The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-21
HOLDS Her own. IN.
Charleston Keeps der Eight Members ':I
and CoIl:toa Loses One. +.
HOW IT FIGURES out

HOW 1T FIGURES out
! After Long Fight the Reapportion-
ment Bill Was So Amended as to
Prevent the Loss Of One Member
by Charleston at the Expense Of
Colleton County.
r. Charleston retains her eight rep
resentatives in the House Of Rep
resentatives under the provisions Of
the amended reapportionment bill,
passed in the Senate Friday night
and adopted later in the House. This
ended the most persistent fight, OK
tending over several days. that the
Senate had and is all the more Sig
.Inihcant, inasmuch as the House
/ passed the original bill with no
changes. I 81. 81.
The Senate adopted the amend
|ment Of Senator Sinkler Friday night
giving. Charleston eight instead of
seven representatives, as the bill at
first provided, and giving Colleton
! two representatives, instead of three,
as originally inserted into the bill
and as Colleton now has.
In the battle for reapportionment
at this session Senator Robert Lide,
4 Of Orangeburg, was the leader, ana
/! 1t is owing to his untiring efforts
that the measure finally passed the
Senate. IS
He was helped by other Senator'S,
with no ill-feeling toward. Colleton
county. Senator Sinkler, when he
found that Charleston should, be-
cause Of the annexation of a part OF
Colleton, retain her present repre-
sentation, came to the rescue and
won out. &
1t so happened that when the re-
apportionme bill was made up,
Charleston, because Of the smallness
!. of the fraction of proportionate III
| habitants, after the seven representa-
tives had been accorded, was not en-
titled to another representative. This
cut Charleston from eight; to seven.
BY the annexation of Adams Run
and Collins townships, formerly in
Colleton, to Charleston county, Char
lleston gained 6,444 inhabitants. Be-
fore this Charleston's fraction was
iionly 3,047; with representation Of
seven S Adding the two townships
lCharleston's fraction would be 9,4sl,
emitting her to another representa-
tive. .Colleton, on. population of
1880, had two representatives and
ia fraction of 1O,94S, which would
have given her another representa-
tive.
Il Taking away the two townships
population, namely, 6,444, Colleton
has two representatives and a frac-
ton Of only 4,5O4, not enough to
give her another representative. She
thus loses one, as Colleton now has
three.
This state Of affairs was called to
the attention of the Senate by Sena-
tor sinkler and a fight OF, three days
was then had on the bill. The Ques-
! ton arose as to whether the census
, should be adopted as 1t stood before
the annexation, or should the new
TERRITORY be added to Charleston and
taken from Colleton. The Senate
voted 20 to to give Charleston her
eight representatives and Colleton
only two. The six negative votes in
cluded Ackermcn, of Colleton;
Black, of Bamterg; Earle, of Oconee;
Green, of Marlboro, and Summers,
of Calhoun.
.rhe Senate adopted the bill with
the Sinkler amendment inserted
therein. Charleston's population un-
/ der the census was given at SS,59I
for the county.
The bill as adopted reads:
"Section 1. That for the purpose
Of the apportionment Of representa-
tives in the House of Representatives
Ilansong the several counties in the
States, the enumeration of the in
habitants Of the several counties by
:, the United States census of 1910 is
hereby adopted as true and cor
rect enumeration.
Section 2. That, until the next
anportionment, the representation Of
the several counties shall be as fSi-
lows: Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 3; An
de:son, 6; Bamberg, 2; Barnwell, 3.
Beaufort, 2; Berkeley, 2; Calhoun,
/; Charleston, 8; Cherokee, 2; Ches-
ter, 2; Chesterfield, 2; Clarendon, g.;
Colleton, 2; Darlington, 3; Dillon,
2; Dorchester, /; Edgefield, 2; Fair
field, g, Florence, 8; Georgetown.
e; GreenvilIe, G.; Greenwood, g.;
Hampton, 2: Horny, 2; Kershaw, q;
Lancaster, 2; Laurens, 8; Lee, .;
Lexington, 8; Marion, 2: Marlboro,
3; Newberry, 3; Oconee, 2; Orange
burg, 5; Pickens, 2; Richland, S;
Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, 7; Sumter,
g; Union, 2; williamsburg, 3, and
York, 4.
"Section 8. That this apportion-
ment shall not take effect until tile
next snccneding general election