The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-06-30

cratic this fall. Otherwise they would
get to redistrict il anyway.
Under the proposed redistricting
Polk county would be placed in the 36th
district together with Cedar, Dade
Dallas, Hickory and ST. Clair. The
population wos in 1909 total of 100, 098
and it would have republican ajority
OF about 5000.
From the above we presume
that the editor of the Herald takes
the Polk county district as
sample and tries to argue that
Polk county and the state would
receive an unfair deal should the
proposed amendment be adopted.
We agree with him that it is an
average sample of the whole state.
Also we are just as much at home
in Polk county as he and whole
lot more so in the present 18TH
senatorial district. So we will
take up the argument he makes
and give the Republican answer.
Polk county is now in senatori-
al district composed of Polk, Dal-
las, Webster, Douglas, Ozark,
Christian and Stone Of these
only one county, Dallas, borders
her. From Humansville in Polk
to Bakersfield in Ozark is $50
miles. While the interests of the
people in the different parts Of the
state are indentical in most matt
ers, there are times where different
conditions make different needs
and it would be difficult to find
counties in the state where con-
ditionS are more different from
those in Polk than Ozark. Taney
and Stone. Thus Polk county is
in a district that is not close to
her in geography or conditions.
In the proposed district Polk will
be in with Dallas, Hickory, ST.
Clair, Cedar and Dade. All these
counties join Polk and conditions
are so near the same that if you
Idon't know where the lines are
you can never tell when you pass
from one county to another.
The Herald complains because
the population of the new district
will be 100, 1913, and the Republi-
can majority 5000. We pre-
sumo it tells its reader this to
make them line up against the a.
mendment and trust to luck that
they will not find out that they are
now in a district having popul-
alton of 119,7o3 and Republi-
can majority of over 5000.
The Herald complains of the
method of redistricting and sug
gest that it should have been left
to the manner provided by the
constitution. The amendment is
to be submitted under the initi-
ative and referendum amendment
to the constitution which was
adopted two years ago and no pa
per was more active in the support
of the inatitive and referendum
than the Herald. 1t is also one
of the pet issues of that peerless
leader, VIM. ]. Bryan. The idea
of the initiative is to take law max
ing power out Of the hands of the
legislature and place it in the
hands of the people. The Herald
is evidently in favor of taking the
law making power out of the hands
of the Legislature and state officials
and putting it in the hands of the
people on most propositions, but
is in favor of leaving it in the
hands of the Legislature and the
state officials when such a course
would be an advantage TO the
Democratic party.
The proposed redistricting is to
Republican advantage only in
taking away an unfair advantage
from the Democrats. If the "a
mendment carries the senate will
be Democratic or Republican ac-
cording as the state IS. Ii the
rank and file of the Democratic
party want one Democratic citl-
| no, 70 have inst dS much power
in electing the state senate as one
Republican citizen the amendment
will carry almost unanimously. But
If they believe that one Democrat
chnnid have as much power as