St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25
Report OF the Joint Commit
tee on Apportionment
Is Completed.
An Extra Representative to
Be Given to the Fourth
and Fifth Wards.
Reports From All Other Coun-
ties Go Through With
out Friction.
Hot Debate on a Proposition
to Split Up the Ninth
Ward.

The joint committee on appcrtiOnment
completed its work last night, and the
completed bill will be reported to the
house by Chairman Robert Dunn this
this morning. There was some friction
over changes in the Thirty-eighth SEN
atorial district and the districts III Ram
sey county that were settled as far as the
committee was concerned. The joint
committee agreed to give Ramsey
county one more representative than was
provided for in the former schedule.
The additional representative will be
given to the district composed of the
Fourth and Fifth wards of the city.
The friction in the Ramsey county
representation grew out of contest be-
tween Representatives Walsh and
Rodger. The delegation reported in
favor of making the Eighth ward sep
arate district and combining the First
and Ninth wards in one district. This
plan was satisfactory to Mr.. Rodger.
Mr.. Walsh had prepared a map showing
A Division of the Ninth ward.
The northern part of the Ninth ward
to be attached to the Eighth ward and
the southern part to be attached to the
First ward. His reason for this was to
make one district solidly Republican
and the other solidly Democratic. In
the discussion before the committee got
to work personal difference sprang up
between the representatives of the
Ninth and Eighth wards that
was rather heated. Mr.. Walsh made
some strictures on Mr.. Rodger whose
Scotch got up and he INDUCED in some
strong language that induced members
of the committee to interfere and sug-
gest moderation. The dispute was con-
tinued with some ferYor, when the mat
ter was afterwards considered by the
joint committee. The proposition of
Mr.. Walsh was lost when considered by
the committee, and the report as made
by the Ramsey county delegation and
subsequently modified by the addition
of representative went through. This
report as it passed the joint committee
is as follows:
How They Are Divided.
The Thirtieth senatorial district, to be
composed of the First and Ninth wards,
with one senator and three representa-
tive. The First and Ninth wards, COM
posing each a representative district.
and tue third representative to be elect
ed at large i'll the senatorial district.
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be composed of the Second and Third
wards, with one senator and two repre-
sentatives. The Second ward to con-
stitute one representative district and
the Third ward to constitute one repre-
sentative district, and have one repre-
sentative each.
The Thirty-second senatorial district
to be composed of the Fourth and Fifth
wards and have one senator and three
representatives and one at large.
The Thirty-third senatorial district
embraces the Sixth ward with one SEN
ator and one representative.
The Thrty-fourth senatorial district
shall embrace the Seventh, Tenth and
Eleventh wards and the country dis
tricts, with one senator and three repre-
sentatives. The Seventh ward to be
one representative district. The Tenth
aud Eleventh wards to constitute one
representative district. and the balance
of the county to constitute one repre-
sentative district.
The Thirty-fifth senatorial district
embraces all the Eighth ward, and shall
have one senator and one representa-
tive.
On this basis the report of the Ram
sew county delegation was adopted, CIV
irT II civ canatorS and thirteen reOre-
SentativeS.
Senator Eaton asked that the Thirty
eighth district remain as it was before,
composed of Wright and SherDurne
counties.
Representative Craig made speech
in favor of taking Sherburne county
from Wright and attach it to the smaller
counties on the east.
A petition was placed before the COM
mittee in support of his proposition to
make a district of Sherburnc, AnOka
and Isanti counties.
The motion of Senator Eaton that the
Thirty-eight district remain as before,
embracing Sherburne and Wright cOun-
ties, was carried by the close vote OF
to7.
The report of the Hennepin county
delegation went through without fric-
ton.
The application for an additional rep
resentative for Douglass and Pope
counties failed to pass.
The report of the whole committee
as amended was then adopted, and the
bill agreed upon will be introduced in
the house this morning by Representa-
tive Dunn under instruction of the joint
committee.