The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-08-10
STATE GAINS ONE
REPRESENTATIVE
SOUTH DAKOTA GETS ADDITION
AL CONGRESSMAN BY REAP.
PORTlONMENT
STATE HAS BEEN Ut-O|STRICTtO
Two Districts East Of Missouri and One
West Of River-Brookings Coun.
ty in Second District

The congressional reapportionment
bill, providing a house of representa-
tives membership of 433, an increase
of ~, but with the house provisions
SO amended as to safeguard against
''gerrymandering' of the COMPRESSION
al districts in the redistricting work
which states must undertake., and 10
impose the same nominating methods
on candidates for representatives at
large as on the gubernatorial candi-
dates, was accepted by the senate
Thursday without revision. The mea.
sure will become effective March 1,
1913. Its passage was largely as
sured by a sentiment of concession
to the house of its right to regulate
its own organization affairs. The
house bill was easily put through.
The bill goes to conference between
the two houses for agreement as to
the president for APPROVAL.
The house bill increases the men,
bership of the lower house from 39l
to 433. 1t is so drawn that no state
will lose in representation, but in
some cases there will be a decided
increase. New York heads the list
with an increase of six members;
Pennsylvania four; California and
Oklahoma three each; Illinois, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and
Washington two each, and Alabama.
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, North Dakota, Chic, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah and
West Virginia n each.
The increase in the membership of
the house means an added expense
to the country of approximately $780,
600 a year. The salaries Of the forty
two new members will aggregate S315,-
900. Each will have one clerk at ST.
800, which will add $4,000 to the total.
Mileage and other incidental expenses
will still further increase the sum,
bringing it to the amount first named.
The average congressional district will
contain more than 1900 greater popu-
lation than at present, the average
district comprises 211,S77 under the
new plan.
The initiative and referendum pro
vision was tackled on to the bill just
before it's passage. 1t was one or
the Burton amendments. 1t provided
hat in case of an increase in the
representation of any state the re-
districting, instead of being done by
the legislature, as provided by the
house bill, should be Gin the man.
ner provided by the laws" Of the
state, thus leaving the redistricting
subject to the initiative and referend-
UNI laws wherever they have been
placed on a states statute books.
The state Of South Dakota was re-
districted by the twelfth session OF
the legislature in anticipation OF the
reapportionment bill. The state is
now divided into three districts, two
east of the Missouri and the third in
Guiding all the counties west Of the
river.
District No. l consists Of the follow
ing counties: Aurora, Bon Homme,
Brule. Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay, Davi-
son. Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson. Jer-
auld, Lake, Lincoln, Miner, Moody,
Minnehaha, McCook, Sanborn, Turn
err, Union, Yankton.
District No. 2 consists of the follow
ing counties: Beadle, BroOklngs,
Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington,
Day, Deuel., Edmunds, Faulk, Grant
Hamlin, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, kngs-
bury, Marshall, Mcpherson, Potter,
Roberts, Sphinx, Sully, Walwortn.
District No. 3 consists of the follow
ing counties: Bennett, Butte, CorSon'
Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Gregory
Harding, Lawrence, Lyman, Meade,
Mellette, Pennington, Perkins, Shan'
non, Stanley, Todd, Trip, Nasha'
baugh, Washington, Ziebach.