The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-06-30
PHoeossplrUTios OF misso0FL

AMENDMENT TO ~
coNsrlruTioN or MISSOURI
II, h. -subbmitted to- the legal voters
Of the state OF Missouri for tncif APP
provai or rejocuon az the regular sen.
oml election 90 Be held Or We es
vember. A. d., 1910. ffOflulhF Tor
striking out ana anuuilins section II
Of Article 4 OF The Constitution OF ME-
suuri. and cuacting and ud9piine NV
s.r,iou to he known aa section NJ Of
Article 4, which Is IN words ana hsu'e7
a. follows.
ai.t1cts OF Inc state shall hereafter be
constituted and numbered as follows.
Ths First District shall be composed
Of the counties Of Atchison' Hon NouA-
second District. The counties Of
Worth. Gentry. Dekalb, Davies and
mind plstrict-rhe counties OF Mer-
Ger. Grundy. Putnam. sullivan, AaAAr
Fonrtb bIstrct-The counties OF Scot
land. Claip Knox. Lewis and Marion.
/ Fuh Dlstrfct-The counties OF Macon,
Randolph. shelby aud Monroe.
sixth DistricL-Thc counties OF Living
ston. Carroll. Lin and Charlton
seventh pistrct=The counties OF
platte. CLAY. Ray. Clinton and CaldwclL
Eighth bistrict-The county 90 Blu
Jackson county shall be divided into
three dtrtrcta. numbered respectively a.
fOliow- Ninth Tvuth ana ElcNentn
twelfth pistrlct-Tue counties % john
son. LafaY ctto and Henry.
Thirteenth plstrict-Ihc counties %
Saline. prttis. Cooper ast Benton
Fourteenth bistrirl-~i e91uues OF
Howard Boone Audrln uuc Galway.
Fifteenth DIstuct-Thc counties o.
Pike. Montgomery. warren Lincoln 81
Charles and Rails
The city Of 81 louis shall BE- divided
into seven districts numbered respep-
senth. Nineteenth. twentieth. Twenty
nrst. Twentg-sec0n and TuenU-third-
TwenC-fourth uistrtct-Ihe counties
Of Gasrouadr Franklin. Crawford wash
ineton. phelps. Msribs and Gage.
Twertv-nfih DlstrcL-rhc counties %
lIadede. Morgan. Puiaakl. Miller Cam
TrcrtyS lvth Distuct-The counties Of
Hickory Dallas Polk cedar. pade ana
ST clair.
o. Vernon. Bates Barton und Cass
Twenty eighth Distf'ct-Ihc oounty 81
Tverty-ninth Distrct-The counties %
Lawrence. Barry Scwton and Mcdonald.
Thirtieth uistuCl-Ths uounura q
Greene. Christian. Stone and IancN.
ThiFty-hust ptatrici-lnc COUNTIES ol
webster. Wright. Texas, Howell. Doug
r6irty.se-ond District-Ths counties
Of Dent. Irpn. Reynolds, shannon. Wayne,
. AINNEEM AAMANNH ANNI|N aAA @HNEM
Thirty third pistrlcr-Thc counties -
81 Francola ste. Grnevt~ye Perry. Mad
ison. Bolllngcr and Cape Girardcau
Thirty fourth District The counties
of stoddard scott Duakiip. Mississippi.
New Madrid and femtscot
This division of the state into senator
iAl districts shall continue uhNl the
United states censua Of 1870 shan have
been taken and The result thercQl a. 20
this state asccrtained. when the dlstficth
shan. by Law enacted By the people, Or
uraawmA NN NAm AmmHHal Assembly. Re re-
Wsed and adjusted on the BASH ot Ihat
. census. and every ten NraTn thereafter
upon the basis OF the United states cen-
; sus. the districts shall lr revised and
/, adjusted by "a law enacted hv the peoplo
; or passed b. thc General Assembly.
The latter part Of the proposed new
section will annul section z. though II
: does not directly repeal H. u Is that
section tl which authorizes the tsree
state officers TO make tho senatorial
, apportioumeut. The later part OF that
section reads % follows;
2 "ProvIdeo. That ~ az any umc OF
p from any gausv. me General Assembly
Z shall fail or refuse % district the state
for senators. as required in this section,
! Il shsn bs The duU q ~ 13Nsfle. -
within thirty days afssr the adlournmcnt
p Of tho General Assembly on WHICH h4cl
) duty deyeivrdt % perform sa.9 y =,
SAL a r,i sIatemsnt of the districts
formed BY them. including NE names %
the counties embraced ia each district.
e and the numbers thereof, said statement
10 be aligned by them, and aitegtcd ~
the Qrsat Seal OF state, ana upon inc
! precipitation Of The Governor VIC raine
q ahall g. hinoluE and cucctual az u aote
a BY the General Assembly.
; II Is the n~ullincation OF this section
9 20 which the Democratic leaders %
9 tect particularly. a. Il has been their
! nalpStay for many years, They could
y always defeat ~redisTicting bills IN the
= legislature and thus empower the
d three state officers to form senatorial
u districts and guarantee a big Demo
' cratic majority IN the senate. How
y such a majority can Interfere with the
- policies and work Of a Republican GOV
: ernor and state administration wa
&c shown by the course OF the senate ~
H. 1910. when nearly every special meas
N ure proposed by Governor Hadley and
, adopted by the house OF representa-
y tiyos was dcIcatca ~ the pcmoer9'y
majority ia the senate, for merely 70
~ liticai reasons.
oI This H. q true statement OF the ori
gin OF the senatorial diutucting amend
It. mont proposed by Republicans and o.
" the procedure By which Il came 20 itl
" present status. an statements OF The
n opposition press 90 the contrary not
d N~ithstanding.
~ Governor Folk has been makinI
q some miscellaneous remarks Rbou
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