Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-27
4o7G FAIR UNIT.
kennebec Apportionment Will Prob.
ably Not Be Changed.


ably Not Be Changed.
Reapportonment is occupying the
attention of the members Of both
branches especially since the com
plcte census figures were received.
Whatever changes are made in other
counties it is generally believed that
no change will be made in the number
OF representatives or senators in Ken
ncbec county.
The committee on reapportioninent is
actively at work on the problem and
has already a multitude of volunteer
helpers from all parts of the State.
The great difficulty seems to be to fix
a unit which will permit of justice be-
ing done to all Concerned. After the
unit is decided upon the log rolling to
secure advantageous classes will begin
The Democrats claim whenever APP
preached on the subject. that it is not
their purpose to class any but contig-
uors towns.
\ member of the committee who has
been figuring on his own hook for sew
eral weeks, has applied his eomputa-
tons to the last census figures and
reaches the conclusion that 407S would
be a fair unit. He adds the number of
members in the House to the number
OF members in the Senate, gets a to-
tai of lSa ard divides the total popula-
ton of the state 1921 by it, getting
1873 as the result.
lie assigns u representatives and
two senators to Androscoggin county
and reaches unit of 1878 for that
county with a population Of 59S22. This
is idcDtiCal in number with the pres
ent representation of the county. He
gives Arocstook II representatives, and
three senator's, a unit of 414S with a
population of 1861, gain of one rep
reSentative: Cumberland % represent
atiVes and five senators. q unit of 4145.
with a population of l12.oli gain OF
one senator; Franklin four represent
atiVes and one senator. q unit of 3N2f,
with q population of 1918 no change:
Hancock, eight representatives. and one
senator, unit of 1858, with q popula-
ton of g., S63, Il loss of one senator;
KennebeC. IL representatives and three
senators, a unit of 1929, with a popu
latiou Of 50 S63, no change; Knox, six
representatives and one senator, a
9Sl, loss of one representative; Lin
coin four representatives and one SEN
ator a unit of 36i3 With a population
of 1926, no change; oxford. eight rep
resentatives and one senator, a unit
OF 4o32 with a population of 1926, a
gain Of one representative; Penobscot,
II representatives and three senator's,
a unit of 42G4. with a population of
$3.50, no change: Piscataquis. four
renrt sentativeS and one senator. unit
Of 1877, with a population of 1889, no
change Sagadahoc. four representa-
tiVes and one senator. a unit of 3115,
with Il population of 1854. no change;
Somerset seven representatives, and
tN0 senator's, a unit of i033 with pop
. ulatiun of 36,39l no change; Waldo,
five presentatiVcS and one senator.
Il unit # %S55 with population of %, =
3SS. no change; Washington. nine rep
resentatiEeS and two senators, a unit
of 39hc with a population of 1906, a
loss of one representative; York, IA
representatives and three senators, a
unit of 4031 with a population of 6S526.
Taking the senatorial representation
alone. a unit of $4,000 has been fixed
upcl ny iItlS StilltIildi' re cbtalhs
it by dividing the population of the
State by the number of senators, 81
Cumberland now has four senators
with a population of 112,014. Multi
plying the number of senators by th'
unit and it is found that the count,
has a representation based on a popu
lation of $1,000, leaving an excess o
5000. Ardroscoggin has two sena
tors, with Il population of 59,S22. the
excess on the basis of representation
being 11.S22. The excess in Penob
scot, which has three senators and {
population of S5.2s5 is 1925. The ex
cess in Oxford is 1926, so that this
county. too, is a candidate for the SEN
ator Hancock county will probably
lose.
The probable political complexion o
the several counties enters into the
problem to great extent. as it Is
hardly to be expected that q Demo
cratic committee will go out of its
way to place another senator in a
county which goes Republican regular
ly. On this account Androscoggin or
Penobscot are looked upon as most
likely to benefit through Hancock s
misfortune, though Cumberland is
runner-up.