The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
BAMBERG, G, THURSDAY: FEBRUARY 2, 1911
REAPPORTIONMENT BILL.
Measure Passes Both the House and
Senate.

retains her eight representatives in
the House Of Representatives under
the provisions of the amended reap
portionment bill, passed in the Sen
ate tonight and adopted later in the
House. This ended the most per-
sistent fight, extending over several
days, that the Senate had and is all
the more significant, inasmuch as the
House passed the original bill with
no changes.
The Senate adopted the amend
ment of Senator Sinkler tonight,
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,
of Orangeburg, was the leader, and
it is owing to his untiring efforts that
the measure finally passed the senate
He was helped by other Senators,
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 tonight.
1t so happened that when the re-
apportionment bill was made up,
Charleston, because of the smallness
of the fraction of proportionate in
habitants, after the seven representa-
tives had been accorded, was not en-
titled to another representative. This
cut Charleston from eight to seven.
How it Figures Out.
BY the anexation of Adams Run
and Collins townships, formerly in
Colleton, to Charleston county, Char
lesion gained 6,444 inhabitants. Be-
fore this Charleston's fraction was
only 3,047, with a representation of
seven. Adding the two townships
Charleston's fraction would be 9,491,
emitting her to another representa-
tive. Colleton, on a population of
$500, had two representatives and
a fraction of 10,948, which would
have given heranother representative
Taking away the two townships
population, namely, 6,444, Colleton
has two representatives and frac-
tion of only 4,504, not enough to give
her another representative. She thus
loses one as Colleton now has three.
After Hard Fight.
This state of affairs was called to
the attention of the Senate by Sena-
tor Sinkler and fight of three days
was then had on the bill. The ques-
ton arose as to whether the census
should be adopted as it 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 Ackerman, of Colleton; Black,
of Bamberg; Earle, # Oconee;
Green, of Marlboro, and Summers, of
Calhoun.
The Senate adopted the bill with
the Sinkler amendment inserted
therein. Charleston population un-
der the census was given at 8S,594
for the county.
The bill as adopted reads:
Reapportionment Bill.
'Section l. That for the purpose
of the apportionment of representa-
tives in the House of Representative
among the several counties in the
State, the enumeration of the inhab
itants of the several counties by the
United States census of 1910 is here
by adopted as a true and correct
enumeration.
"Section 2. That, until the next
apportionment, the representation of
the several counties shall be as fol-
lows: Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 8; An
derson, 6; Bamberg, 2; Barnwell, 3;
Beaufort, 2; Berkeley, 2; Calhoun, 1;
Charleston, 8; Cherokee, 2; Chester,
2; Chesterfield, 2; Clarendon, 3;
Colleton, O. Darlington, 8; Dillon, 2;
Dorchester, l. Edgefeld, 2; Fairfield,
2; Florence 3; Georgetown, 2; Green
vile, 6; Greenwood, 8; Hampton, 2;
Horny, 2; Kershaw, 2; Lexington, 3;
Marion, 2; Marlboro, 3; Newberry,
8; Oconee, 2; Orangeburg, 5; Pick
ems, 2; Richland, 5; Saluda, 2; Spar
tanburg, 7; Sumter, 8; Union, 2; Will
liamsburg, 3; and York, 4.
''Section 3. That this apportion-
ment shall not take effect until the