Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
DEMOS BUSY PARCELING STATE
Reapportionment Brings as Many
Champions as There Are Plans.
HOUSE WILL ALTER PLACEK BILL

fFrom a STAIR Correspondent) }

LINCOLN March 25.-(Special )--Appor-
tonment seems to be about the only inn
portant question upon which the present
session OF the legislature has made no
decision of any kind. The Placek legisla-
tive bill, which has passed the senate for
legislative redlstricting, is now before the
house, but will probably be materially
changed before 1t goes through The re-
publicans are not pleased with 1t and will
probably do their best to make It a fairer
bill before It becomes a law.
The Albert judicial apportionment bill Is
also through the senate, and as it is OF less
importance politically mad does not bear
such evident traces OF gerrymandering It
will probably not cause fight.
The congressional bill. also drawn by
Placey, is certain to meet with trouble in
the house. In some ways it is worse than
the legislative bill and the house repub-
leans are determined to change it IL possi-
BILE. scheme of amending It has been
drawn up by two dry democrats, Quacken-
bush and Norton, helped by some repub-
licans, and the changes may be engrafted
Committee I'm Charge.
The fact that OF the committee OF flf-
teen which win discuss apportionmcnt
There are si& republicans and three dry
democrats ont Of fifteen members may
have some effect on the outcome.
The bill as drawn by Placek would move
the congressman now in congress into
other districts. Sloan, holding his seat
from the Fourth district and living in Fill
more county would be thrown over into
the Fifth district where he would have
Congressman Norris to beat. This would
have the effect of giving Norris as a re-
publican a very strong opponent and Il
would also give Placek himself a clear
field in the Fourth. It is thought that
congressional ambitions may be disturbing
him.
The Quackenbush changes would throw
LRtta from the Third district into the Sec
ond and Sloan into the Fifth.
The present First district is made up OF
Cass, Otoe, Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee
Johnson and Lancaster. The Placek bill
will amend this by throwing in Gage
county while the house amendments
which are being planned will add Saunders
and Sarpy and put Gage back into tn,
Fifth.
The present Second district has sarpy
Douglas and Washington. Placek leave.
this district as it is. The Quackenbush
Norton amenments would add Thurstor
and Burt and take out Sarpy
The present Third has Burt, Thurston
Dakota, Dixon. Cunning Dodge. Colfax
stanton, Wayne, Cedar. Knox, Pierce
Madison, Platte, Nance, Boone. Antelop,
and Merrick.
Placek wants to cut out Antelope anC
Merrick and ad dthem to the Fourth
Quackenbush wants to add Boyd and Holt
Changes in Fourth.
The present Fourth has Saunders, But
Ter, Seward, Saline. Polk, York, Valley
Greeley, Hamilton Gage, jefferson
Thayer and Fillmore
| Placek would cut out Gage, jefferson
and Thayer and add Merrick, Hall, sher
man, Buffalo, Howard, Valley and
Greeley. Quackenbush adds Garfield
Wheeler, Nance and Boone
The present Fifth has Adams. Hall
Webster, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps, Har
Ian Gosper, F'urnas, Red Willow, From
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