South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-10
Political Gossip

Indiana's legislative redistricting
law has been upheld by the supreme
court and ST. Joseph county, along
with Marion. Vigo, Vandenburg and
Lake counties will be devided into
legislative districts for the election OF
representatives The case was APP
pealed from an opinion filed in the
Marion county circuit court. Section
Q Of the legislative appOrtiOnment
act covers the point Of legal cOnsid-
Grafton:
Every county having three or
more fun representatives under the
provisions OF this act shall be d.
vided into representative districts,
equal 10 the number Of representa-
tives TO be elected from such county.
The hoard OF county commissioners
Of such county shall. on or before
June 1, 1915, divide their respective
counties into representative districts,
giving 10 each district, as nearly as
may be, an equal number of electors.
The territory included in any district
shall be contiguous. For the pUr-
pose of determining the number of
electors the board shall cause an
enumeration Of electors in their
county. or they may use the enumer-
alton made by the township trustees
IL the same shall be adequate 10 de-
termine the number of electors for
each district II the board OF county
commissioners Of any county shall
fail or refuse to divide such county
on or before June 1. 1915, into repre-
sentative districts. the representatives
from such county shall be elected by
the whole county. Any county di-
vided into representative districts
under the provisions Of this act shall
not be changed during the time this
act shall be in force The boards OF
county commissioners are author
lied to incur any expenditures in
connection with the taking Of the
enumeration of electors, which shall
be paid without an appropriation by
the county council"
It seems. from queries put to st.
Joseph county court house attaches
that no action has as yet been taken
here. This will no doubt mean that
the entire county viii vote on the
three representatives, allotted this
year under the revised statute.
Marion county, from which the suit
was carried, will be apportioned for
the next election. but as 10 other
counties in which nothing has as
yet been done, a question arises. The
matter Will be submitted 10 the at
torney general.
DR.. Martin, ex-corOner Of st. Jo-
seph county and defeated by DIR. Ed
gar Myers for the nomination two
years ago, Will be a candidate on
the republican ticket in 1916. &C
cording to his friends.
The Whiting Call is out with a
lengthy editorial endorsement Of
the candidacy Of Mayor Johnson Of
Gary for the republican nomination
for governor Of Indiana.
r. c. Toner and Paul Hines. for
merly progressive state chairman
and state secretary, respectively, de-
clared some heated declarations be-
fore the Fort Wayne Lincoln club
the other night Shotgun pros
perity." and other l.. y. Sherman
copyrights made their verbal ap-
pearance during the evening. Both
gentlemen expressed a belief the
. progressive party had entered the
els not" class just because they had
left the fold fiat on its back"
Lake countys deputy prosecutor
has entered the political lists with
his candidacy at the primaries for
the republican nomination for prose-
cutting attorney. Clyde Hunter, he
is, and Clyde seeks the office 10
which James a Patterson was re-