The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
WAGE INIERMCINE WAR
REPUBLICANS UNABLE TO AGREE
UPON PLAN FOR REDISTRICT-
ING THE STATE
DAUGBERTY PLAN SUBMITTED
HennepIn Delegation Offers Objee-
tiOnS and Everything Is Of
May he No ReRppOrtiOn-
nent.

'Tll bet that after all there viii not
be a reapportionment of the state, and
that the two additional representatives
in congress which, under the new CEN
sus we are entitled to will be elected
at large
This statement was ventured by a
prominent member of the Ramsey coun-
ty delegation yesterday, who. by the
way, is Republican of the deepest dye.
He had been to the meeting of the re-
apportionment committee, which was
held late in the afternoon, and there
fore had a right to his opinion.
1t was supposed that when the full
committee. met yesterday to receive the
report of the subcommittee q plan would
be submitted by the latter, which would
meet general approval, and be determin-
ed upon as the plan to be followed in
making the new divisions of the state.
The subcommittee did present a plan,
but 1t failed TO get by the Hennepin
delegation and some members from the
southern part OF the state The plan sub
mitted was that heretofore known as
the "Daugherty'' plan, and which was
substantially made public some weeks
ago. 1t provides for the following sys-
tenn of redistricting:
PROPOSED DIVISION.
First District-Steel, Dodge, Wabasna,
Olmstead, Winona, Freeborn, Mower,
Fillmore Houston.
Second D1strict-Waseca. Blue Earth,
faribault, Martin, Watonwan. Cotton
wood, Murray, PlpeStone, Brown, Jack
son, Noble and Rock
Third District-McLeod. Carver, Scott
Dakota, Sibley, Nicollet, LIE Sueur, Rice
and Goodhue.
Fourth District-Chisago, Ramsey and
Washington
Fifth Dlstrict-Hennepin
fSfr I.r1,lN I'D
Crow Wing, Wadena, Morrison, Stearns,
benton, Sherburne, Wright, Meeker and
Douglass.
Seventh District-Lincoln. Lyon. Red
wood. Renville, Yellow Medicine. Chippe-
wa. Lac qui Parle Kandfyohi, Swift, Big
Stone, Stevens, Pope, Traverse and Grant.
Eighth DistIiet-Itasea, ST Louis. Lake,
Cook. Aitkin. Pine, Mile Laos, Kanabec,
Isanti. Anoks and Carlton.
Ninth. DistTict-Marshall, Beltrami
Polk, Clay, Becker, Otter TAN. Wilkin,
Norman, Roseau and Kittson.
All the districts as thus suggested
would be normally Republican. Their
relative populations would, it is claim
ed, be as nearly uniform as it will be
possible to make them. The following
figures are given as the respective pop
ulations of the districts: First, 1875, 4O4
Second, 1898 Third, 1873, 106; Fourth
81, $40; Fifth, 22S, $40; Sixth, 20S. 1872; Sew
enth 1S4,S57; Eighth, 156, 943; Ninth, 1885,
052
HENNEPIN OBJECTS.
This system is objected to by Henne-
pin county people, and as the subcom-
mittee of that delegation. Messrs. Rob-
erts and Washburne, appeared before
the reapportionment committee and sub
mitted their. case, Their argument is
that the plan above suggested would
create two abnormally large districts,
with Ramsey and Eennepin as the CEN
rx-hi In old +J,o
supreme coart, and that therefore the
whole plan would be thrown out, and
after all be the means of losing the
chance to make the state solidly Re-
publican with regard to congressional
districts Mr.. Roberts and his colleagues
would take Chisago off the Fourth dis
trict, and also rip off the east side Of
Minneapolis and throw them into a
new district. This was strongly objected
TO by Ramsey county men. Senator Hor-
ton protested that it would not leave the
Fourth district with a safe Republican
majority TO subtract Chisago county
from its territory, and that Ramsey
would not be trodden upon in this man
ner. IT was impossible for the Ramsey
and Hennepin people to get together
on the proposition, for each accuses the
other of knitting. Mr.. Roberts submitted
the following plan for new district.
taking Chisago out of the Fourth:
Stearns. Benton, Wright, Isanu, Chi
sage, Anoka, Sherbune, Todd ard East
Minnea polls This meets the geHeral
approval of the Hennepin delegation, but
1t is safe to say does not find many
supporters outside of that county.
LARSON CHOKED OFF.
Representative James Larson. OF Red
wood county, which is in the Second dis
trict, claimed that he had been denied
the right Of submitting plan to the sub
committee, and that his part of the
state had been denied a representative
on the committee. He said the commit
tee was trying to railroad matters
through, and had evaded the reception
OF other plans than the one which the
seven men of that committee favored.
inns fnputation was repeated by others,
and general controversy took place
the committeeman resenting the charges
that they had been arbitrary in their
actions. Mr.. Larson was called upo,.
Tor his plan, which he finally submit
ted. 1t proposes the nine new districts
in this manner:
First-same as the committee plan.
Second-Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault
jackson, Lincoln, Lyon Martin. Murray
Mobiles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock. Wa,
tonwan, Yellow Medicine
Third-Blue Earth, Carver Dakota
GoOuHGe, lie SuSurr N1coIlet, Rice, Scott,
Waseca.
EouIth1z-Ramsey and Washington.
Ftfth-Henneptn.
sixth1Big Stone, Chippewa. Douglas,
Grant. Kandfyohi, Lac qui Parle. Nc
1-eod. Pope. RenYille, Sibley, Stevens.
Seventh-Cass, Hubbard, Crow Wing,
Benton, Morrison, Meeker, Sherhurne,
Stearns, Todd, Wright, Wadena.
EiShth-Attkin, AnOka, Carlton, CHS
ago. Cook, Itasca, Kanabec. Lake Mile
Laos. Pine, st. Louis, Isanti.
Ninth-Becker, Clay, Beltrami, Kittson
Marshall, Norman, Polk, Red Lake
Roseau, Wilkin, Otter Tail
There was great deal of discussion
as TO whether the sub committee should
be continued in service and further
plans submitted. 1t was finally decided
that any plan hereafter to be formed
must reach the committee within TWEEN
ty-four hours. The subcommittee >xyill
examine them and report to the COM
Inittee at large a week from yesterday
when probably the same routine of dis
cussion will be gone through with again,
and the matter be as far from settle
Inent as ever.
j. y. Peterson said he had a plain ma
turing but could not get it ready with
in the time allowed. so it was held that
the committee would use its discretion in
extending this time.
y strong fight will be made bv the
members OF the subcommittee to con-
vince their associates on the large COM
mittee of the wisdom OF their original
plan