The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-27
NEW REAPPORTIONMEN BILL.
Representative Hamburger Offers a
Measure Redistricting the State.

A new legislative reapportionment Dill
made its appearance in the House yester-
day afternoon. Representative Bamberger,
of Marion county, standing sponsor for 1t.
This is the first bill of the kind offered in
the lower branch of the Legislature, al
though there have been two such bills intro
duced in the Senate, one by Senator Wood.
of Tippecanoe, and the other by Senator
Gray, of Vanderburg.
Mr.. Bamberger's bill differs from the
others in several minor particulars, but it
agrees with them in giving Marion county
one more senator and one more represent
alive than the county now has. He gives
Marion county four senator's and joint
senator with Hancock and Hendricks. and
eight representatives and joint represent
alive with Hancock. Under the present law
Marion and Morgan counties constitute the
joint senatorial district, while the joint
representative district is the same, Marion
and Hancock.
The bill fixes the districts as follows:
Senators
Posey and Gibson. one; Vanderburg,
one: Vanderburg, Pike and Warrick, one;
Knox and Sullivan, one; Greene and Da-
viess one; Spencer, Perry and Crawford,
one; Dubois, Martin and Orange, one;
Lawrence and Monroe, one; Floyd and Har-
rison. one; Washington, Scott and Clark.
one: Brown, Bartholomew and Jack
son, one; Jefferson. Jennings and Ripley.
land. one; vigo. one; Vigo and Clay, one;
Morgan. Putnam and Owen, one; Marion,
four: Hancock Marion and Hendricks one;
johnson and Shelby. one; Rush. Fayette
Randolph and Jay. one Delaware. one;
Madison, one; Madison and Henry, one;
Hamilton and Upton. one; Boone and Gin
ton, one; Montgomery and Parke one; YER
million, Fountain and Warren, one; Tippe-
canoe. one; Benton, Newton ad Jasper
one; White. Pulaski and Starke. one: Mar
one; Miami and Howard one; Grant, one;
Grant Blackford and Wells. one; Allen,
one; Allen and Adams. one; Whitley and
Huntington, one: Kosciusko and Wabash,
one; Steuben and De Kalb one: Lagrange
and Noble. one; Elkhart. one; ST Joseph,
one; ST. Joseph and Laporte. one; Lake
and Porter, one
Representatives
Posey, one; vanderburg, two; Gibson, one;
Pike and Gibson, one; Vanderburg, and
Warrick, one; Spencer. one: Perry and
Crawford, one; Harrison, one; Floyd. one.
Clark, one; Floyd. Washington and Clark,
one; Scott and Jennings, one; Jefferson,
one; Ohio and Switzerland, one; Dearborn,
one; Ripley. one: Franklin and Fayette,
one: Decatur. one; Bartholomew, one:
Jackson, one; Lawrence. one; Monroe and
Brown. one; Martin and Orange, one; Du-
bois, Daviess and Knox, one; Daviess, one;
Knox. one; Sullivan. one; Greene, one;
N1gO, TWO, Nlg0 ana NeTfn1lllOH, one, ClaN,
one; Clay and Owen, one; Parke. one; Put
man, one: Morgan. one: Hendricks, one;
Marion, eight: Marion and Hancock. one;
Johnson, one; Shelby. one; Rush, Shelby
and Henry. one; Henry, one; Wayne, one;
Jay, one; Randolph, one; Jay, Randolph,
Wayne and Union one; Delaware, two;
Grant. two; Grant. Blackford and Della
ware. one; Madison. three; Hamilton, one;
| Hamilton and Upton, one; Clinton. one;
Boone, one; Montgomery, one; Montgom-
| cry. Clinton, Howard and Carroll, one;
| Howard, one; Tippecanoe. one; Tippecanoe
| and White. one; Cass one; Cass, Fulton
| and Miami. one; Miami, one; Wabash,
| one; Kiscusko, one; Huntington. one; Kos
| ciusko, Huntington, Wabash and Whitley,
| one; Allen, three; Adams, one; Wells, one;
| Noble. one; De Kalb. one; Lagrange Steub-
Joseph two Marshall. one: Laporte, one;
Laporte and St. Joseph, one; Pulaski and
| Starke, one; Porter and Jasper, one; Lake,
| one; Lake and Newton, one.
The problem of reapportioning the State
| for legislative purposes will be taken up
| VIII Fl. Wood. of Lafayette. is chairman.
| Senator Wood said yesterday that the COM
| mittee will get to work probably to-day
on the bill introduced by Senator Gray
| and on his own measure. with the idea of
| building substitute bill combining the best
| features of each. 1t will take the commit
| tee some time to prepare its report because
| of the multiplicity of interests to be con-
| sidered. Evolving legislative reapportion-
| ment act is a difficult proposition for the
\ reason that while some are pleased there
| are many that never are satisfied with the
work of the committee In reShaping the
| districts
| The Senate committee will probably ex-
anime Representative Bambergers bill be.
| fore making its report