The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-09
big FIGHT
| IN OHIO
.---v--
Interest in the Fall
Election.
PLANS ALREADY BEING MADE
u 10 Believed That tho Fall Cam.
psige viii Fla Future
Control.
PLANS ALREADY BEING MADE

CINCINNATI. o.. March s.--Poll-
ticians Of both parties In ohio are
are fully awake 60 the importance Of
this fall'a election and the Influence
that u VIII have on control Of state
politics for the firnt decade Of the
next century. Under the laws 81
ohio the governor. secretary of state
and auditor constitute a state bord
~ decsnnlal apportianmant. upon
which falls the duty az nsine the
legislative districts after each FEEDER
al census TOT the next ten years The
next census viii be taken IN 1900.
and the readiurtment OF legislative
tiftricts ..hoth senatorial and repre-
sentative. viii be made hrror. the
stat. tfectlon of 1901. therefore II IL
an important thing Ia securr con
troll 90 the state board 81 dceenniai
superintendent This year gov
ernar and auditor are to he elected
aud next year a secretary Of state
members Of the apportionment
beard this year will hold control.
should the democrats elect n Eov-
erncr and the republicans an audit
or. as happened In issp. they ssit
have 90 night for secretary Of state
in the election OF 1900.
There have been four legislative
rpportionments under the present
constitution. Nobody ever under
took 10 question the equity and fair
ness of those Of 1881. 1871. and fssi.
In iass the republicans held control
% tho board BY slectinx state Aud
ttos Poe when the democrats elect
81 Governor Jane. y. Campbell.
They continued the preceding APP
% rtlonments 'rxcepting that In the
case of senatorial DISTRICTS that In
tho cases Of senatorial districts
which had not suf'iclen, population
for separate representation. two
were Joined THIS superintendent
was arranged BY the present sccfe-
tsry OF state. Charles kinney. then
chief clerk TO Secretary Of State Dan
j. kyan. Mr.. Kinney predicted for
his superintendent that under II the
democrats would not elect a ma
sorfty Of the state Legislature In the
next ten years. and hi. predictions
hsr been fulfilled. though last year.
ewing To the fusion victory In Gin
ctnnati. the senate Was tied.
The democrats realized then that
NJ. kinney had rrapportioned them
out Of control. and they made fight
before the state supreme court. but
without benefit. The court held that
tn. power vested In the apportion-
ucnt board was largely discretion
airy. and that there was no tustific-
tien for judicial interference unless
tire spportionmeut showed an utter
disregard Of the constitution. which
Of Itself Was very general In instruc-
ton and left a wide margin for the
exercise 81 the grrrymanderinE
judgment Of party politicians. The
democrats had isimed that the con-
stitution contemplated an actual re.
superintendent. that 10. that there
must be such changing of districts
an To s~gregate those which had
been united. and rearrange them in
10 new combinations Had the su-
prrms court supported them IN this.
II would have been difsscult for the
republican. 90 have made such n
r.arranEsmenf as would form new
combinations OF Contiguous coun-
ties. and s,iii give the r.pubIicans
such a rrea, margin for protection
against Just such emergencies a.
that Of 1888.
should the democrats control the
state board Of decennini spportion-
rnent In 1900. the voters Of ohio may
look fer such q shaking NJ OF ieglH-
iat!ve districts as the estate has not
known since the adoption OF the
constitution in 1851.