Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1903 — A Legislative Apportionment Bill. [ARTICLE]

A Legislative Apportionment Bill.

State Senator Will Wood, of Lafayette, is the first man to inintroduce a new legislative apportionment bill in the state legislature. His bill if passed, will make a great many changes in present districts, at least if what it proposes in the northwest corner of the state is any indication of what it is over the state generally. It breaks up the present senatorial district of Jasper, Newton and White; puts Lake and Newton together for a senator and Jasper, Porter and Pulaski in another senatorial district White is hook-

ed up with Cass. Just how this would suit Senator Wolcott, we can not say, but are disposed to think that he will be pleased with it, as he has large business interests at Logansport, and possibly intends moving there. The representatives districts are all shook up, also. Jasper is cut loose from the tail of Lake, and hooked on to Pulaski, and in that connection will be big enough to do some of the wagging itself. Newton, our legislative yoke mate of other days, is given Jasper’s place on the tail of Lake’s kite; Lake still, having a whole representative besides. Benton, which is now with Newton, is fastened to White in thiabill. We believe the Republicans of Jasper county will be better pleased to be yoked to Pulaski in a Representive district, than with Porter and Pulaski, in a senatorial district. In that last case Porters Republican vote is big enough to make the county the whole thing in the proposed district.