The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-30
Three Districts Now Pronosed
With East and West Di.
vision Line
The MEDICAL BILL HAS BEEN
COMPROMISED AND AMENDED
Different Schools Have Buried tho
Hatchet But Left the Handle Pro.
truding-Other Matters Of Leeisla.
ton of Extraordinary Interest,
tH. d. PAULsoN.)

uVu VI L4CrdOr0ln0fy interest,
IN. d. PAULsoN.)
Bismarck, N. D.. Jan. 30.-Congres-
sional division has suddenly become
the center Of interest in Bismarck.
The holding Of two caucuses, one Sat-
urday evening and the other Sunday
afternoon, has resulted in the signing
up OF the members for the bill intro
duced this afternoon and creating a
northeastern. a southeastern and a
western district.
The central counties favoring north
and south lines of the division will
very likely all be in the new plan as
the result of the Introduction Satur-
day OF the Simpson and Homness bills.
In the bill introduced this afternoon
the districts are created as follows:
Ffrst-Bottineau. McHenry, Rolette,
Pierce, Benson, Towner, Ramsey, Mel.
son, Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks.
Trail and Steele.
Second-Richland, Sargent, Ran
som, Dickey, LaMoure. Logan, McIn-
tosh, Cass, Barnes, Stutsman, Kdder,
Sheridan, Wells, Eddy Foster and
Griggs.
Third-Williams. Ward. Mountrail,
Mclean. Mckenzie. Dunn. Mercer.
Oliver. Billings. Bowman, Adams, Het-
finger. Stark. Morton Burleigh, Burke,
Divide, Renville and Emmons.
The house committee on apportion-
ment is comprised Of forty-nine mem
bers and all Of its sessions will very
likely be held in the house chamber
because of that fact. One member
from each legislative district in the
state was appointed on the commit
tee.
Legislative apportionment will not
occupy nearly 80 much attention or
excite as great interest as will the
congressional division. Saturday two
congressional division bills were pre-
sented and this week there will be
other proposed measures providing
for such division.
The terms OF the Homnes bill In
the house and the Simpson measure
In the senate are practically the
same 80 far as the manner Of divi-
sion contemplated is concerned, al
though there is a slight difference in
the counties included which have ex-
ceedingly important bearing upon the
political situation in the state.
Provisions Of First Two Bills.
BY the Homes bill the First dis
trict is created out of Cavalier, Penn
bina. Walsh, Grand Forks, Nelson,
Trail, Cass, Richland, Barnes, Ran
som. Griggs, Steele and Sargent.
Senator Simpson includes these same
counties in the first district with La
Moure, Dickey and Ramsey in addi-
ton.
In the second district by the HON.
mes bill the counties included are
Ramsey, Eddy, Benson, Towner.
Rolette, Pierce. Wells. Sheridan, Nc
Henry, Bottineau. Renville, Ward.
Mountrial, Burke. Divide. Williams
and Mckenzie The second district of
the Homnes bills corresponds to the
third district in the Simpson bill.
The Starn county senator would in
clude seventeen counties. but in
cludes Foster and Mclean counties in
lieu Of Ramsey, which he placed in
the First, and Mckenzie. which he
places in the Second district as pro-
posed by his bill.
The Third district Of the Homes
bill. corresponding to the Second dis
trict Of the Simpson bill. includes the
counties of Dickey, LaMoure, Stuts-
man, Foster. Kidder, Logan, McIn-
tosh. Emmons. Burleigh.. Mclean,
Mercer, Oliver, Morton. Adams, Het-
finger, Stark. Dunn. Billings and
Bowman. The Simpson bill carries
sixteen counties in the southwestern
district, using all the counties taken
by Mr.. Homnes with the exception of
LaMoure and Dickey. which he plac-
ed In the First district and Mclean,
placed in the northwestern district.
Congressman H. T. Helgeson has
been in the city several days inter-
esting himself in the congressional
apportionment feature, while Con-
gressman L. B. Hanna is expected
this week. They are opposed to the
plan of creating a valley district.
which has already been fltly desig-
mated as the shoestring district.
1t is probable that there will be q
few morning sessions of the house
this week. The first effort to hold
such sessions was made Saturday
afternoon when Mr.. Homes moved
that recess be taken till this morn
ing, but an adjournment motion pre-
vailed instead. AS soon as the COM
mittee work is in good shape. the
morning work by the house will be
started as the calendar. from now on.
will always be we'll filled.
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