The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-06
.VBNT NEN DISTRICTS
Hon. Freeman Miller Frames
a Reapportionment Bill
SOME MATERIAL CHANGES
In Interview He Gives ExpIa-
nation of His Measure.
SOME MATERIAL CHANGES

Guthrie, O. T., Dec 5.-Hon Freeman
Z. Miller. ssnator-elect from this Third
council district. has framed an apporHon-
ment Bill for Oklahoma. which he viii
Introduce and urge at the coming session
Of the legislature. As it Is summarized, II
makes the districts Of the territory for
legislative purposes as follows:
COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
First-East half of Grant county and
all Of kay county Population, $1,000
Second Pawnee and Noble counties.
Population 26,3S1.
Third-Payne and north tier Of town
ships in Lincoln county. Population,
$500.
Fourth-Remainder of Lincoln and all
Of Pottawatomie north Of line between
townships nine and ten north. Popula-
ton 30.707
Remainder of Pottawatomie and
all of Cleveland Population 81, 100.
Sixth-Oklahoma county. Population,
25.58s.
ties. Population, 29,99S.
Ninth-Gardeld and west half Of Grant
county Population, 30.S49.
Tenth-Woods county; population, "a
s75.
Eleventh-Beaver Woodward, Dewey
and Blaine. Population, 29.99S.
-Washita and Custer counties.
Population 1926.
Thirteenth-Greer Roger Mills and Day
counties. Population, 26.2S5.
PRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
First-Grant county. Population. 1928.
See No. is.
Secondary county. Population %
$50 See No. IS.
Third-No0ble county. Population, a.
Fourth-Pawnee county. Population, 12,-
366.
Fifth and Sixth-Payne and five town
ships of Lincoln. Population, $500
Seventh and Eighth-Remainder Of Lin
coin and Pattawatomie north Of line be
tween townships nine and ten. Popula-
tion. 3o77.
Ninth Remainder Of Pottawatomie
Population, 1888.
Eleventh and Twelfth-Oklaboma coun-
ty Population, 26588.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth - Logan
county. Population. 26,53S.
Tfteenth-Canadian county. Population
1881
Observation-Disclosures county. Population
IS 501.
northumberland county. Popula-
ton 22076. See No IS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Grant and Kay;
one joint representative. See No. /, 2,
and T.
Nineteenth and Twentieth - Woods
county. Population, 1895.
Twenty first Beaver and Woodward
counties. Population. 10 so.
Twenty-second - Dewey and Blaine
counties. Population, 1851
Twenty Custer county. Popua-
ton 49, 6l
Twenty Fourth-Washita county. Popu-
lation. 1901
Twenty-Fffth and Twenty Sixth-Day,
Roger Mills and Greer Population, 25,-
62s
In regard to this bill, Mr.. Miller in an
interview today. said:
There is a great demand 7 nd, IN all
parts Of the territory for new appor-
tioument The present act was passed
six years ago, and portions of the ter
r;tory have vastly increased in population
since that time Tt was confessedIy
"gerrymander' whe nenacted. but has
never realized the expectations of its
authors as a political measure Besides
it cuts the counties into so many and
In such fantastic ways that the political
managers have never bee nable TO get
that close and successful organization
for legislative campaigns which is essen
tial to party triumphs and which they
have secured in the county organizations.
AT present Woods county is cut into
parts Of six different representative dis
tricts; Logan county IS in five; and each
OF these counties enters more or less into
three council districts. Under such cir
cumstances. the legislators chosen are
under obligations to SO many different
constituencies that unit yof effort is hard
10 secure upon public measures.
LAS illustrating the extremes of pOpu-
ladons now existing, the Thirteenth
council district az present contains over
1850 while the Seventh has only 1859.
The. Twenty-dfth representative district
contains over t0e0 iuhabitauts and the
Thirteenth less than $780, TO remedy
such inequalities as Wen as to eliminate
other Objectionable features Of the old
law has been my purpose in framing
this bu
'The total population Of Oklahoma. ac-
c1~iing u the United States census FOR
1850 S2s5 This divided ay - the