The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-20
SOME MEN
ARE AFRAID
OF CHANGE
In the Lines TO be Made by
RediStricting Board.
STATISTICS ARE SCARCE
And are Needed Badly by the
Commission,

Guthrie. o. T. July is.-The work o.
the commission 70 redistFict the territory
for legislative purposes Is atsractiag at
teation IN all parts OF the territory. Con-
siderable speculation has been engaged
In as TIE 70 the probable result. bat
Up 10 the present time l. seems that Il
Is the disposition or the members q
the commission 70 redistrict along county
lines as far as possible. Some suEges-
lions have been made 20 the commission
relative TO floating counties together IN
making the district
The commission IN It's work this week
has been Handicapped by not having sta
tistics from the various counties Many
of the counties are delinquent IN send
| ing in maps and accurate tables Of pop
ulation and the vote cast az the lass cleo
sion. Without this Information the mem.
bers Of the commission can 60 little. II
the reports come in during the arst of
the week. Il * probable that the basis
of apor,ionment will be agreed upon. Il
is estimated that the territory vii reach
Gee 90 in population. Judging from the
reports from the counties IN.
Bert Howard chairman OF the commits
sion. is in Ksowa county securing IN
formation relative TO that county. II
Is probable that another member ~ the
commission will go 20 the northern part
OF the territory 20 hurry up some desired
reports.
Many demands have been made on the
commission already. In some cases pol
iticians who dominate On their present
districts do not want changes made. fear
ing. perhaps. that some man might spring
20 the front and be more popular Ga the
new district
Within the next week u - probable
that delegations from many counties viii
be in the city 10 call on the committee
20 make suggestions and demands a. q
what should be done IN their RESPECTIVE,
cases There have been three conErcs-
sionai acts 70 provide for the redlstrict-
ing Of the territory. The first Vas r.
1880. the second was BY the Democrats in
lsst. and the third is the one under which
Governor Ferguson appointed the present
commission. The first district were made
by Governor Steele and the following Il
the superintendent:
County No ! logan shah constitute
the first council district snd shan elect
INTtF members OF tne NNANNA- Guilty.
No. tOklahoma) shall constitute The
second council district and shall elect
three members of the council. county so
3 cleveland shall constitute the fhiri
council district and elect one member
q the council. county No. Canadian
shall constitute the fourth council district
and elect one member of the councH.
cuonties Nos and { sisau constitute the
9th council district and shah elect enc
member of the council. county No
(Hisghshcrl shall constitute the sixth
council district ard elect two members
% the council: county 80. fneaVsrl
shall constitute the seventh council dis
trict and elect one member o. the coun-
ell county Ne. z Beaver shall consu-
tufe the eighth council district ard eject
one member o. the council.
County No. ] shall constitute the nrss
representative district and elect Fis
members of tho house ~ representative.
county No . fhe second legislative dis
trict and elect Hve members. county 40
the third ard elect three msFusffas
county 40 the fourth snd eject three
members county No the fnh sra
elect four members. county No. thf
sixth and elect three members. county
No. the seventh and elect one msmbs.
counts Nos T. 9 3 T. and the eighth
and elect one member"