The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-06-23
.GERRYMANDER PROPOSED
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE DRAFT
AN AMENDMENT
Proposed Measure Announced TO Be
Far More Equal Political Division
for the State Senate.

TOT inc Sldlc ocHai:'
jefferson City-The Republican
state committee and party leaders
completed their work Of drafting a
constitutional amendment for reds.
trictIng the state into senatorial dis.
trlcts The amendment will be sub.
mitlcd to the people OF the state
through the initiative this fall
The Republican party organization
will circulate the petitions and secure
the necessary Signatures. Not fewer
than 1900 are required, but Walter
S. Dickcy, chairman Of the Republican
state committee, says the signatures
can be secured in ample time. The
signatures must be filed with the sec.
Rotary Of state by July 3.
II this amendment is adopted the
next legislature will have nothing
whatever to do with the rcappurtion.
mcnt Of the senatorial districts The
amendment when adopted will be OPP.
eratiye and in force from that time
forward. The first election of senators
would occur in 1912 under It,. II will
repeal. II adopted. that section of
the state constitution under which re-
distrlcting of senatorial districts has
been done heretofore. This amend.
ment will vest in the legislature only
the power of making senatorial provi.
sion three state officors-the governor,
secretary of state and attorney gencr.
al-haye the power Of redistricting II
the legislature fails to perform this
function.
The census returns are not essential
to tire proposed constitutional amend.
muu' for rcdistriCting, and this is why
the amendment instead of Legislation,
was adopted The census estimates
will not be out until July l, which
would be too la;e.
Following are the counties cOmpOs.
Ing the "a senatorial districts;
First District: The counties of Atchi.
son Holt, Nodaway and Andrew; pop.
ulaD.uu, $4,000; Republican majority,
1,0i-,
Second: The county of buchanan;
Democratic. 1916.
Third: Platte, Clay Ray, Clinton
and Caldwell; $4,000; Democratic ma
iority, 5,25l
Fourth; Worth, Gentry De Kalb,
Da'iyss and Harrison; 10000; Rcpub.
licau majority GNi.
| Fth: Mercer, Grundy, Putnam. Sui.
Ivan, Adair and schuyler; 100000;
Republican majority, 3.7u5.
Sixth: Livingston. Carroll. Linn and
/ Charlton; 100000; Democratic major.
fly, sol.
Seventh: Scott, Clark, Knox, Lewis,
Marion; $1,000, Democratic majority,
SOC.
/ Eighth: Macon, Randolph, Shelby
and Monroe; $4,000; Democratic ma.
jority. OSLO.
Ninth: Howard. Boone, Audran mid
Galloway; $4,000. Democratic major
ity. $3.50.
/ Tenth; Pike MONTGOMERY warren
/ Lincoln, st. Charles and Rails; $4,000;
Democratic majority, 100.
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four
tccnth, Fifteenth, sixteenth and Sev'
enteenth, City of St. Louis,
Eighteenth: st. Louis county and
Jefferson; 10000, Republican major
ity, 5,SI5
Nineteenth: St Francis, ste. Gene
We've, Perry, Madison, Bollugcr and
Cape Girardcau, 100000; Republican
majority, 1900.
Twentieth: Stoddard, Scoott, MissIs
sippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and
DunklIn; $4,000; Democratic majority
319G.
Twcnty-hrst: Dent, Iron, Reynolds
Shannon, Wayne, Carter. Butler Rip
ley and Oregon; 10000; Democratic
majority, 25i.
Twentysecond: Gasconade, Frank
lin. Crawford, washington, Phelps
Marles, Usage; 100000; Republican
majority, 1890
Twenty.thrd: Webster Wright
Texas. Howard. Douglas. ozark; 100.
600; Republican majority. 2GO9.
Twenty.fourth: LaClede, Morgan
Pulaski, Miller Camden, Monitcau
Cole: 100000; Republican majority
l155.
Twenty.ffth: Saline, Pettis. Cooper
Benton; 10000; Democratic major
ity. $40.
Tweuty-sIxth: Johnson, Lafayette
Henry; $1,000; Democratic majority
1859.
Twentysevcnth' Hickory, Dallas
Polk, Cedar. Dade, ST Clair; 100000
Republican majority. 2,72S.
Twenty.eighth: Greene, Christian
Stone. Tanoy; 10000; Republican ma
jority, 2,97S
Twenty.ninth: Lawrence, Barry
Newton, Mcdonald; 10000 Republj
can majority, 600.
Thirtieth: Jasper county; 100000
Republican majority, 800.
Thirty.frst Vernon, Bates. Barton
Cass; 100000; Democratic majority
e,9es.
Thirty.second, Thirty.third and Thu
ty.fourth: Jackson county and Kansa
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