Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-01-27


own county. He could not take away The riyh.s
oil others-the inequality then existing ON tba,
floor he was compelled to submit toVthc WIFI
population OF Caroline was 6497 and il paid S6fSI
revenue. Now, said Mr.. Parker, there are fro,n,
10 TO 20 counties that had about l-3; one VIII
l-6, one with lilo and 10 with l-2 the population
OF Caroline. Beyond the ridge there were \.
that paid Is; that paid Ia; FIVE that paid Is.
o that paid LILO and one that paid lis Of the re-
venue paid by Caroline. But notwi,hstandn.
these inequalities, he willing to take an equal
county representation. But, by Mr.. Gordon's plan
Chesterfield with very nearly the same popula,
ton with Caroline, had two delegates; & Pitt
syivama win less than double the population
and paying but few dollars more, had three
delegates. Chesterfield had white populationf
Of 1913; revenue $776S; Meckienburg, popuIa-
ton ITO. revenue S6992; buckingham, populat;or,
1915, revenue S7.2ls; Rockingham, population
1868, revenue $S,4l6; Rockbridge, popuIai;on
9.03S, revenue $4.3l3; Botetourt, population To-.
1913, revenue $S4,760; Harrison, population 10 3o6
revenue S2,i36. Thus, Chesterfield, Meckien'
burg and buckingham, are to have two dele
gates; Rockingham, Augusta, and Harrison, thre.
delegates; whilst Caroline was TO have bu, one
The alteration made by the amendment. gives
but one additional member TO the country beIoyc
tide water, whilst it gives 81 additional ones TO
the country above and to the Ohio He trus,sd
the amendment would BE- rejected, and that ,hs
original or some other bill would be adopted
Mr.. Terrill explained the reasons that had d..
termined him 10 vote for the bill as it stood.
Mr.. Yancey declared that his first love wa, tba
original bill, based on federal numbers and ~,
planned the votes that he had given and should give
MIR. Miller, OF Powhatan, sail that this amend
ment gave to the country beyond the Mountains
one representative more than hey had claimed
upon any basis. He too, express his williny
ness to modify the Con .res-iona Districr System
so as to give additional members to the west. But
to show the injustice of The present propo,ton ba
submitted this statement:
In Convention OF 1870 members on the basis Of
tive members to each Senatorial dis, riot the Fast
would have rs, the West 45-dfsr.rce aU-Pre-
serving the same proportions in Convention nj
lat on the same basis the difference would be 81
On the basis o! Congressional Districts, with 10
members in the Convention, the East would have
75-the West 35-dfference 4i-but upon ,L;s
basis, the Convention consist. OF lat members tba
difference would be 53-The present bill makes
difference OF only %. BY fee white population
alone as the basis, the Wet would have 60 out OF
i47-whereas by this scheme they have 81; NOR,
he repeated, than they had ever asked TIL. wboe
loss, he said, tell upon the country between the
head OF tide wafer and the mountains.
Mr. NJ Mahon spoke at con iderable length.
Mr.. Parker oil Northampton, expressed his sat-
siaction at the propety of the course of the GEN.
ueinan from Allegheny (Mr. rerrilD with vy6on
n had acted all along, in f'vor of county rene.
sentaton' IN now supporting the present bill, and
expressing the hope that the small counties would
yet raise their heads above water.
Mr. Goggin enquired of the chair whether tbe
section oiier ed yesterday and adopted nv the bou..
was open 10 amendment. He was answered in ths
negative by the SPeaker.who added that there was
no part of the bill could be amended in lie tho
st.se nat 'he qu~sfi ~ then whether the ne,v
bil! would be adopted by the House in lieu ofths
original bill; that if it was adopted then the
gentleman If he had amendments to offer, could
only attain his object by moving to commit the bill
when he might ole his amendments
The question then put upon ADOPTING the a.
henued OIL as a substitute Tor the ririna hill
and carried in the affirmative, ayes 10Y. noes 90
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
~ Messrs: Bayley, Gordon, II ison, Persnger
Terriil, Ellis, Duncan, Clarke, Tapp, Sitlinoton'
Goggin, Boyd Ward, Miller of B,retourt. Ander'
son OF Botetourt, Doddrdge, Edgington. Thorn.
burg, Everett, jr Hves of Campbell Hunter. Hin
Moss Fizhugh Of Fairfax: Chiffon, Wallace, Still.
man, VIM of Fiuvanna, Holland CaIIawav Cas.
ueman, il. Mason of Frederick, Pack. Pearls. Hal
Blair, M Laughlin OF Greenbrier, Smith of Green.
bi1er, herchevai, jr. arskadon, Seymour MuI
len, Brown OF Harrison, Williams MAYO, Morgan.
W,,lis; smith oil hanawha Dunbar, Allen OF Lee,
Nj MILAN, Bland, Camden. Dingess, Stra,lon, Ell
zey, Powell Of Loudouh. M'Culloch, SiribIine.
Watts, Wilson, Caperton, Vass, Craig Kent Cross
O'Ferrall, Rives jr. of Nelson, Meggin ON KeIlv
Lsl'gnlin OF Nicholas, Read. PARROT, Fitzhugii
V m ono' iat1n' Adams, Jones OF Pendeton, Dice,
WItcher, Walton, Arbogast, GilIiIsnd, Allen OF
Preston, linn, Macrae, Tyler of Prince William.
Doibeare. White OF Rockbrdge, Moore. Nina
hon, Cline, Alexander of Russell, M'Farlane nj
RUSSELL Marin Morrison, Carson, Lowell. George.
De -kins, M'Coy, 'nrhram, Cummings, Kelier'
Spencer Of Wood, Tdvenuer Saunders of Wv,ba
StaDger 10Y.
hose who voted in the negative are:
Messrs Banks (Speaker,) Booker of Amelia II.
ter, lrotter, Bocock, Yancey, Chds, Parker of Ca
roline Christian OF C. City,Tyler OF c. Civ Gaines
Richardson OF Charlotte, johnson of Chester.
held, Burioot, Miller of Cumberland. FITZGERALD
wynn OF Dnwddie, Boisseau, Wray Booker of p.
ilzaoeth CITY, UPshaw OF Essex, Pitts, Smith of
Gloucester, Billups, Guerrant, Bryce ir SPENCER
oil Greensvlllc, Iiilar, Atkinson OF Halifax Scott
Ioodaii' White of Hanover, Harve, Dyer Hell
ieman, Atkinson OF Isle of Wight, Cole. Rich
aTdson OF James City, Pollard Of King and Queen,
Opshaw OF X. and Queen, Mason of King George
Oldham, Pollard OF King william, GREGORY. Pc,
land, Hall, Kmbrough, Johnson of Louisa, Street.
Nj 'Fatland OF LuDenburg, Finks, Hudgins. Bray
ton, Alexander of Mecklenburg, Goode. Seear,
Booth Cohoon, Murdaugh. Christian of New.
Kent, Warden, ManniDg, Parker of Northampton.
Bayse, Harding, Anderson Of Holloway. Jones nj
Notoway, Davis, Voolfolk, Old, Miller Of Powba.
TAM Dupuy, Anderson of Prince Edward. Wood
house, Ward, Temple, Rives of Prince Georoe
Garter, Barnes, Goodwin, Griffin of Soutbannton
Minor Powell Of Spottsyvania Cook, Ford .Crumn'
Rnifln, billiard, Eppes, Brown Of Warwick pres.
son, Newton, HungeIford, Shield, Griffin of YORK
Grigsby, May, Rutherford and Moody-09.
motion was then made by Mr.. Goggin TO re.
commit the Bill to the Committee of the whole
House; and lost syes &c. noes 100.
The question was then taken upon enprossine
the said Bill as amended and reading it third
nme' and was determined in the affirmative.
he Speaker laid before the House Commuui,
cation from the President Of the Board of Public
orks, transmitting the Annual report of the Pre-
sident and Directors of the Board-whicb yoaa IN
Mr.. Iapp's motion, ordered to be printed for The
use of the House. W.
The Speaker also laid before the House Comm,,.