Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-10-19
POLITICAL DISTRICTS
TO Be CHANGED
In Accordance With she New
Census Returns.
Grant County is Likely to Be Affected
in the Congressional and SEN
atorial Districts.

1t is provided by the state constitU
tion that after every federal census
there shall be a e-apporGionment OF
the legislative districts. 1t will be
remembered that there was formerly q
e-apportionment after the state
census also, but this has been discon
tinued. The districts are now re-
apportioned once in ten years
The coming -apportionment will
make quite change in what is
termed the political geography" Of
the state.
Wisconsin population is 2, 800.
600 in round numbers. Each assem-
bly, district should have population
Of 25, 900 and each senatorial district
II, 900.
Upon this basis changes will be
made affecting the whole state
Many legislative districts have fallen
below the previous count and several
counties will have to lose one assemb.
ly man.
The following taken from an ex-
change shows what counties will he
directly affected by the new reap
portionment.
1t will be noted that the senatorial
and congressional districts in which
i Grant Go. is included fail below the
required mark:
The senatorial districts that will
be seriously affected are the Tenth,
consisting of Pierce and St. CroiK
counties. now represented by Senator
W. c. Owen, which has but so, IT'S
populations the Thirteenth, consiet
ing of Dodge county, now represented
by Senator Paul o. Husting. which
has population Of but 6,631 the
Sixteenth. consisting of Grant and
Crawford counties, now represented
by Senator j. j. Blaine, which has
population of 56, 167: the Twenty
second, consisting Of Rock county
now represented by Senator John n
Whitehead, which has population OF
81 203: the Twenty eighth, consisting
of Richland and Vernon counties,
now represented by Senator D. g.
James, which has population of
AZ 834. and the Thirtieth district,
consisting OF Florence, Forest, Iron
Langlade. Lincoln and Villas counties,
which has population Of SO, 835.
The low numbers in the assembly
districts are Chippewa county, which
has Is 676 in one district and II. 36t
in the other Culumbia county. which
has 15 1T in one district and 16. 004
in the other: Eau Claire county,
which has Is 100 in one district and
10 902 in the oth9 Marine tie county,
which mas 146, 81 in one district and
16 1915 in the other Sank county,
which has Is, 905 in on district and
Is 1O1 in the other; Waupaca county,
which has 16, 337 in one district and
15 278 in the other; and Rock couhty
which has 16 902 in one district, II, :
091 in another and II 210 in the third
It looks as though all these counties
stand a good chance to lose one as
semhlymen, unless in the more north
ern countess where the claim will
probably be made that they are rapidly
setting up and should retain their
present members
Among the counties which are
single districts. with a population
away below the new ratio, are Green
Lake, with Is, 1877; Calumet, with
II, O78; Door, with II, 583; Kewaunee,
with 1922; Lincoln, with 1925,
and Waushara, with Is, 972.
In toe congressional districts the
ratio will be raised to 227, 600 in
round numbers The low numbers
here are the Second district. with
10, 1893; the Third district, with 1870,
$50; the Ninth district, with 179, 0G7,
and the Sixth district, with 1874, 517.