The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25
Lower House
Will Muster 40

saSoans last fall is to be rewarded by
Its detachment from the Pine countv
district, and it's joining to Kenabec and
4santl, both of which it can easily die
tate to. and the new district is to be
given one senator and two representa-
tlVes, practically a gain of one in each
mouse, as the present senator Hodge,
resides In Pine county He will here
after be allotted exclusively to the
sixth congressional district, which will
be otherwise recompensed for long
years OF injustice by the concession
mentioned later. st. Paul, 1t is said,
is not to share in the benefits directly
but Hennepin county, in spite of ifs
distinctly Bryanesque proclivities Of
November last, is to be given one more
district, and the present Hennepin dele
cation Will be given authority to rear
range the county, with the moral obli-
cation impressed upon it more or less
seriously to make the new district ru-
raj as much as possible so as to relieve
the new bill from the stigma Of being
a city measure
With the exception of the change in
the lower portion due to the detacn-
ment of Swift county from it's previous
afhliat1ons, the Seventh district will not
be redistricted, in spite Of the mani
rest injustice numerically of compell-
ing POLK, Red Lake and Norman couu-
ties, with combined population Of 81.
O0O people, to continue as one senatorial
district. 1t is possible that this may
De IN measure relieved by the grant
ing of an additional representative in
the larger house, as the adjustment of
this section Of the legislature is not
as yet clearly defined and is not intend
ed to be arbitrary, so the members OF
the committee profess.
Inc folks in that part of the Sixth
congressional district, known as the
F1fty-fourth senatorial district who
have had most cause for complaint of
inadequate representation, will by the
same token, have reason to be most ju-
bilant.
Under any reapportionment approx
1mating the number suggested by the
house rule, taken as a basis, will be
construed by the reapportionment COM
mattee as emitting the present Fifty
fourth senatorial district. embracing
st. Louis, Lake and Cook counties
with combined population OF nearly
oz,Oeo. TO not less than three sens 10rs
and six representatives 1T has nor
yet been announced how the Senators
and representatives will be distributed
about the three new senatorial subdi-
VISIONS or the present territory but it
is probable that all three members
OF the upper house will hail from St.
Louis county, and possibly from Du-
AO~AA' N44OSC oiIldllCSJ WdTQ contains
more souls than do Lake and Cook
counties combined 1t is understood
that the custom of naming representa-
uves at large now in vogue in this
section of the state will not be changed.
in which case, if one senator is named
in the convention from one Of these
counties, Lake or Cook, it is more than
probable that a representative also will
be named from this same sub
division of the new Fifty fourth dis
trict.
1t is among the possibilities that.
with 5000 population, Lake and Cook
counties may also claim two represent
tat1ves, If a senator is not named from
either county. At all events, the peo-
pie Of the entire Sixth will rejoice when
the news is known that the big terri
tory is to be represented, at least nu-
merically. by something like what II Is
entitled to in the great state legisla-
ture.
The chances of the bill for passage
were declared last night to be excellent
by those who are familiar with the
Vaccinations Of the leaders in the
the party, although it Is not unlikely
that a protest will be made by many
who consider that their constituents
are unjustly dealt with in the new
plan.