The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-20
MANY CHANGES MADE
IN HOUSE District
Plan of Reapportionment is
Nearly Completed.
SOME NEW COMBINATIONS
The Arrangement Of Counties in
Various Sections Changed.
ANALYSIS OF NEW SCHEME.
ANALYSIS OF NEW SCHEME
Petersburg, Pit.sylvania and Dnnville Lose,
Wa.Ic Newport News and Norfolk County
Gain in Keprsseutalion-Gooehland
With tcnrioo-ProbIem of
What TO Do With
King George.

The House Committee on Privileges
and Elections last night passed on the
rcapportionmcpt Of the State for the
House of Delegates with the exception
OF Alleghany, Bath Highland and Rock
bridge counties, Heretofore AlleshanF,
Bath and Highland have had one dele
gate together and Rockbridse has had
TWO delegates The committee has pro
posed that Allegheny be given one deie-
gate and that Rockbridge, Bath ana
ljiShland re made one district with TWO
delegates
Judge George *. Anderson appeared
before the committee last night and ask
az that representatives from this district
be heard before this change Should ne
passed upon. This request the committee
granted, and Monday morning at 10
.'ciock was set as the time when there
will be a hearing on this matter.
The committee decided upon scheme
OF reapportionment for the rest OF the
State. A number of changes are made.
GENERAL. SHAKE UP.
The change in the division of the i've
counties of Mathews Gloucester, King
and Queen. Essex and MiddleseN INTO
three legislative districts ocCastoned con-
siderable argument before the commit
ice last night. Heretofore Gloucester and
Mathews formed one district, Essex and
Niiddlesex another, and King and queen
a third The COMMITTEES decided to put
Essex with King and Queen. Mathews
with Middlesex, and Gloucester alone.
Mr. Hu,1ley. of Mathews, advocated
putting Mathews with Middlcsex, 1athcr
than Gloucester. This was the case UP
10 ten years ago. Mr.. Bland, Of King and
Y,,l,
Essex with King and Queen. Judge
Blake-,- of Essex, was willing for Essex
10 go with either NiddieseX or king ara
Queen.
Mr.. Whitehead. of Norfolk. asked Tor
three delegates from Norfolk, rather tnail
two He would be satisfied with an .a"ol-
tional Senator. The committee could het
see its way clear to give Nortoiis i'cte
than two delegates.
C,aotain Parks had something 20 say
aho,,t the new provisions for PAGE ana
Rama hammock Heretotore aap2!h lar
sIock has had a delegate and t'ace ara
Rappahannock together delegate. Inc
committee proposed and decioed To give
Page and Rappahannock together otl.
one delegate Captain Parks stated lhat
he would not fight this proposition un-
less something more, senator ito'h
Rocl5ineham and Shenandoah, IS taken
from the Seventh District.
p,D NOT WANT KING GEORGE.
The most earnest and determined hight
made last night was that by Mr. fo"eiS >,
OF Caroline The present arrangement Is
that Caroline by itself has a delegate
The committee proposed to put hlHS
George with Caroline as a district with
on, delegate Mr.. Powers earnestly ar
cucJ against this change. For the firSt
,ime in twenty years the Democrats had
Won In Caroline. which is Very close.
K;nC George has a Republican majority
Of zoo: The combination would be hope
lesslv Republican. Mr.. Cummings and
other gentlemen asked what could be
done with king George. 1t was hard
,,rohlem, but the committee finally de-
5 cided to add Stafford and King George
Il ~ the ioater district OF Fauquier and
3 loudoun. Under the new arrangement
flrauduier will have a delegate, Loudoun
a delegate, and Loudoun, Fauquier. Stat
iord and King George q delegate All
three of these districts are regarded as
safely Democratic.
SOME OTHER CHANGES.
Other changes which the committee has
Gecded to make are:
buckingham is given one delegate. Cum
Serland and FluTanna one delegate
tioochland and 1denrico one delegate, and
Ile,rico one delegate. Heretofore Buck
IuSham and Cumberland have had one
delegate, FIuranna and Goochland one
Chesterfield is given one delegate and
Chesterfield, Manchester and Powhatan
together one delegate. rather than form
ing Chesterfield. Manchester and Pow
hatan into district, with two delegates
as heretofore
given one delegate, and Roanoke city
and county two delegates. Heretofore
Craig. Roanoke City and county have had
two delegates. and Montgomery and
Radford have had one delegate.
Floyd is given ono delegate. and
Franklin one delegate. At this time
Franklin has deiegatc and Floyd and
Franklin together Il ave a delegate.
Giles and Bland are given a delegate.
Fmyth delegate and Pulaski a dele
Eate. Heretofore Pulaski and Giles have
had delegate and Snlyth and Bland a
delegate.
Newport News is given one delegate
md New Kent, Charles City. James
City. York, Warwick and Williamsburg
nnc delegate. Heretofore one delegate
Vas represented both
Norfolk county was given two dele
Gates instead Of one.
Pittsylrania and Danrillc are given
three delegates instead of four. and Pc
iersburs one instead of two.
THE COMPLETE LIST.
The following is the full statement of
khe legislative apuortionment, hs de-
cided upon by the House COMMITTEES. ex-
ccpt in the case OF the counties of Allie
z1ianS. Bath. Highland and Rockbridsc.
which are in allegiance:
Acco.nac Observation-Disclosures. /
Aiber.arie and chailottesvilic.........
Alexandria, county and city..............
Allegheny Observation-Disclosures n !
Amherst ........................... ]
Appomattox and Campbell. ]
Amelia and Nottoway....... ..........
Augusta and Stauntons ...........