The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-10
APPORT|ONING
BILL PASSES;
II DISTRICTS
State at Last Is Remapped
for Congressional
Elections.
LESLIE SURE TO SIGN
Measure Put Over After
Bitter Battle, Charges
of Double Crossing.

Out of q weller of confusion.
charges OF double crossing" poll
teal bargainings and chickering's,
punctuated with messages from
Governor Harry G. Leslie, through
his mentor, Henry Marshall, there
was born early today new congress
sional apportionment for Indiana.
-Four members Of the Joint con-
ference committee shoulder the
responsibility, but the real parents
were. said to be r. Earl Peters.
Democratic state chairman; Con
gresham Fred Purnell Of Attica.
and Marshall.
The bill cutting the present thir-
teen Indiana districts into twelve
awaits the certain signature of
Leslie.
Two Bills Entwined
Fate of the bill which would set
up five Republican, four Democrats
and three doubtful districts was en-
twined with that Of the $4,000, 900
appropriation bill. For while the
house was endeavoring to force the
reapportionment bill through the
senate, that chamber refused to act
on 1t unless the appropriation bill
came over.
Concurrence Of the house in the
report OF the conference committee
came at approximately 2:30 a. M.
yet 1t was $50 this morning before
Lieutenant Governor Edgar D. Bush
relented and permitted senator's who
were absent, at his request, to BE-
brought into the. senate chamber
and thus obtain the necessary
thirty -four for a quorum.
At one time the senate, under
leadership Of Senator A. Perkins
(Dem., st. Joseph, by voice vote,
declared rump session and elected
Senator Jesse E. Wade (Dern..
PoSey, Vanderburg and Warrick) as
chairman protein. But Bush proved
that the man who Yields the gavel
rules the senate and did not leave
the rostrum.
Vigo County Protests
The redistricting plan was adopt
ed by the house over the objec-
ton OF the Vigo county delegation,
which protested against the inclu-
sion Of the strong Republican War
rem county in the new lineup. They
claimed this would make the new
Sixth district 5000 Republican.
But Purnell wanted that county,
which lies across the river from
hfc 1oOy11o inrYYrda1 - . N1,,~o1 -
strength, and Peters wanted the
Democratic Adams and Wells coun-
ties showed up into the same dis
trict with FIT. Wayne, and so Vigo
county lost.a
So bitter was the fight that Mar
shall, fearing there would be no re-
apportionment bill, made trip after
trip to the conference room to say
tina the new Second district would
be glad to have Warren county.
Although the Democrats were VII
ling to let it go there, PurneN was
not, and he won.
But, aS the situation exists, PIir-
nell and the recently elected DEM
ocratic congressman, Cortland Gil
len, are in the same district and
probably will fight it out in 1882.
Marion County Cut
Marion county Is cut north and
south under the new plan. All
Marion county in Lawrence, Warren.
Franklin, and Perry townships and
the First, Ninth. and Tenth wards
Of Center township and the part of
Center township east and south Of
the above wards and Madison and
Hancock counties will form the
Eleventh district, which will be
Of doubtful allegiance.
The newly aligned Eleventh dis
trict contains two congressman.
Albert Vestal (Rep0. and w. H.
Larabee Dem).
The remaining section Of Marion
county, which Is what Is left of
Center township, together with
Washington, Pike, Wayne, and De-
catur townships, win form the
Twelfth district, In which resides
Louis Ludlow (Dem.) incumbent con-
gresham. It Is fondly hoped by
Democrats that this district will be
lined up in its ranks.
The New Lineup
The districts are:
FIRST DISTRICT Rep)-Lake.
SECOND (Rep)-Newton, Ben
ton, Jasper, White, Tippecanoe,
Carroll, Cass, Pulaski, Stark, Mar
shall, Fulton. Porter and Kosciusko.
/ THIRD (DoubtfuD-La Porter,
st. Joseph and Elkhart.
FOURTH Oouotful)-La9ranye,
Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley,
Allen, Wells and Adams.
FIFTH Rep)-Wabash, Hunt
ington, Miami, Grant and Black
ford, Howard, Upton, Clinton and
Jay.
SIXTH (Rep)-Warren, Foun-
tain, Vern1illion, Parke, Vigo, Put
nam, Montgomery, Boone, Hend-
rtcks and Hamilton.
SEVENTH DEM - Sullivan,
Knox. Clay, Greene, Dayiess, Mar
tin, Owen, Morgan, Monroe, Gibson
and Johnson.
EIGHTH Dem.)-Posey, Wander
burg, Warrick, Pike, Dubois, Spencer,
Perry. Crawford, Harrison and
Floyd.
NINTH Dem.) Lawrence,
Orange, Brown, Jackson, Washing
ton, Bartholomew. Jennings, Scott,
Clark, Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio,
Dearborn. Franklin and Ripley.
TENTH Rep.)-Shelby, Della
ware, Henry, Rush, Decatur, Ran
dolph. Wayne, Fayette and Union.
ELEVENTH Observation-Disclosures,
Hancock and that part Of Maricn
county In Lawrence, Warren,
Franklin and Perry townships and
the First, Ninth and Tenth wards Of
Center township and the unincor-
porated part Of Center township
east Of south Of the First, Ninth
and Tenth wards. 49,
TWELFTH DEM - The re-
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