The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
WANT BETTER REPRE
Show That Third Ward has More vot-
ers Than the Entire North Side
of the City and That Representa-
ton is Unjust

A quiet move is being made to Sc
cure a .re-districting of the city. The
movement has been started in the
Third ward of the city and Alderman
Alfred Simons may present the matter
to the common council before he gives
up his place on that body and it is
understood that Joseph H. Tully who
is to succeed Alderman Simons will
take up the matter. 1t is declared
that the number Of votes cast in the
Third ward make it necessary to divide
that ward in order to give the people
of that part of the city proper repre-
sentation in the city council. Nearly
a thousand votes were cast in the
Third ward on Tuesday and this is
more than double the number cast in
any wards except the Fourth and
Fifth.
In addition to this the Third ward
is growing very rapidly and the lead
ers in the ward claim that at the
present time there are more than 1900
voters living in the ward. The build
ing Of trunk sewer would result in
even a larger growth in the population
Of the ward and it is certain that
within few years the ward will have
a larger vote than any other three
wards in the city.
The proposition being made is to in
crease the number of wards to nine,
making the west part of the Third
ward into a new ward. This action
would give the city the complete con
troll of the county board and it might
aid little in getting fairer deal
for the city in that body.
It is certain that any move to re-
district the city would meet with great
opposition among the people of the
north side of the city. These wards
which are regarded strictly as "north
side" wards hold the decided balance
Of power in the. city council and it is
pretty certain that any move to give
wider power to the south side of the
city will be opposed Notwithstanding
the fact that the Third at the election
on Tuesday east so votes more than
were cast in the Sixth, Seventh and
Eighth wards together.
Politically there would be little
change as it is regarded that the first
precinct of the Third ward at the pres
ent time is Democratic while the
second precinct is Republican. 1t is
thought that the making of the two
new wards would result in one of them
being a Democratic ward while the
other would be Republican. At the
election on Tuesday the Democratic
candidates carried the first precinct of
the ward while the Republicans had
majority in the second. Before the
city could be rezdistricted in order to
make the new ward it would be neses-
sary for the city council to pass a re-
districting ordinance and this would
require twelve votes of the council.
The last time that the~city was re-
districted the number of wards was
changed from four to eight and even
this change. met with desperate oppo-
sition in some parts Of the city, the
opponents to the plan holding that
the change would make the council too
large for efficient work, tt is GER
tain That the plan for commission
form of government win be strongly
urged in the city and It is possible
that this agitation win do away with
the agitation for a division of the
Third ward