The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-03-18
Reapportionnent
Passed By Senate
House Bill Amended In Upper Branch
And Will Now Go To Conference
Committee
CLAGUE MAKES GREAT FIGHT
Redwood Senator Secures Another
Representative For Home District
After Much Effort
LEAGUE MAKES GREAT FIGHT
(By Grove E. WILSON,

10y IrOVe T.. WILSON,
Reapportionment has passed the SEN
ate and will now go back to the house
for approval of the amendments made.
If the House fails to concur there will
be a conference committee appointed
which will be sure to get together on
the changes.
Hence it seems certain that the state
is to have the long delayed apportion-
ment and the unconstitutional affair of
1897 will be shelved.
The present bill is big improve
ment over the old though there has
been some objection because the
size of the senate and house has been
slightly increased. It was impossible
to avoid this without working greater
injustice upon various sections of the
state and doubtless jeopardizing the
life Of the bill
Senator Frank Clague put in some
of the best work of his political career
during the fight on this bill. AS it
came from the house, where Redwood's
representative seems to have been
somnolent this district was unchanged.
Smaller districts had more representa-
ton but this did not seem to worry
Mr.. Bendixen and the burden of right
ing this wrong was thrown upon Mr..
Clague.
After serious effort he secured the
consent of the chairman Of the senate
committee to amend the act giving to
Redwood and Brown counties three
house members and one senator, much
more nearly what the district was en-
titled to. .-.-.zls &C.. u
Some opposition developed to the
bill because of the representation Civ
en- to the three big cities. This fell by
the way side as it was conclusively
shown that the constitutional provi-
sion with reference to apportionment
made it impossible for the senate to
cut down the senators from Hennepin
county and still have bill that would
stand.
The three big counties did not now
get all that is coming to them but they
have been preened to the lowest point
in order to appease the country. 1t
seems doubtful if the condition can
ever be satisfactory under the present
terms of the constitution and it is for
this reason that efforts have been
made to change that instrument
The county assessor bill was killed
in the senate, due largely to the efforts
of Senator Clague. 1t seems fair to
say at this time that Mr.. Bendixen
claims to have done all he could
against the bill in the house. The
house journal shows him excused be-
cause of illness at the time the vote
was taken on the measure in the lower
house. The Gazette is far from wish
ing to do Mr.. Bendixen an injustice
and takes this opportunity of setting
him right on the assessor bill.
At any rate it was killed in the SEN
ate and will not again arise to worry
the good people of this county.
Billy Smith, the noted and industri-
Gus land and insurance man drifted in
to st. Paul Saturday night and expect
ed to have look at the legislature in
motion but as the hours of meeting
have been changed he was disappointd
in this. AS soon as it was noised about
that he was in the city looking for en-
tertainment an effort was made to
stage session of the House for his
benefit but so many members were out
of town that it was impossible to ex-
tend him this courtesy.
Now what do you think of that?