Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-30
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GTama Herald.l
One of the big improvements Tama
must soon make is the betterment OF
the roads south ofHtown. The town iss
losing enough trade because Of these
unfathomable thorofares to warrant
the expenditure OF the necessary money
to put them in passable condition.
Much Of the time during the past week
farmers have been unable to cross the
bottom roads with loaded wagons. On
some days they have. scarcely dared> to
attempt the trip on horseback. Trade
has been poor in consequence. There Is
not Tama business man who cannot
afford tosdonate 500 toward the ex-
,pense of converting those 'sloughs OF
Sdespond" into roads that will be good
every day In the year Another season
should witness the Inauguration OF this
enterprise which isGconfessedly essen-
sfial to the city's 6ontlnaed supremacy
as q commercial center. South Tama
farmers are also irlterested or will soon
become so. Tama is as necessary to
them as they are to Tama. II the ball
lis started to rolling they will keep it
going until financial assistance in keep
ing with their ability to assist. The
Business Mems Association, which Is
looking for an opportunity to demon
strate that its organizations was not v
vain, could probably take the lead In
this matter and carry 1t forward &c .
successful completion.
WRIGHT MAY BE CHANGED.
IEagle Grove Times-Gazette.l
With the new census there IL likely
to be a considerable number OF changes
in political workings. One OF these
which is OF interest to most OF US Is the
one relating to congressional appor-
tionment. The prospects for the adivid-
ing up of the state SO as 10 more near
sly equalize the various districts are
good and the changed complexion OF
some OF the districts will make them
strangers to themselves. The shoe
string" will come off the Fifth and the
west end Of the Thirds wrench will be
taken away and put in the Tenth dis
trlct. According to the figuring CT the
republicans Of Ile state this change
will not be a gerrymander, as such IL
not needed to keep all the districts re-
publican. 1t will be merely a change
DO as TO give the districts better shape
and give each more nearly its proper.
ton of population.
II is about settled that there will BIZ
no more congressman and hence there
must be "a larger number Of peopl,
served by each member Than hereto
fore as the population has Increased By
a large per cent Our ratio OF increase
indeed has been less than some othel
states and our right to an additional
member is not brilliantly strong. Or
4 the basis OF eleven therefore each con.
gresham must represent 20s,042 PEG.
pie.
According to the best plan Of redis
tricting that has been proposed thu
ratio Of population In the eleven dis
tricts will be from 1874, 755 to s259177. Thi.
would give the nearest ratio possible.
Under this plan the new third distric
would lose Wright county and WI
would become a part OF the Tenth dis
trict. The arrangement would cut of
Hamilton, Boone. Greene, Carroll AM
Crawford and will give 1t Wright, Dick
snson, Clay and Worth. The Third will
lose Wright and Franklin and gair
sGrundy. Franklin will be added to TIL,
4 FOurIn.5 lne9 OluSE' lletaLU1f SOuHNlGS w IL
remain as they now are. The proposed
redistricting has been figured out b!
the state Register and seems TO NEE
with the general approval Of the stat
II a re- istricting Is necessary. TIL
only congressman whose tenure Of OF
fee will be disturbed will be Congress
man Conner, of the Tenth, and. as t,.1
elected only to fill Senator Dolliver'
former place there will be no grea
complaint. He was assured that h
could hardly be renominat ted.
The greatest plan OF re-arraneemen
favor Ii that the districts would agail
assume something like normal and pro
portioAate shape. This means q, grea
i deal in the dispensation of patronage
| as ii will give the entire portions of tn
} various districts a much better sho,
/ AT the offices to be given out than b
/ The present plan. where some parts Q
1 the district are SO fer away that tn
icongre IS man hardly knows they are \
/ his district.>
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