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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1961
Page
25
Illinois lawmakers near adjournment face a feverish push to redraw 24 U.S. House districts for the next decade. Both parties propose maps to tilt prospects, while leaders seek a compromise that avoids a statewide at-large election and aims for equal population, compactness, and aligned interests amid Chicago suburbs’ growth and Downstate balances.
Illinois lawmakers weigh a fair population based plan as a compromise to satisfy both parties. The Lindsay Schaub proposal offers a nonpartisan basis that meets the population test, avoids county splits, and calls for broad citizen representation beyond party interests. The article notes ongoing behind the scenes U.S. House influence and a push for equitable districts amid state law limits.
The Lindsay-Schaub plan redraws Illinois districts to equalize population. It keeps the 14 Cook County districts as in Plan X while adjusting districts 15 through 24, with the 20th District around Macon and Decatur and the 23rd and 24th spanning Southern Illinois. The plan aims to lessen population spread and create more meaningful primary contests without overt party favoritism.
The Democratic plan preserves four Downstate incumbents and 10 Chicago seats with gerrymanders around Macon County and Calhoun to Tazewell, likely unacceptable to Republicans. The Republican plan redraws Mack and Gray counties from Christian to Cairo to oust one, aiming for at least 12 GOP districts and possibly the 22nd. it has the widest population spread. Maps D and E show Cook County Chicago lines under Lindsay-Schaub, with 14 districts spanning under 10 000 population spread, presented as a basis for potential compromise acceptable to both parties and all Illinois voters.
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