The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-11-30
AWAIT LEGAL ADVICE.
The Apportionment COMMITTEES
Wants to be Sure Before
Gnfnp

| Madison. Wis. Nov 2G.-FSpccial /
! The full quota of the legislative appor-
| tiOnment committee was completed last
| evening by the arrival Of William Ken
| ncdy. the silver-haircd senator from Ap-
pleton. who came in lust after the brief
! evening session had closed. The after
noon session. after Mr.. Turner finished
| the reading of his report. was devoted
| to hearing objections from persons out
side the committee 10 different portions
| of the schedule. None of the objections
were of great Importance, being entirely
as to the construction of Assembly dis
| trictS
Senator Mills made an earnest plea for
| two as>emhlymen for the district now
composed OF the counties of Bayfield,,
Burnett. Sawyer and Washhurn. with a
total population of 6.49t These com
prise one district under the present ap-
pOrtionment. and Mr.. Turner has not
changed them. Mr.. O'Ncil of Baytirld
county. who followed Senator Mills III
| support of the proposition, raised n laugh
at the senator's expense by saying mod
csty had prevented him from claiming
sufficient population for two districts
hut Senator Mills assurance that the
population would hc Increased to the re-
quircd number in very short time re-
moved all doubt from his mind
The committee held snort session
objections which might be made tu Mr.
Turner's construction of districts, and
then adjourned till this afternoon at t
o'clock.
The committee proposes to move care
fully IN lis work
There are two questions troubling the
committee on which legal advice will he
sought before anything further is done.
one of these Is as 10 whether county
lines can be broken in the formation of
districts thing Mr.. Turner believes
cannot he done under the supreme
courts decision. The other is as to
whether Mr.. Turner's theory of eQuai liz
ing representation by senators and as
$cmhlymen is a correct one. For in
stance. Mr.. Turner's idea has been that
where county making one senatorial
district mas a population above the sen-
at0rial unity. it should he compensated
10y giving 1t larger assembly representa-
tiOn than it would otherwise be entitled
to. Some members of the committee
believe that both of these propositions
are erroneous. and Col. SpOoner has
been asked to cnlightcn the committee
as 10 the legal status of the question
This it is expected he will do at the
afternoon session.
\ member of the committee said that
by breaking county lines Il much more
satisfactory apportionmcnt can be made
The committee. however. is determined
to know it is right before going ahead
and MAX" an apporti0mment which will
stand every test Of fairness and legality.
Ii is not determined yet whether the
apportionment committee Will in its re
port to the governor make 4 rccummcn-
dation aS to the adviSability of calling an
extra session of the Legislature to make
the new apportiOnment. hut the proha
hility is that it may 10 so. Chairman
Ihayef says the subject Will come up
for discussion in the committee, but that
it i> uncertain -aS to whether it will he
include in its report fhcr" ie n
doubt that a majority of the committee
is in favor of Il special session and is
practically unit no member has been
heard to speak n word in opposition.
Senators Putnam of Brudhedd and OH
Ger of milwaukee,, both of whom are
here are against il and are endpavoring
10 impress their views on members of
the committee Charles +. PhStpr of
Ailwaukc" l. also here and in his quiet
and pleasant way is telling the members
individually that an extra session would
be an unWisc move.