1t unless it steals it-unless it steals it. ~
he repeated earnestly "And none can
steal it either because ii is unfinished"
Ell. keogh is not satisfied with III
measure decided on. 1t gives milwaukee,
county fourteen assembly men instead Of
sixteen as now and FIVE senators instead Of
four as now, making nineteen in all
Mr.. Keogh wants total of twenty, OF
fifteen assemblymen. Whether the com
mittee will ultimately come to his view
time alone can tell.
AssembIyman Taylor is not satisfied
either. He wants Chippewa county t.
have two members of the lower house in
stead Of one. He may be heard from la .e1
on the subject.
Senator Mead was also somewhat dis
pleased with the way Sheboygan county
had been handled.
But these are virtually ali the com
plains heard, and tae committee is de-
lighted with the way things are shaping.
1t anticipates no trouble in passing the
bill, though various changes are yet to
he made.
eve have conformed to thu ru o, laid
down bJ the supreme court as cl)sely as it
Is possible" said a memb5r of the
committee.
Green and R ,ck Counties con stitute one
senate district, while Juneau, an as
sembly district by it eff, joined W tn
Marquette, Adams, Waushara and Green
Lake to make up senate district. Ash
land and Douglas are still in the sane
senate district.
Dare county will, it is understood, 70
main about as it was urd n the act de-
clared void. 1t will embrace TO IT Assem-
bly, districtS, and row of the eastern
townships will be thrown over into Jeffsr
son county, the remainder constituting
a senate district. There was a propose
ton made to put several of the southern
towns with G.eer, but it was tabooed.
"WhiIe the app orticnment is perfectly
fair" said member of the committee.
"the democrat, will still be able to con
troll the legislature even though the repub-
licans carry the state by as large maj Dr.
ity as in 1885,
From another high democratic author.
ity it is learned that the new bill gives
the senate to the democrats by nine ma
jority and the assembly by two majority,
but that, giving the republicans the bene-
fit of every doubt, the democratic m al ority
on joint ballot will be four.
The session will amount to naught this
The bill may not even be in
troduced. The body may merely meet
and adjourn, and then the entire appor
committee will be called
together, the minority included,
and the bill be laid before it. Thursday
it will be introducing the DEMOCRAT
is assured by a democratic leader-and
then hustled through. The republicans
will try to discuss the measure, and they
may be given some leeway, but the demo-
Gratis hope to conclude their labors by Sat-
urday.
''But | expect to be here nexeweek,"
remarked a democratic member, land am
making preparations accordingly. |
an t see how the work can be concluded
this week"
The bill will be introduced in both
houses.
So will the republican measure.
One democrat late last night said the
committees bill would be introduced to-
day and be law before Saturday, but ne
admitted that it yet had many imperfec
tons.
The bill as now prepared will be changed
in various particulars, hence airy publica-
ton of it at this time would be premature
and entirely unreliable. When it Is in
correct form the DEMOCRAT will present
it to its readers.