Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1911 — ANOTHER MISSTATEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER MISSTATEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN.

Lincoln township, Newton county, has a population of 701. The Newton county commissioners have ordered an election there to vote on the saloon question and the Kentland papers are not “crabbing” about it.—O’Healey. Concerning this order for an election the Kentland Enterprise of last week said: “In view of the order of the commissioners fixing one saloon for each one thousand population, and Lincoln township falling below that number, it would seem that all applications froqj that township would be refused regardless of an election.” And in an article this week, in criticising the ratio for determining the populaton of any unit, the Enterprse says: “One paragraph permits County Commissioners to fix the ratio of saloons at one saloon for each 1000 population, and then provides that the population shall be determined by multiplying the highest vote cast at the last preceding election by 5. See how that works in Newton county. The population of Grant township as shown by sus is 1762, which would allow but one saloon under the strict construction of the law, as nothing is said regarding fractional parts oyer 1000. The»total vote on Secretary of in Grant township at the last election was 436, which number multiplied by 5 gives 2180, or sufficient for two saloons. Jefferson township with a census population of 1954 and Iroquois with - 1828, permitting but one saloon in each township under the conunissioners apportionment, would likewise be entitled to two saloons each under the Proctor plan as the vote in Jefferson last fall was 506, and iff Iroquois 501. Washington township has a census population of 888 and therefore actually entitled to no saloon, yet she cast 216 votes, and this number multiplied by 5 gives 1080 and one saloon. Jackson has a papulation of 834 and cast 207 votes, thus giving her one saloon by the Proctor manipulation. The other

five townships are not affected. “It will thus be seen that where Newton county is actually entitled to but four saloons, one each in Jefferson Grant, Iroquois and Beaver townships, Neither of which has a population of 2000, that the Proctor plan would give us nine, two each ha Jefferson, Grant Iroquois, Und one each in Washington, Beaver Sad' L 'The wenis inrold are to emphasize the fact that' Ute terprise takes the same The .Democrat, O’Healey to the contrary, notwithstanding,