The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-02-06
RE-DlSTRICT
THE STATE
Bill Has Been introduced in
the General AS
sembly.
MAKES MANY CHANGES

ties Will Form One Senatorial
District-Th Bill Gives Repub.
Leans AZ Members. Where They
Now Have 33-Big Gains For
Independents.
The re-districting bill which has
been introduced will occasion many
changes in the state legislature.
The political effect of the bill will be
an increase of the republican represent
tation in the legislature and an in
crease in thenumber of urban represent
tatives, due TO the greater growth OF
the East Tennessee counties and the
c:,;.ics during the past decade. OF the
thirty-three new senatorial districts
created, eleven of them are under nor
NAL conditions republican, whereas
under the old arrangements there were
but five. In the house the republicans
Willhave, under the new bill thirty
six members, instead of twenty-seven,
making the total republican represen-
tation forty-seyen, instead of thirty
three.
The bill makes number of changes
in the representation of the counties.
Davidson county is tohave two direct
senators and one flotelial senator, TO be
elected i'm conjunction with Robertson
and Williamson counties. The number
of direct representatives. remains UNI
changed, but the floterial representa-
tive is to be chosen from Davidson and
Cheatham, instead of Wilson.
Shelby county, which has heretofore
elected two direct senator's, one tiote-
rial senator, seven direct representa-
tives and one floterial representative,
will under the new bill, have the same
representation in the senate, but will
elect nine direct representatives and
no fioater.
Five counties, one in East Tennessee
and one i'm West tennessee, which have
not heretofore had direct representa-
tives, will each elect one representative.
These counties are Jefferson, Campbell,
Anderson, Lawrence and Henderson.
On the other hand five counties which
have had direct representatives are to
elect fioaters. These are Cannon, Cof-
fee, Hickman and Stewart in Middle
Tennessee, and Madison, in West Ten
nesse. Madison has in the past mad
two direct representatives and is 10
] have one, while the other will be 9
! fioater from Madison and Chester
Lauderdale county which has had I
direct representative and a tloater, Il
to have direct representative only.
The following is the full text OF thu
redistricting Till introduced in thu
| ltIlIltSSec lieS ldt ulS.
Gan Act to apportion the severa
counties of this state into senatorial
| direct aud joint representative tdi
rect and joint districtsunGer the emu
meration of 1910, in pursuance of--Ar
ticle 9, Section OF the Constitution.
''Section I. Be itenacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Tennes
see, That until the next enumeration
and apportionment of voters, the fol
lowing counties shall comprise tn
senatorial districts, to-wit:
'sEirst District-Johnson, Carter
Sullivan and unicoi.
"Second District - Washington
Green and Hamblen.
"Third Dlstrict--Jefierson, Cock
and Sewer.
"Fourth Observation-Disclosures, Han
cock, Claiborne and Grsinger.
"Fifth District-Union, Campbell
Anderson and Scott.
Sixth District Knox.
seventh District-Knox, Loudor
and Roane. T..
"Eighth District--Blonnt, Monroe
/ McMinn and Meigs.
"Ninth Decentralization.
nTenth Decentralization, James
Bradley and Polk.
eleventh Decentralization, Grundy
Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Van Buren,. War
rem and DeKalk.
"Twelfth District-Rhea, Cumber.
land. White, Morgan, Eentress and
Pickett.
.rThirteenth District-OVertOn Jack