Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-03
HurchINS' REDlSTRICTlNG BILL
or IOWA SENATORIAL DIS
rRIcrs CALLS FOR CHANGES.
PROBABLY AMENDMENTS
Is BEFORE ire ADOPTION
Polk County Given two Senators,
Which 10 Unnecessary - Bill So Ar
RANGED That Few Of Hold Over SEN
ators Arc Enthusiastically, Under
the Bill, to Be Tackled to Marshall
County.
snecial 70 Times. Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, April S.-The senatorial
redistricting bill introduced by Hutch-
:ns, of Kossuth, may not be passed in
exactly the form proposed, bur some
sort Of a bill must be passed, under
the constitution, and the senatorial rep
RESERVATION be fixed al this time A
failure TO do so might irvalidate the
entire next general assembly. A repre-
sentative redisCicting bill must also be
adopted.
The Hutchins bill would make the
biggest shake up IN the state senate OF
any redistricting for many years.
1t gives to Polk county two sen
ators. which is an entirely unnecessary
affair, SO far as the interests OF POLK
county are concerned The Dill leaves
most of the ene-county districts un-
changed but takes Marshall and Clay
ton out OF this class and gives Black
hawk independence
Senator Chase's district would lose
Hardin which is tackled on to FTtchpat-
ricks district in place OF Boone and
the latter is coupled up with Greene for
a new district now without d senator
Senator Mates loses Greene and
Carroll and gets ida and Buena Vista
to couple up with Sac.
Senator Allen loses from his district
Buena Vista and he is given Palo Alto
and Calhoun.
Senator Sammis' district lost Ida to
Mates distric, and is left only with
Plymouth and Cherokee.
Carroll county which was Topped off
Of Mates district goes with Cra~-
ford to form new dead-cure democ-a-
tic district.
Senator Balkena's county Of Sioux is
left with Lyon. while O'Brien and Os-
ceola are given to Senator Francis In
place Of En1ret and Palo Alto.
Senator Hamrnill makes an exchange
Emmett and Kossuth.
Cerro Gordo gets into new district
with Worth and Winnebago. and
Franklin, which Is lost from HamrnilTs
district, is placed in a district with
Butler whore Senator Gates has his
constituency.
Senator Adams gets Bremen as
part of his new constituency instead
of the old alliance between Fayette and
Allamkaee The last named county is
J. lieu up Will Sloy WI
Senator Smith, of Mitchell, gets
brand new district He is divorced
from Worth and winnebago and is
given Howard and Floyd. the latter
being now represented by a democrat
Chickasaw gets new ally in Win
nesEiek county.
Further on down the east side of the
state some new districts are found.
Jackson is coupled up with Jones and
Cedar goes over to Johnson. Senator
Whites county OF Iowa is accorded TO
Keokuk which IS divorced from Powe-
shiek, and the latter gets. Mahaska as
a mate. This last would leave SpauId-
ing In a district with Ream.
Senator Proudfoot. OF Warren, would
lose Clarke county and be tied up with
Marion which Is now attached TO Mon
roe which has Senator Garrison. Clarke
would go to Monroe.
Senator McColl's district would be
transformed and instead Of Dallas
Guthrie-Audubon he would have Dali
las Madison. That would leave Sena-
tor Savage to go into a new district
of Adair-Audubon-G
Senator Larrabee gets Humboldt
tackled onto Webster in place of Cal
houn.
Senator GiIlilland's district Of Mont
gomery and Mills has added to it
Adams county.
A study Of this bill shows that it
has been 50 arrang ed as to be attrac-
tive to a ma 1ority Of the senators now
in Office and as it does not interest any
of the representatives except those who
intend to try to break into the senate
the bill may not be materially changed.