Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-11-14
Thursday Nov, Il, 1895.
TURNER MAKES
:" HIS REPORT.
DISTRICTS EQUAL AND
COMPACT.
A FAIR APPoRTloNMENT.

Al. Turner, clerk of the apportion-
ment committee, has completed an
apportionment which he will report to
the committee when they meet Nov.
25th. Mr.'rurner has closely followed
the lines laid down by the Supreme
court. All of the districts, both Sen
ate and Assembly are COMPACT in form.
There are no shoe string'or boot leg
districts as there were under the last
superintendent. County lines have
been respected in every instance and
the districts are us nearly equal in
population as it is possible to make
them and not divide county lines.
The division Is as fair a one in every
to every part of the state. The com
mittee may make some slight changes
but it is thought that they will adopt
his report practically as made. Under
his superintendent we are in the thir-
p ty-second senatorial district which is
composed Of the counties of Ashland,
Iron, Villas, Oneida, Price, Taylor and
Lincoln. This district being one of
the even numbered will select Il sena-
tor nextfall. This assembly district
is composed of the counties of Iron,
; Villas and Oneida. Price and Taylor
counties which we're with us in the
last apportionment now form a dis
trict by themselves.
The Evening Wisconsin OF Tuesday
evening has the following in regard
to the appointments:
Tbs new apportionment of the state
as uutlinedtby "A. J. Turner, secretary
" of the legislative 'apportionment COM
mittee, which was printed exclusively
l., in the Wisconsin last evening. has
been the chief topic of conversation in
political circles today, and the com
ment upon it was almost unanimously
favorable Tie fairness of the read
justment forced even the Democrats
; who were at all fair minded to com
mend it. Taking the vote of 1892 as a
criterion, figures on the pluralities
make the two houses very evenly divi-
'ded. Leaving out Milwaukee county
" which Is slated for five senator's and
fifteen assemblymen, but has not yet
been upDortioned, the Democrats
would have fifteen senator and thirty
five asscmblymen,' while the Republi-
cans would have =" thirteen senators
and forty mine assemblymen.
In the matter of population and rep
resentation q 'fairer superintendent
could hardly be made. In fixing the
r Vsasis of representation Mr.. Turner
has ascertained the average popula-
sion which should be given to, each
: Senate and Assembly district by di-
vlding by 80 the humber OF senator's to
get the population of Senate districts
and by,99 to get the population of As
sembly districts. In some cases the
Senate districts may be large, but the
Assembly districts comprising tl.em
will he small, SO that the average Will
be right. For instance, take Dane
5 county. 1t has popula ton of 65,669,
: or 6945 in excess of 81 senatorship. BY
giving it four assemblymen it will be
= over represented in the Assembly H.
. 63l.
Striking an average between the
senatorial and ASSEMBLY representa-.
, ton, or counting one senator equive-
! liant to three units and one assembly
fman equivelant to one unit, there are
;. seven units in the county, or sena tori.
; al district, representative unit being
: 9787, which multiplied by makes g.
500, while the population of the coun-
ty IL s.. $50, q variatio from the exact
: average of $40. The same rule APP
piles In all cases and the figures will
show that the legislative representa-
tion is therefors made very equal
The committee will meet on Nov.
25th to consider the apportionment as
outlined by Mr.. Turner. It will hold
public meetings day after day to
which democrats and Republicans
alike will he invited and it will hear