Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1920 — TENTH DISTRICT MAY BE DIVIDED [ARTICLE]

TENTH DISTRICT MAY BE DIVIDED

LAKE COUNTY PROPOSES TO CREATE NEW DISTRICT WITH JASPER, NEWTON, PORTER.

There is a likelihood of Jasper county finding itself in a new congressional district after the legislature meets in regular session in 1921. The proposal has been made to incorporate Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties into a new district which would leave Tippecanoe, White, Benton and Warren counties in the Tenth district. It would be necessary to take ih more counties to - make up this district and that probably would mean a complete re-districting _of the state. Discussing the matter in the Indianapolis News W. H. Blodgett says: “It wais the original intention to introduce at the special session of the legislature a congressional apportionment act creating a new con " gressional district composed of Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties. But investigation of the law shows that the apportionment act must come before the next regular, and not the next special session and for that reason the proposed bill will be held off. Lake county i sa large industrial coupty, although there are a few industries while the others are rural counties in Porter county. It is understood that the two republican aspirants one is made, will be J. Glenn Hairfor the new congressional job, if ris, present representative from Lake county and W. A. Hodges, Mayor of Gary. Neither of them has announced his candidacy but the friends of both say they will be contenders for the place when at is made. There will be some opposiLake county to making the district but the advocates of it think they will have no trouble m getting the law enacted.”