Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-12
FOR OLD FRIENDS.
Knox County Tired Of Present
Associations.
SEEKS IT'S FORMER DISTRICT.

Republicans In the Homo Of Con-
grsssmaa Prince Feel rhst They Can
Control the sitoasion Better In THIS
Way-A Conference on the subjec
Says the Galesburg Repub lican-
Register of Saturday evening: "Hon.
Frank Murdoch, representative from
this district, was here last night
and today. and met Congressman
George W. Prince, Senator Fisher, of
Henry county, and NJ. o. Williamson.
chairman of the republican central
committee, in regard to the pro-
posed respportionment of the con-
gressional districts of the state.
These three went over the situation
carefully. 1t is an important mat
ter. 1t was virtually decided to
recommend old district, as it
was before the the present district
was outlined. This would include
Knox, Stark, Peoria and Fulton coun-
ties. This wouldinsure the election
of republican congressm, IN, aud it
was thought would be satisfactory.
The conference thought reapportion-
ment desirable. Mr.. Murdoch was
seen and asked regarding the fate OF
the judicial reapportiunment bill.
He said that this had been advanced
to a third reading and would proba-
bly, come up next week"
| Weary Early In the Game.
Has Knox county tired OF its new
associations in this congressional dis
trict so soon? There have been two
copgressmen since the congressional
roapporiionment of the state. and
Ga!esburg has had both of them
True it IS that Rock island came
near taking the nomination from the
successor to the late Congress.
man Post, ard would have succeed ed
had it gone before the convention with
a less Objectionable candidate. bu!
conditions SO shaped themselves tina
Knox won out anyway, and fer thi
it should be satisfied. And last yea
when the time to renom;nate cam,
along MIR. Prince was renominated b,
acc.amation. Still Knox is rot ha opy
There are two plausible ex cla
nations for this state of affairs
one is that the republican
down in the home Of Prince fea
that which ever way he may turf
in bis postofiice appointee
in the present district he will fac
his own doom, and the second is tha
Knox is in the suiks because some o
the counties of the present congress
ional district, which happened to b.
likewise in the same judicial district
would not consent to a coalition
which would insure to Knox a ]uGg,
as we'll as congressman. The con
sequence is that Knox wants
change as regards both con
gressional and judicial associations
Senator Fisher was in the city thi
morning and stated that there wer,
talks of reapportionment affect n,
the congre. sional and senatorial dis
tricts as well as the judicial. To,
bill now under consideration befor
the legislature affecting the latter
he thought would pass. As to tn
congressional. Rock Island coun,'
is in numerous arrangements, on
being the old shore string runnin,
down the river, including Adam
county. With reference to the sens
torial apportionment, he said b
could see no prospect OF the presen
Thirty-third district being changed
IS he was satisfied to have it renal
as it is.
The whole gerrymandering sche m
is one that will doubles
meet with legal obstacles, as it is dill
ticult to gee on what grounds tn
present Legislature can establish it
authority to Ieapportion the zen:
torial and congressional districts 8
this time.