The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28
ADOPT DAUGRERIY' PLAN
WORK OF REDISTRICTING THE
STATE Is FINALLY COM
PLETED
HENNEPIN MEN DEFEATED
ReRppOrtiOnmen So Shaped ms to
Give Some Congregational Aspir-
ants Chance to Go to
Washington.

Inc JOINT house and senate reapportion-
ment committee completed it's work YES
teroay afternoon and adjourned sine
die. The Daugherty-Ferris plan for re-
dlstricting the state, which has been
pupllshed in the G o b on previous oc-
caslons, was adopted and the house and
senate VIII be asked to pass a bill EN-.
bodying that system AS the sentiment
1aVorlng this plan was overwhelmingly
great, there is little room for doubt now
that the state will actually be redictricted
and that the plan of Senator Daugherty
and Representative Ferris which was
formulated before the committee was op-
pointed, will be followed out
Hennepin county, with it's full delega-
ton made desperate struggle to pre-
vent the adoption of the Daugherty plan.
but had to submit to a defeat at the last
which was brought about largely through
the efforts of the Ramsey county delega-
ton, who became Hennepin's immediate
opponents in the contest. A frail COM
blnation had been effected prior to yes
terdays meeting of the committee, be-
tween the Hennepin delegation and Rep
resentative Larson, of the Second dis
trlct, who had plan of his own Every
effort was made by this combine to break
down the fence of the opposition. and
at least delay action, but such attempts
proved futile.
Senator Daugherty presented the report
embodying the recommendation of
the seven members OF the subcommittee
for the adoption of his plan. Senator Jep-
son offered minority report, with no
other supporter than himself His plan
provided for the removal of Chisago
county from the Fourth district and the
division of Hennepin county on the river.
throwing the East side into the new
Sixth district. 1t left the First. Second
and Third districts without change from
the Daugherty plan, but, of course, en-
bodied minor changes in the Sixth, Sew
enth, Eighth and Ninth. Representative
j. A. Peterson and Senator Wilson, Of
Minneapolis, both spoke in support of the
Jepson plan. Mr.. Peterson, in his re-
marks. said:
If this Daugherty plan goes through
1T will simply be move in the interest
of certain politicians, and want to give
'worning now that every member from
Hennepin will fight that on the floor of
both houses to the very last. We are
not seeking to divide the state in the in
terest of any particular man or men,"
WILSON'S SENSATIONAL STATE
MENT
Senator Wilson added a rather sensa-
tional statement. He said:
Il fanny member of this subcommittee
can give reason for urging this Daugh-
erty plan which he is not ashamed to
disclose before this audience, let him get
up and give 1t. 1 don't believe there is
any good and sensible reason for it,
Mr.. Peterson then moved that Henne-
pin county be divided on the river line,
regardless Of the Jepson plan. The vote
on the motion stood % opposed and in
favor. The five were all Hennepin men,
bers, except one, Mr.. Larson. The re-
malnder of the I1ennepin members had
given up the fight and left Mr.. Larson
then presented the same plan which he
EllhTOiffo6 IL Ia
OF In short order.
Mr. Torson endeavored to effect slight
changes in the Daugherty plan, by hav-
ing WaSeca county put in the Third in
stead of the Second district and Nicollet
IN the Second, and Mr. Gait further at
tempted to retain Waseca in the First and
put Nicollet in the Second, but both at
tempts were fruitless, as was everything
else that in any wav differed or inter-
Tered with the Daugherty plan.
During the attempt Of the Hennepin
county people to force their plan upon
the committee, wherein it was proposed
or course, to take Chisago from the
Fourth, Senators Horton and McGin de-
tended the Republican interests of Ram
sey and the Fourth district, declaring
that it would leave the Fourth In a dam
gerous condition to take out Chisago
Mr.. Larson said that Ramsey Repub-
Ilcans wanted to keep Chisago so that
they could enjoy SNAP sit down and
40 nothing during campaigns, but wait
for the majorities.
Ihere was no apparent opposition from
Ramsey or the Fourth district people at
any time to the plan decided on weeks
ago, which Senator Daugherty seems to
have been the author of, but there was
p strong sentiment in this city and Min
heapolis favorable to no redistricting at
bll preferrng to have the new congress
men elected at large.
CHANCE FOR ASPIRANTS.
The Daugherty plan. which is printed
below for the third time. offers oppor-
tunities for a number of aspirants fog
congressional hOnOrs. The general ex-
preston of opinion, as was held by those
who objected to the plan, is that 1t was
drawn up with special attention to these
aspirations and possibility of having
them satisfied Senator Buchanan of
Little Falls; Senator Young, Representa-
tive Berg, Senator ]. D. Jones and 9TH
ers are supposed to be beneficiaries of
this plan. 1t is claimed that this plan
will come nearer retaining the present
congressman and giving to the nine dis
tricts Republican casts, equalizing the
population of the several districts and
aHording better railroad facilities than
any other could have done. 1t is evident
that from a Republican standpoint the
plan is popular and will, no doubt be
put into effect by the legislature. AS the
G b stated on Tuesday, it meets the
approval of every one of the seven men
now in congress from Minnesota except
Representatives Fletcher and Eddy. The
1atter's district will have undergone a
material change, while Fletcher was
anxious to have Minneapolis so divided
that its Democratic territory might be
removed from his bailiwick
ha 10
ing undergone no changes since recon-
mended and published week ago:
First District-Steel, Dodge. Wabasha
OlmStead, Winona, Freedom, Mower Fill
more. Houston.
Second District-Waseca, Blue Earth,
Faribault, Martin, Watonwan, Cotton
wood. Murray, Pipestone, Brown, Jack
son, Noble and Rock.
Third District-McLeod, Carver, Scott.
Dakota, Sibley, Nicollet LIE Sueur, Rice
and Goodhue.
Fourth District-Chicago Ramsey and
Washington.
Fifth District-Hennepin.
Sixth Dist ict-Hubbard, Cass, Todd
Crow Wing, Wadena. Morrison Stearns
Benton. Sherbu:ne, Wright, Meeker and
Douglass.
Seventh District-Lincoln, Lyon, Red
wood RenVille, Yellow Medicine. Chime
wa, Lac qui Parle Kandiyohi, Swift, Big
Etone, Stevens. Pope, Traverse and Grant.
Eighth Dlstrlct-Itasca, st. Louis Lake
Cook. AitlIin, Pine. Mile Lacs kauabec,
1santi, Anoka and Carlton.
Ninth District-Marshall. Beltrami
Polk, Clay, Becker, Otter Tail. Wilkin
Norman, Roseau and Kittson.
The following figures are given as the
respective populations of the districts:
First. 195, 4O4; Second 1S9, 934; Third, 1873 LOG:
Fourth, 2l1 $40; Fifth, 22S, $40; Sixth 208 1852:
Seventh, lS4,357; Eighth, 156943; Ninth,
committee of three will be appoint-
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