The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-26
LOREN DOESN'T LIKE It.
HENNEPIN-s REPRESENTATIVE OBJ
JECTS TO DAUGHERTY-FERRI
PLAN OF REAPPORTIONMENT
EDDY IS ALSO DISSATISFIED
Twin City Delegations Likely to
Drop the Mask and Fight Any
Scheme to Redistrict
the State.

A prominent st. Paul Republican, who
occupies a leading place in the legisla-
ture and who is interested with other
Twin City Republicans in defeating the
reapportionment proposition. is in receipt
of communications from Washington Civ
ing the position of each one of Mime
sofas congressman on the plan of redis-
tricting the state. He said to the G o b e
yesterday that all save two of these rep
resentatives are ready to give their in
dorsement to the "Daugherty-F Ferris
plan as presented by the subcommittee
on reapportionment.
1t will not be surprising to learn that
Congressman Fletcher is one of those
who objects to the plan of the committee
That plan has been strenuously objected
to by all Hennepin county people, for it
includes nothing that will materially en-
nance the present advantages of the Mill
City Republicans The other opposing
representative is Frank NJ Eddy, of the
Seventh district. Mr.. Eddy wants diff
ferent plan followed than the one which
the subcommittee has recommended, as
there might possibly be a little danger
involved for him were the Daugherty
system put into effect.
The st. Paul gentleman who received
the communication from Washington
yesterday said
mittee plan is objected to by the repre-
sentative from Minneapolis. He, like his
constituents wants to have the East
side cut off the Mill City and thrown into
another district, which would be a decid-
eddy foolish thing for the remainder of
the state TO consent to. l think it is
rather absurd for the Minneapolis people
to ask for this chance of getting two
representatives in congress.
do Won believe the subcommittee Olan
will be adopted and put into effect?' was
asked
IF any reapportionment is made at
all, which l consider extremely doubtful,
that plan no doubt viii go through"
For my part continued the st. Paul
senator, Il do not want to see any new
districts formed, and L am free to say
that my sentiments are those which l
think every Republican ought to hold
The reapportionment committee meets
again Wednesday unless some change IS
made in the plans already tacitly agreed
upon. At that time the united effort of
Hennepin and Ramsey, as represented in
the statements of the gentleman quoted,
is expected to assume a more definite
shape. 1t will not be surprising if the
mask is removed from the combined I'M
dertaking of the Twin City delegations
to prevent redistricting the state and the
real motive, that of having the two new
congressman elected at large, fully dis
closed, although this may not be done
until later 1t is useless for any one to
attempt to deny that the sentiment
among the city Republicans favoring the
retention of the congressional field in its
present form, is a very VivaciouS one.
The Twin City Republicans are not 60
ing to lose this opportunity of getting
another representative apiece if they can
possibly avoid it.
The Hillmond bill, which provides for
the general application of the Minneapo-
lis primary election law, may come up
in the house today. Mr.. HillmOnd intro
duced this measure on Jan. Is, when it
was relegated to the committee on cleo
tions. 1t was reported back by the COM
mittee Feb. 8, and was given a stay of
execution for two weeks. The two weeks
were up last Friday, but the house was
not in session and the bill could not
therefore be taken up.
1t is doubtful, however, if when the
bill does revert again to the house, it
will meet with a better fate than oblit-
Grafton. At least that is the way it looks
row. Mr. Hiilmond is Democrat. The
legislature is Overwhelmingly Republic
an. The law which the measure contem-
plates, would, no doubt, be a very popu-
lar one, and hence, to follow the general
order of things, must be framed by
Republican member
MI Roberts, Republican, of Hennepin,
has introduced a similar bill, and it is
more than probable that it will take
precedence over that one presented by
the Democratic member. In all probable
ity the house will substitute the Roberts
bill for the Hillmond bill, and in this way
give the credit of having the primary
election law applied generally to the
state to a Republican.
While the chances for the success Of
such a bill seem very good, there is
some question involved, and in case the
house defeats the measure introduced
Ramsey county members, who are deter
mined to have the benefit of such a law
will make desperate effort to pass a
bill that will apply to them at least. Nj