The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-24
How 10 AppOrtiOn The State for Six,
teen Congressional Districts.
PROBLEM CONFRONTING POLITICIANS
Some Suggestions Submitted by One
Of the District Builders--changes
Will Be for Ten Years.

districts proposed are peculiarly Inherent
Each builder has HIS own reasons for
vanting district formed as he suggests.
II may be that he Will outline the whole
Statc, and he viii have In view the inter
ests Of but single man, and that man a
candidate for congress or at present
member OF congress. Others ARE working
10 form districts which will suit them, and
others are after districts that will suit the
politicians OF a single county. 1t Is
difficult matter to say how all OF these dis
tricts should be formed. The State of
Texas, with It's broad acres, it ranches and
small population In one-half OF It, and its
cities, towns and villages and immense
population In the other half, is hard
problem TO discuss when Il comes to APP
portloning the fhree million people in six.
aecn congressional districts. The ratio IL
nbout 10000 people to congressman.
The members of the legislature VIII have
deal OF twisting and arranging on hand
when they assemble. The senate commit.
rec has had clerk at work an sumuler,
SAIenuar Sleih fOunt Ray, ana II Us ulder-
STOOD ne has prepared more than dozen
diheHnt maps on the subject, and TO every
one Of these some objection is urged. There
arc thirty one members OF the senate, and
each Of these viii object to something
proposed. ne house committee has made no
progress In the matter 50 far buJ is wait.
ing until the special session meets There
Is some opposition to redistrctlng at all,
1he suggestion helng that three Congress,
men can be elected from tho Stale at large
" Is up4ay6e I s,, tue soyer4or faygs5 THIS
VINO d haye expressed themselves are In favor
One Of the district builders has prepared
~. i1 ,yDit1gd ns propee dsStTlounon ana
First District pallam. sherman Hans
CORD, Qchiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore,
Hutchinson. Roberts, Hehphn Oldham,
Potter Carson, Gay Wheeler Deaf Smith.
Kandau' Armstrong. Doulgy, Ceilings
Hail chjdress Ba qslo 5 SWs1g i5o bE Kisses
glouey' Sotue, Hardeman, Foard VII
an tnIcloO0ss nt Iii,, fiIehleS pauD3ocE Sros
aI 4, Inn Inn, Gar2s, he4t St2newah,
t ssH se9 @rcSAPiG sbSy Joan names nfTsqG
T fpara HaiG fpto, AIndteMs, Martin.
Restland, comancbs. Mills, Brown. Cole
Second District Wichita Archer, Young
clay JACK, Montague Wise, Cooke Den
Third District Crayson, Flnnip, Lamar
hga hlyer Popni.ail9n, 1862
r lngtiin Ti,as Dsita HopEGlns
Bowie; pqEnetion lSl0a7.
p Fitth ,, DlStriet-,,lKSauifman, Van zapdt.
riSen, population, ia8,ss9.
,Sixth District Dallas. Rockwah, Ellis.
hlH, population, ls2GL
Seventh District Parker. Tarrant, John
sen, Hood, Erath, SomerYile, Bosque,
Hamilton population, lso, 58s.
Leran, Burnet, Bell, Milan; population,
~ ,,,, 20 49,,
Ninth District Navarro, Freestone. Lime
stone. Fails; population 1A6,UOj.
Itnth Disuiet-lle Henderson. Anderson,
bopstou, Cherokee, Rusk, Pamela. Shelby,
Naeogdoches; population, 1871 209.
Eleventh DISTRICT Trinity, Angelina, San
Augustine, Sabine. san Jncinto, Polk,
Tyler, Jasper, Newton, Liberty Hardin,
0lange, jefferson, Chambers. Galveston.
bT IT2f,i Mrail4&ordaj poImiqi9n, l9l.1 l3
lWc1th District-Leoh, Madison, Crimes
Walker; Montgomery, Waller, Harris. Fort
.rhir,s Nngll9 IN poPulWHlio9 l@ %
Colorado, Fayettc. LHyacI, Gonzales, Jack.
scr. re VIII reputation Typ. go
PhNliop. travis Hays, Caldwell, Comu,
Snadulupe; population, lvl,luS.
tIIteenth District lerar Wilson,
fuEesi AtascOsa, Golhd, Victoria cal.
houn, keIugio; Aronsas Rec san putrcio,
i4ye Oak, McMullen Nueces, Duyal Stmr,
Hldalso, Cameron; population. l03.G5i
sl1tHent9 District y. Paso, Jcn Davis.
Iresidio Brewsier, Pcos, Reeves, Loving,
Ninkler, Ward, Ertor, Crane Midland,
Upon, Crockett, Val Verde Tom Green.
1rion; Gaasscock Sterling. Coke, R,mnes,
Soneh2i Mcs nlloch san SGbu llano, Ma
kotL MenArq, Schlil3her, sutton, jmtlu
Gillespie Blanco. Kendall Kerr. Edwards.
l'gndera; Kinney Uyalde Medina, Nav.
Webb. Zapatai population, ISL 76I
There are those who eau md objections
10 an airsngemcnt of this Kind, but mo
map could be prepared that would not
snow errors, The map, however, has two
neavS e ms 70 II, tne First and the sis.
teenth districts, each being Of the Jumbo
order The sixteenth district q arts al III
Paso, the extreme western point ana runs
down the Rio Grandc almost 70 its hi0uth
and across acres the STATE 70 within eighty miles
81 AUSTIN, while the First Is composed nj
the capital syndicate ranch. mud few
other counties, including the entire north,
western portion OF the state. Two smnll
u,strcts are suggested, as far as numbers
81 countries IS concerned. They include bur
four counties The Third is thc third lare'
est IN point Of population, There appenrs
no reason on the face Of the map for com.
binlng those four counties with heavy mop
niuLloIl, AZ th9t one point la Texas. unless
~ De 20 but Srayson county, with numer
Gus ambitious politicians, In district
Mhere , "a uree large counties can check the
atortsalu amhltloh. Inrrant Is again com
nlneI ,WWits Iar1Ser. and Johnson IS put
IN 50 liial me dstnct can be handled e
SUIT Ihose VINO 90 not live la Tarrant In
thy race OF me fact mat Iorrant has nevai
nad member OF congress as the present
Jistriet is S formed. The Dallas district
ike lhe Inlru; mas nut -four counties an,
- shoe strinS from Rockwall ON Tho
northeast 10 Hill on The ,southwest nal
iaS county mas nearly half the population
Mthlsi her b9rders bnt there are just
Shvngh. woes "a me lhree counties com
bineq against her 10 prevent Dallas con
Ir9ling aielrs ~ appears as 4 this DIS