| Show IT w v 1 1 rL r t L f j. j LOADERS LOADER'S RS R'S POINT A WITTY ONE ONE ONEt f Why Ice Measure and Gerrymander Gerrymanders Had No Similarity In 1898 the Legislature of New Hampshire divided the city of Somersworth Som- Som eisworth elsworth Into wards In such a way that the Democrats claimed calmed It had been been gerrymandered by the Republican can an majority An election followed In 3 that hat city while the Legislature was still sitting at Concord and the Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- cratIc leaders prominent among whom was George E. E Bales Baes of ot Wilkon Wil- Wil ton kon now forestry commissioner of or orew S New ew Hampshire were discussing the probable outcome gloomily In one cor cor- Cs I p 4 i r I 1 He Woke Them Up ii r j ner while the House was struggling uninteresting with an unimportant and uninteresting ing bill relating to the cutting of ice iceon iceon on some ponds In a country town The members had nearly fallen tallen tallent t t. asleep over the winded long speech of a member who was trying to tell about cutting Ice All were suddenly y startled Into wakefulness when Mr f Bales Baes started up with a telegram In int t his hand and claimed calmed the floor with witha c a ringing Mr Speaker Every Everyone one r listened wondering what the Democratic Demo Demo Demo- Democratic 4 cratic leader could have to say sayan on so 4 t. unimportant a bill Mr Dir Speaker said Mr Dir Bales Baes deliberately deI deliberately de de- I want every everyone one one to to understand un un- i I that the bill under consideration consideration consider consider- atlon had nothing to do with the Somersville gerrymander because that didn't cut any ice i Mr Bales Baes had Just received a telegram telegram tele tee i gram that the Democrats had carried Ii I Somersworth In spite of the redistrict redistrict- I ing |
