Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1894 — THE PROPOSED RE-APPORTIONMENT. [ARTICLE]

THE PROPOSED RE-APPORTION-MENT.

Hon. Smiley N. Chambers, in an address before the Marlon County Lincoln League, at Indianapolis, Thursday night, on "The Apportionment of the State,” advised against the' contemplated re-apportion-ment by the coming Legislature. He took the stand that the present law, which ho denounced as “iniquitous” had not been successfully assailed. Any attempt to change it at this time would surely be declared unconstitutional by the courts, the constitution expressly providing that apportionments are to be made every six years. Further, Mr. Chambersiheld, the present law was surely good enough for Republicans, as they had elected a solid delegation to Congress and a Legislature with an overwhelming Republican majority under its provisions. Jle advised that the party trust to the good judgment of the people rather than to present a doubtful constitutional question that might jeopardize the interests of the party in 1896.