Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-27

what Will be done with the appor-
uonment is still mystery, but the
general feeling now seems to be that
before a final Adjournment is had the
bill i'll much its present form will be
passed There is however, still some
opposition to the measure and there
nay yet be an open fight on il bef> re
the session is ended. Circulars have
been sent out by enemies of the bill
all over the state advocating its de-
feat, or at least asking the recipients
to protest against certain districts
Particularly is this true Of the West
Superior districts, there being much
opposition to some of the arrangement
in that portion of the state.
Delay was III the air at the sessions
Of both houses Tuesday night In the
senate after the reading of the report
of the conference committee the bill
was referred to Senators Spensley,
Weeks loumans. Austin, Officer,
Rashford, Phelan and kenne ty, who
composed the Judiciary committee of
the last legislature, and they asked to
give an opinion on the bin in regard
to its eonstitutionality, They viii
hear arguments on the measure sure
this morning. In the house. Assem-
blyman Dodge offered an amendment
changing the districts III Milwaukee.
These amendments were ordered
printed with the bill aud will be con
side,ed with the remainder of the bill
in committee Of the whole today. The
report of tie conference committee
was in part as follows;
Your COMMITTEE have first divided
the state into assembly districts keep
ing in mind first of all, equality of
representation; second. county, town
or ward lines, third contiguous ter
ritory; and fourth, compact form as
far as practicable. In the formation
of senate districts your committee
have borne in mind the first rule OF
equality of representation, and pro
ceeded without dividing the assembly
districts to form the senatorial dis
tricts of convenient contiguous terri
partment of the state that there is no
doubt but what county lines may be
broken in the formation of senatorial
districts 1t has, however, been the
aim of your committee to avoid break
ing county lines as far as consistent
with the constitutional requirements,
for the reason that the interests OF the
people of the several counties are more
likely to be identical than if divided
and attached to other counties, and
we are pleased, therefore, to call
especial attention to the fact that in
only two counties have the lines been
broken, and these were broken solely
for the reason that your committee
were otherwise unable to comply with
the constitutional requirements, and
especially the one of equality Of pop
ulation.''
The bin breaks county lines in only
two instances Rock and Jefferson
counties. Adams, Marquette, Wau-
shara and juneau counties 80 together
to make up the ninth senatorial dis
trct. This necessitates Jackson, Mon
roe and Wood constituting the thirty
third district Senator McGilliyray is
much opposed to this, but says he will
abide by the decision Of the judiciary
committee
Grant county is not broken. and
Senator Baxter is happy. With Iowa
il is made to constitute the sixteenth
and Senators Baxter and Spensley say
there will be harmony and that their
interests will not conflict. Green and
Lafayette counties and the western
assembly district Of Rock go together
in the seventeenth district and Wal
worth and the south assembly district
Of Jefferson make the twenty-third
district The remaining two districts
Of Rock and the east district of Jeffer-
son constitute the twenty second sen
atorial district, while Richland, Craw-
ford and Vernon are given repre-.
sentative in the upper house
The only changes of Importance in
assembly districts from the former
plan are in Milwaukee county the sec:
cnd and fourth wards making a dis
trict, and the fifteenth and sixteenth
wards another district. The assembly
districts Of Dodge county were
amended by placing the town Of Bur
nett in the first district and the toWf
OF Clyman in the second.