The Holt County sentinel., 1921-07-15
Legislative Doings.

| n JOINT ulll Te-ilIaNRlOg and teuuC-
ing the Missouri congressional dis
tricts from sixteen to fifteen was in
troduced In the state senate. Tuesday
of last week 1t was drawn on the
theory that the congressional reap
portionment act would reduce the dis
tricts to fifteen.
In the frs. districts Platte, Cliaton.
Clay and Ray counties form a part Of
the district, with Kansas City wards.
The second H. composed entirely Of
Jackson county and Kansas City
wards. Every county IN the thirteenth
district Is Democratic. Il Is composed
Of parts of the first, second, seveuth
ant ninth districts.
The present fourth district, compos-
ed OF Atchison, Andrew, Buchanan,
Holt, Nodaway and Platte, Is made the
fifteenth district. and IL to be com
posed of the following counties: At
Gibson, Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb,
Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway,
Mercer and Worth.
The authors Of the bill say the aver.
age population Of the districts Is 226,-
800. The 1920 census gives these ten
counties comprising the new 18th dis
trict a total population Of 1865. as
follows; Andrew. la.OT5: Atehison.
l3.OOs; Buchanan, g3.6s4: DeKalb.
1854; Gentry, 1854; Harrison. 10.
7lo: Holt. la.0sa. Mercer. If .2si, Nod.
away, 27,73a; Worth. 7.s42.
| Politically the new district is was
Democratic BY l22s in the presidential
election Of 1915. Wilson Va Hughes
campaign. There are four Republican
counties in tho district. Andres. Har.
rison, Holt and Mercer.
Ii We take the 1920 vote Co, o.
Harding campaign. and the woman or.
franchisement into account. and make
IL a basis the new 18th di.,rir, 4. Re.
publican bv 10 OBJ. bu, whom ,ha .n,.
gressional vote Is counted and the naw
district Is constitute az the bill nro.
vide. We arc of tho o,i,i,, !, .iIi
prove a yery close district noI;ti.,IIv
The total vote for Coz Wa ae is7, for
Harding. b2Ils-everv countv IN he
district gave a Republican n,,iori,v jr
1920, II Is said the wor,,, ya,a ya.
The speciaI sessio, will HLslv oJ
iourn some time between JrIv oS,b
and the firs. of Auyus.
The senate /. much oba,J n, tI.
house with it, work II nassaJ ,wo
senate measures ono dav Iay, yeoL
One Is a bill by Senator picke,. nro,
yiding the machinery f,y boId;ns ,ho
special election AugI.t . II a,nIie =
the general eler,iop iou,s 10 -. a;I sna.i,i
election. ave ,ha, outside of the ci,iss
having registration onlv tvn ;Sdges
. and two clerks Of elac,ior uilI te ~,
vided he tho cou,tv courts P'N
The other hiII n ne,snre he Sena,,r
Proctor. Of Kansas civ affects tbe in.
heritanee tax law. Il increaseS The
amount widows mav claim frop,
sIb oOo n 400 ooo ona five ,b. ~
N, henues,s ahove sso ooo a, nn, az
reeJing Ton nor cent Tba ,,~ an iarn.
baonas,s now rnrs ~ hioh as or na,
cent ~
A. sassi,, of IN. wavs and r..,s
committees of tho sanats he cnn, r,;,,ao
agreed unon n favorable renort IN Tho
hiiI nrov;Jins for Tho issnanca ~ ,ho
| $50 600 600 rad bond Hinder tho hiIl
the firs, issu is fixed NJ sio 0oo c,oC
and az ooo ooo ,nnna,,v thereo fter
: TIE bonJs u,iII hoar Z nor cant intsres,
: John NJ MaIong ~ Joniin forme,
3 sec,eta,v of tbe s,ate highway board
ana ontbor of the "Molong nlan" 10,
nrimarv and secondary roads made M
extended argument In favor of ths
,assago ~ tba Iii introduced bv Re.
prossstative Wbitebeod, of buchanan
rorntv He soid that ,rv svstem n
roads ,,id out that ali no, consider IN,
sta,a 49, a whole won,d no doing n,
inins,ice n tbe oeraration that vii
h,vo 20 noy the bonds The nrimar,
n na roads ~ ha pds dssciarai wan,d no ,be "rea'
q v.o.;o. vsMs, y. 81 trassic and rave, and Nh,
: I acenJar,, ~ rnaJs womId he feeiars fo
a sou'S .sou, ''''' '1' W ~ "
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