Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-07
CITY WILL HAVE
NEW CONGRESSMAN
Nation Now DistriCted with TO-
600 Population to One
Representative
CHANGES FROM CENSUS
Shifting of Lines Expected to Re-
suit from the Recent
Enumeration

The city of Los Angeles is to have
its own exclusive representative in
congress.
Such was the confident prediction
made yesterday by a number of prom
inent attorneys, politicians and others
who have investigated the congress
sional and legislative status of the
city and county under the new census
calculations.
On the basis Of over 100000 popula-
ton, accredited to Los Angeles by the
census just completed, the city would,
under the present apportionme con-
tain one complete congressional dis
trict in itself, and If the population of
the county has increased in the same
proportion as the city. there is a pos
sibility that it will not be necessary
to change the present outer boundaries
of the Seventh district.
Los Angeles will become, like San
Francisco, district in itself, and with
its excess over the necessary apportion-
ment may, like San Francisco, include
part of at least one other district
the present Seventh.
However this may be, local authori-
ties are agreed that Los Angeles now
is entitled to become a congressional
district in itslf.
San Francisco will have gained one
half of a congressman, and instead Of
having literally one and one-half will
have two congressman.
ONE FOR CITY
Southern California, it is believed,
will gain one and one-half congress-
men. Los Angeles county will gain
one congressman, and Los Angeles city
will procure one new congressman, in
and for itself.
The constitution provides an appor-
tionment of not more than one con-
gresham for every 10000 population,
but congress at present makes ap-
portionments in California on the basis
of one congressman for every 10000
population. On account Of the similar
increase in the population of Los An
geles county, which it is generally be-
lieved will prove to have averaged
we'll with the increase in the city, 1t
is not believed there will be any i'm
portant change in the redistricting of
the county; but some believe that un-
less the increase in the county aver
ages at least 60 per cent of that of the
city, the result may be that the Eighth
district will be considerably changed,
and it's gerrymandered boundaries,
which extend almost entirely around
Los Angeles county, may be radically
disturbed.
This might mean that Orange coun-
ty or Ventura county would be en-
braced in the district outside of the
city, now known as the Seventh dis
trict: or, it is believed, it might mean
that the Seventh district will be
changed to contain a slice of San Ber-
nardino county, or portions of Kern
and Riverside counties. The state
census also may cause other unlocked
for changes, but no one could be found
yesterday to venture predictions, al
trough several stated that they would
not be surprised if Tulare and Inyo
counties. the only two counties now in
the Eighth district, which are not in
Southern California, are placed in the
Sixth, or in a new district, which 1t
is predicted may result from the in
crease of population in Fresno, Kings
and Monterey counties.
MANY CHANGES
The city and county of Los Angeles,
however are vitality interested in the
changes which are almost certain to
result here from the new census. The
formation of a new district, contained
exclusively in the city of Los Angeles,
will be urged and warmly welcomed
by many citizens, and especially by
certain political organizations which
believe they see chance under the
redistricting to materially revise the
citys political affairs. 1t means, also,
that Los Angeles county, which now
has five state senators, would have
ten senators, and under the redistrict-
ing of the state senatorial and assem-
bly, areas would have twenty assem-
blymen instead of nine.
The city of Los Angeles now has
three state senators, and under the
new census would have seven.
The city now has six assemblymen
and by the redistricting under the new
census would have at least thirteen as
semblymen, and possibly fourteen.
The apportionment of congressional
districts appears from the constitu-
ton to lie ARBITRARILY with congress,
but on the basis of the present appor-
tionment Los Angeles city will be-
come a congressional district in it.
self-"and then some"
The state legislature establishes the
district lines following the congress
sional apportionment, and also appor-
tions for state senate and assembly
districts, and establishes the boun-
daries.
The new census will not affect the
pending election, or change the pre-
sent districts, which latter can only
be done by congress and the legisla-
ture. Meanwhile, good many per-
sons are now busy figuring out what
the results may be.