The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-04-20
Both Bodies Suffer Loss as
Convention Agrees on
the Change
THIRTY-FIVE SENATE,
EIGHTY-SIX IN HOUSE
Evangeline Taken from St.
Landry-Acadia District;
Now With Avoyelles

originally agreed, failed in the CON-
mittee on apportionment and redis-
tricting, Thursday evening, AMI the
battle of E. L. Lafargue of, Avoyelles
the fight of c. z. DeBelleTue, Of
Crowley, for two members OF the
house from Acadia. AMI Of Duncan
Butte to have LaSalle tax IN off OF
the S1st senatorial district and hooked
onto the 26th, with Union, Lincoln,
ETC., all failed Of result and the appor-
tionment figures of 35 for me &c. ate
and IS for the house. agreed on by
the subcommittee, were approved by
the committee as whole and will be
sent to the convention in this form.
The case of LaSalle, however, rela-
tive to which Mr.. Blue made strong
point, that it could not possibly oe
associated with the parishes forming
its group, territoriaIy or otherwise
was left to the subcommittee, on mo-
ton Of Phil Arras, and 1t is likely
this change will be made.
Judge Philip H. Gilbert, Of Napol-
eonvflle, stood by the committee re
port and defended It foot by foot on
the floor, fianally sending it to the
convention, favorably reported.
When the committee met at
o'clock, a storm was threatened, Mr.
DeBellevue moved that Avoyeiles and
Acadia each be given two representa-
tives. Acadia, he said, is the home
Of the great rice industry. Mr.. La
fargue supported this move. 1t lost.
Mr.. DeBelleYue moved that Acadia,
st. Landry and Evangeline and Avoy-
elles and Point Coupee, be given two
senators each.
'If you don't" said the Acadia del
egate, "there will be a battle on the
floor OF this convention and it may
affect other legislation"
What do you mean by that" asked
a member.
81 mean this fight may involve 9TH
or issues"
Judge Gilbert L. Dupre made an
eloquent appeal for compromise and
acceptance Of the report. He was sat
isfied to be grouped with Acadia and
get one senator. ''They have taken
Evangeline from us-our last dear,
little daughter, but you have left us
the rice city of America, and I'm sat
isfied. You can no more satisfy
everyone, than you can convince a
district judges that he isn't overwork
ed and under paid. Unless you want to
pay people to rest you must reduce
the number Of judges"
Again DeBellevue lost and appor
tionments for both house and senate
were adopted.
The revised senate plan for Or
leans, stood with the exception that
st. Bernard and PlaqUemines were
given to the eighth and ninth wards
and the fourth district allowed two
senators
Here are the subcommittee reports
as signed by Phanor Breazeale,
chairman; Geo. H. Clinton. p H. Gil
bert, D. R. Johnson, Phil Arras and
r. o. Young, and adopted.
House of representatives shall be
composed OF So members, and no
more.
Each Of the II wards. as now con-
stituted, Of the parish of Orleans shall
have one representative.
Each parish OF the state, exclusive
Of the parish of Orleans, shall have
one representative, except Caddo,
which shall have two C2) additional
representatives. The parishes Of Nat
chitoches, East Baton Rouge, Rapides
and st. Landry, shall each have one
additional representative"
The senate shah consist of thirty
five members, and apportioued to the
| following 80 districts:
First district, wards 1, 2, and 10,
New Orleans, senator; End district.
Wards 3, and 4. /; Srd district, wards
5, 6, and Z, l; fourth district, wards
8 and 8, and parishes Of St Bernard
and Plaquemine, 2; fifth district,
wards II and Is. 1; seventh district
wards IA, Is and IL, /; eighth district
Jefferson, St. Charles and st. John, 1;
ninth district, St. James and Ascen-
sion. /; tenth district. Terrebonne, La
fourche and Assumption, 1; eleventh,
st. Mary and VermiliOn, I; twu.f.n
Calcasieu, Allen, Jefferson Davis,
Beauregard and Cameron, 2; thir-
teenth, st. Martin, iberia and Lafay.
cite. 1; fourteenth. St. Landry and
Acadia, /; fifteenth, Avoyelles and
Evangeline, / sixteenth, Point Cou-
pee. IberviIle and West Baton Rouge,
1; seventeenth. East Feliciana and
West Feliciana, /; eighteenth, East
Baton Rouge parish, /; nineteenth, st
Helena, Livingston and Tangipahoa.
/; twentieth, Washington and st.
Tammany. 1; twenty-first, Rapides
parish, 1; twenty -second. Natehitoches
and Red River. 1: tWenty-third, Cad
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