The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-16
UNEQUAL DIVISION
How the People Of Kentucky Are Dis
franehised, and How the People
Can Right This Wrong.


Can Right This Wrong.
To the People of Kentucky; At the
last regular session of the General
Assembly an act was passed dividing
the State into 100 Representative dis
tricts, which has been approved by
the Governor and clothed with all the
outer habiliments or forms of law.
The Constitution of Kentucky pro
vides, among other things, that
"The First General Assembly after
the adoption of this Constitution shall
divide the State into thirty-eight Sen
atorial districts, and one hundred Rep
resentative districts, as nearly equal
in population as may be without dl-
vidng any county except where
county may include more than one
district. which districts shall consti-
tute the Senatorial and Representa-
tive districts for ten years. Not more
than two counties shall be Joined to-
gether to form a Representative dis
trict: Provided, in doing so the prin-
ciple requiring every district to be as
nearly equal in population as may be
shall not be violated. il, IN
making said districts. inequality OF
population shall be unavoidable, any
advantage resulting therefrom shall
be given to districts having the larg-
est territory No part of a county
shall be added to another county to
make a district and the counties
forming a district shall be contigu-
GUS"
The General Assembly was directed
every ten years thereafter to redis-
trict the State according to this rule.
Conceiving that the act in question
was a gross violation Of both the let
ter and spirit of the fundamental law
Of the State, and that it deprived a
large number of our people of the
right Of selfgovernment, the under
signed We're selected by the unani-
nous voice Of the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature, to take steps
10 assert the rights of the people of
the State against this unjust iniqui-
tous and unconstitutional act of the
Legislature.
The right Of a citizen to proper
tionate representation III the LeslSl".
ture, so iaf as IL can De prac'loa'lE
carried into effect by the instrumen-
talities of human government is rec
ognized ana protected Dy tue Cons'i'
tuition" 1j5 Ill.,, ASP.
BY the act III queS'lon II apiT"'9
that more lh'n quarter vi d i'liI'io''
Oh our PeSiIe III l"eu'S 'loui u'9', ~
or rather 10 i"elNe oI 'neii' nave D'VA
Denied ana eNcluueu from Ie'' eSe''"
tion I'D the Legislature 10 all lnOeN'9
and purposes
Inc coillHil'ee HaNlns oOoaS'ol ~
also consider the aclS Oh lIle heE's'"
ture oi' May 3D. ana June 90 i'2'' u'
NldIhs Inr 9''l' 'H.o 9eHd,"I i"i ",''
Representative aI''Il''s. ana a'So ''''
act oil Mdi.h II' 1880 ui'luI"- '"'
state INTO O'H-''as'''l"' "'S', '''5 o.
found ih'' 'h'y were e"Ch anu ""
grossly un''lf ana N'"'"'''e "l .,''
Stale oI fa''I"' l'" 7o's' "''i- INV
SUBJECT
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taken lh OFT view %" '''7 i'"''.'
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