The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-15
CLJT-OUT PUZZLE IN ARRANGING
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS IN OHIO

ColurbuS T., Nov. l4.--Ofhcia!s II
the office Of Secretary az State Smith
are comparing the map of Onto TO "
eut-out puzzle. in making up tho senI-
torial districts. as result OF the re-
distrtcting amendment being defeated
at this election.
Tho defeated measure lined up coun-
ties and senatorial districts evenly: now
the districts must be drawn to CONFORM
TO population and tho mandates OF the
constitution OF 1881.
Population in 1881. and population tn
1871. don't Jihc. S,atlstLctan Samuel
NoC- johnson has concluded. SA"".
strings. po;-hooks and al manner az
vierd designs Will have L. b" traced
on the map OF the stat" as a result "'
the defeat OF the amendment johnson
declared.
Misunderstanding IS believed to have
been tho cause OF the meaSHr" ""'n';
voted down. IS tho number OF senators
would not have been changed. even Il
II had been adopted.
Districts will have to be combine
here and there all over the state TO
make a ratio Of population. which. un-
der tho constitution. provides Tor seh"-
toTlal representation.
Thrown Together.
The seventh and eighth districts VII
bs thrown together. The seventh -
composed OF Adams. Jackson. FiAe anu
Sctoto counties. ard 70 these now VIII
be added GRllta. !.awr"nc', M"4SS M"
vfnton counties The u"w COMBINED 'N,
triet will have one senator In touV OK
the legislative sessions during tue l'H-
year period now impending. and two III
tho NTH session.
The eleventh and twelfth districts
Al -,ta =
nalgn Clark. Madison. parke. Miami
and Shelby counties together. Another
combination will be that Of tho seven
teAnth, twenty-e!ghth, eighteenth anu
nineteenth districts. and as result
there will re found district reaching
from tho Ohio river into Morrow county.
half way to the north limo OF the state.
The twentieth and twenty-seCond DIS
tricts also must be combined.
me next general assembly. IN"
eirhty-rour,h. will have only "A soma
tors as compared with 81 at the pres
ent time. The -IEhty-sixth Will have
81 senator's. and tho elghty-seren'h
viii have 36. the Cighty-eiSAth. 80. ami
m, e!rhty-ntnth. last OF the current
dsccnnium sessions. will have 81.
Reason Of the Mix-Up-
The reason for the varying NUMBER
Of senator's under the Same census hs
urss during the decsnn.al period lies in
the fact that the constitution makes
provision for fractions OF ratios on
which representation - based. y sen
storial district mus. have not less than
three-rourths Of the ratio. which -
1si,B54. this ngure being obtained by
dividing the figures IS into the popuIa-
ton Of tho state Districts with p"pi-
lation below the three-tourths ratio ne,
ure must be added 20 the smallest ada
cent district.
When a district, individually or COM
otnod because OF reduced population.
has a fraction over tho ratio figure. ous
not sufficient 10 equal thrse-tourths OF
the ratio. Il IS multiplied ny the fSure
s. The result OF his multiplication de-
termlnes the number OF extra senator's
TO be had by that district during the
deesnnial period. II the result Is eoual
70 ono rat!o-164.554-or three-fourths
,hsrsot an additional senator IL given
20 the district for ono session during
tho ten-year period. II tho result Is
two ratios, an additional s"nat"r j.
riy,n at Two Of tho Ave sessions. ana so
on, an additional senator being provided
for each Of the five SESSIONS X the
multiple obtained Is equal 10 nVe ratios.
Cuyahoga county. which had four
senator's at the last session. due 10 It's
growth OF pvpulai Ion. and because or
the fraction above It's full ratio. Will
have an additional senator n each or
rho next three sessions, making SIX IN
ALI Tho f,urlh and hfth sessions or
the dacenn.um will see tha Number re-
duced 70 Ave each.