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diRrids, which propo6ticn was not agreed 60
by the managers on the part Of the honorable
ienatc.
We then propofcd Givifon OF the common
wealth into counties, the principle of which
was adopted in 1892, and that the common
wealth fhould be divided into iix diitritts, and
that 4 people in the counties of BarnRable,
Nantucket, Plymouth. Britol and Dukes Coun-
ty fhould choole thrce electors the counties
Of Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlrfrx and EHrt
fhould choote feven the counties Of Worcef-
rer, Hampfhv, HampdeP, Franklin and Berk-
fibre fhould choofe five; rhe counties of York,
Cumberland and Oxford fhould chooTe three !
the counties Of Lincoln, Kennebeck and Sem
erfet ihould Choofe three and the counties os
Hancock and Wilmington fhould choole one
1t being objected to this propofal, thar the
diRri6ts in Manachu[etts proper were not IA
equal as might be we offered to agree, that
either the counties Of Norfolk or Middlcfez,
might be added to the weftern diviGon, and
the number Of the electors proPortionably AZ :
ranged yet this proportion, was alto rejected
by the managers on the part of the honorable
ferate. >.-..
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wealth into twenty two equal diitri6fs, in as
frat lines as the town boundaries would per-
nit, and that the people in each diftri6 fhorIl
choo[e one eleaor. We further offered tb
the managers on the part of the honorable ls-
nate, that thefe diltriEs fhoul1 be commented
at either extremity of the fate Maine, Berk-
fhire or Barnltable, at their eittFioh but this
pTopofition was alto rejected, by the manager:
on the part Of the honorable fenat=.
The managers on the part of the hoafe of
representatives, having received iuggeition
from two of the managers on the part of the
honorable fenate, that fuch a diftribution Of
counties, into diltriGs as lhould not have been
formed for this particular Object, would be pro-
per dihrics 1or the choice of electors. and thar
the circuits Of the feveral courts Of common
pleas would form fuch di6riAs, and that Nam
tucket and Dukes counties (which are not at
tached to any particular circuit) fhould for this
purpofe be added to the foUthern circuit. AT
ter elaboration, we inquired of them, il they
intended that arrangement, as formal pTopc-
Gtion, which they then declared they did nor
Yet, anxious to avoid every caufe of difference,
even on fuggeition not offering advantage to
US, and deGrable only, on the principle that
the fate (hould have a voice in the election OF
our next preGdent, your managers facrihced
every other confederation TO this mott impor-
tant one, and tltin4ly made to the managers
on the part of the honorable fenate propoG.
ton for the choice of electors, comfortable to
fuch an arrangement but this alto was refu-
fed on, by the managers on the part Of the hon
orablc fenate. W.
We then inquired of them, whether any 9th
er mode of diltriaing, could be devifed which
would be acceptable and were znfwered ir
the negative.
u We beg leave further to fate that the mana
gers of the honorable fenate, in the courfe o.
the conference. were frequently called on, tc
make proportion TO US; but that none wa
offered except fuch as were contained in thi
two retolVes of the honorable fenate aforefaid
to which the houle had refufed their concur
renee, and which, for the reafons before hared
we could not recommend the houl- to recede
from.
The managers on the part Of the houfe
not being able to make any other pTopohtior
to The managers of the honorable fenate, anC
they declining to make any further proPof
tons it was mutually agreed to clote the con
: ference
Wherefore, the managers on the part 81
the houfc of Representatives, recommend tina
the houie adhere to their vote.
SAMUEL THATCHER,
WILLIAM n. SUMNER.
N. TILLINGHAST.
June IS, 1912