The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-11-04
The Apportionment Clause

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The Apportionment Clause
Representatives shall be APP
pertioncd upon the basis of popu-
ulation. but each county shall have
at least ono representative, with
an additional representative for
each $4,000 population or major
fraction thereof after the first
$4,000 population.
This would give Cook county Of
representatives and down-state ll3. 1t
would give Cook county four more
state representatives than it has alder
men under the new Seward law This
will create legislature in line with the
provisions Of the other great states of
the Union and in harmony with the
fundamental principles of representa-
tive government which is against the
Capitalization OF power i'll any one
county, or in other words. the funda-
mental principle OF representative gov
eminent is to preserve a wide distrbu-
ton OF the sources of power in order
that the structure of representative
government may be wellbalanced and
rest upon a broad and substantial
foundation, which it would not, if the
control is placed in single county
That this is in line with what other
states have done is shown by the fol-
lowing facts.
Other States Limit Cities
New York-It takes Is voters in
Greater New York to equal two in
Schuyler county, New York.
Massachusetts, takes voters in
Boston to equal one in Nantucket
county.
Pennsylvania-One voter in Cam
eron county equals seven in Philadcl-
phia or Pittsburgh, or ten in Lebanon
county. 4
Ohio-One voter III Ninton county
equals four in Cleveland or six in
Clark county
1Sol Sld - ollt NplSl Ill ECIlOlS
county equals twenty-three in Fulton
county (Atlanta).
Maryland-The voter in the state
outside OF Baltimore equals more than
four voters in Baltimore.
Delaware-lt takes seven voters in
Wilmington to equal one in Kent
county.
The County Plan
The above is evidence that other
states have considered political sub
divisions or counties as we'll as popu-
lation i'll making districts. Some Of
the above states did not always have
county representation, as, for instance
Pennsylvania, which adopted it in its
last Constitution, to stop the evil OF
gerrymandering districts. Some of the
western states like Texas, Colorado.
Montana, Idaho, and the Dakotas, do
not have county representation be-
cause their counties were laid out in
advance OF population for surveying
purposes; but the great states of the
Union have adopted it as the most
salts factory of all units.
Illinois Should Progress
Illinois should move up out OF the
class of gopher states which it was in
when the present Constitution was
adopted in 1870, into the group Of
other great commonwealth, whose
statesmen have considered the wei
fare of the state as a whole when fix
ing the unit of representation. The
statesmen of other great states have
refused to permit themselves to be-
come the tools OF a ring of politicians
in any one county who were trying to
put over scheme for the politicians
in that one county to get control of
the power to legislate and thereby the
power to exploit the resources of the
state.
Vets Against Limitation
That the Anti-Saloon League is I'M
der obligations to take part in this
question is evinced by the following
mutation from fhe renort of Mr.