Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-13
14TH DISTRICT IS
SHORT BY 3t,1G0
More Territory Will Probably
Be Added in Proposed Re
apportionment.
TO HOLD REPRESENTATION
New Arrangement Calls for One
Member of Congress for Every
211,S57 of Population.

II the new appoTtiOnment Dill when
passed the house Of representatives,
in Washington recently, becomes a
law. the Fourteenth. or local congress
ionaI district will lack Bliss OF hav-
ing enough population to give it one
congressman in the national house.
The new apportionment for the
states will probably be one congress
man for every 211s77 people. The
Fourteenth district. in which Rock Is
land county is included, and which is
represented IN Washington by James
Mckinney. has a population OF only
1SO,6S9. according TO the 1910 census
figures.
In fact the district falls short, even
under the old appOrtiOnmeut, which
says there shall be one congressman
for every 1912 units of the popula-
ton. While some latitude is often al
lowed in the matter of apporuOnment,
as is the case in this district at this
time, there seems to be no alternative
but enlargement of District II if the
new appCTtiOnment bin becomes a
law
The district will, in other words
need 31,1SS more people if it is to re
main within the bounds of political
existence. Otherwise its position, as
a political division, is threatened.
FOUR HAVE DECREASED.
As q preliminary TO their work Sen
atOr E. c. Curtis and Representative
B. VI. Chiperfield. chairman of the sen
ate and house committees AZ Spring
field which will handle the reappor-
tionment. have written the census bu-
reau in Washington to set the official
figures on population in Illinois. The
report in the hands Of Senator Curtis
shows that of the = districts down
state four have decreased in pOpUia-
tiCn during the last decade.
The present apportiOnment is on the
basis Of one congressman for each
194,1S2 population. The new apDor-
tiCnment IS on the basis Of 211,S7T. IN
increase of 1865 OF the Is down
state districts only seven have had a
minimum increase Of 1900 in the
last 10 years
The largest growth in population
Springfield district, the East ST. Louis
district and the Cairo district. In each
'of these the growth has been more
than 10000. 1t forms a belt rambling
from Chicago to Egypt. touching the
center of the state and swinging IN
toward the MississippI It East St.
Louis.
MANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
Movement, growth and adjustment
of population have been such that II
the next apportionment is performed
on scientific lines and gerrymandeTing
is abandoned the BOUNDARIES of nearly
every district in the state Will have TO
be altered.
As yet neither Senator Curtis COM
mittee nor Mr.. Chiperfield's has com
menced to frame up tentative redis-
tricting plan, their activities being
held in allowance until congress takes
final action. Both committees, how
ever. are expected TO meet next week
10 start their work.
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