Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-01-14


the House OF Delegates, The COMMITTEE had
endeavnfed TO compensate the inequalii, b,
inrreaslng lis weigh. M the Senate 30 ns, on
! nc whole, 10 do all the justice in theT pow
er. The whole effect of The present amend
ment would be TO encunlher them with new
| 'rammels
| M Scott spoke for some time without being
hear distinctly by our Repurief,--Thr Hous,.
o"lng IN some confusion. When lac was heard
he WINS denying having supported the compro-
mlsn OF MI. Gordon on the avowed idea OF lis
I having been base upon her oil tho contested
l'nrnciples which had been proposed as n basis
Of representation, be- advocated IL with the on
press dlSa'o"al OF It's being established on the
white b"sis, the m,sed basis, or federal nnm bers .
The gentleman from Campbell had found mn
accidental coincidence between some ofits
numbers aud tn white basis according io the
census OF 1870 hut II had nm equal and CIV, u
greater degtee of ooincldo nee with he plan of
the gentleman from Northampton (Mt Up
shnf,) Nj, s. concluded 10y rntr ring his pfn
test ngeins, being understood as advocating
this or that principle of representation as IN
vowed IN the plan OF the gen leman from ALB
marie. II had bcen brongh forward as a com
prost,p, and such lir voted 70, a.
MI Ciaytor addrr ssed tue House as FOL
lows
know nothing whatever of the basis on
which the genteman from Albemaile, founded
his plan, but tom the results of calculations.
! take It for graned, however, tnai he must
havf had some MA basis which has iudu.
eed hun H. select this particular erpoIio men'
IN preference TO any olbrr and as the gentle
man from Fanquer drnies he 'sufi cheney Of
the evidence have Offered ioproe tina, lhrl
basis Is, In Ia The Nhitc p spulaiion of 1920
with an arbitrary varitiiop of mef' Gscti us
4 l.. /
results ola few more calculations upon thai
ubjcei-l have shewn TINT III Inc divisions - I
power Ia the Senate between TIE East aud The
Vest, The only 'a,iNlioni ON thu white populs.
II II al 1920. was giving IA traction to the East
Lei us nov examine ihe apporionm enl IN tie
How ot Delegate, The who'll white popufr
lion ii the Stat IN 1920, was 6O3O 5l-diy,de
this Ivy l27, the numbri ot me NIB rs In inr
proposed House OF Dslegales-and the result
gives LAY as III average number emit led 10
el Ct de egaie upon hat basis Compare
ihr representation in the House Of Delegates
40 proposed 10y the gentleman from Albehare
with this calculation, x the 'e.nlt Is asf lows !
The Western diBtric whit population, l33 .
ll2-2y members Is on" 10, / 900. TIE Vall
whit, populatlon TO OD6-2l membo is nnr
10, 5Ol5. Middle di.tlc, whl,O ,,opaUlia4
1877 1910 members is one Tor 1.6p. IId
water district white population, 10, 657-2
membrfs Is onr for ai,1b5 thus shelving III encb
dIsirieI only slight tfacona variation from
the write popnfatipn OF 1920 akng the ave-
age fthe / Districts and the result is 1 767
varying only Is from the precise number gwen
by he egual rtpresPntao " tie white pepu
! ION as asce,aInedby the census OF eighteea
hun red al tweni II, ali h s. res ITS NAV
be purely accidental, hut 10 my mind hey look
much Il design, aud as | have ben onabe
t..aI. Il
duee resnlls approxmaling so nearly 10 IN ST.
ar,'vc Al by the genlieman from Albsma IL,
IN, MIND could AVOID the conclusion hat
tins / the tue basis OF HE propo iiou But
ST, grant 10 the ,ntcman from fauq .ier thai
u - uu5--l only ask that his bass. VIII t'ver II
nav be, whether II be thr white ponu alton Of
1870, that oil tn gentleman rom n Northampton
Or that al my Olfci genuman, may br fail
worked oui 10 iis results fhat That whirt ~
Convention has stsbIsbed as just for the wbol.
State may be equally applied 10 all It's paris
nnd not hief tnon establishing one rnl. (aIbf-
trnry If you please for thr State, will IL auo
,hcl equally or more arbitrary - us chafacie,
for districts. by the operation of which the pea-
pie OF TINT particular section Of the Sate nasr
he honor IN part to represent. ARE 10 lose
ldtge portion II the polihcalpo"er, lhey woul1
be justly emitted to, 1.-THE general rule you
paVe adopted were larIy and Justly applied
But, sir, have the committee adopted ANY sun
Jnst rule III their hpporilonmenl lllhey Bave
aI0pie any rule whatever, II Hpproac rs IN -
ueary To The federal number q 5 uscerf ained by
the sensns Of 1920, han any other | have been
able 70 d'scnVer--and surely i will moi he con
tended ha this Is the bass adopted by the gef..
iieman rom Albenarl"--nu even IN the app i.
cation Of this rule, W jwf II Is, II has brcn
u1jnsty applied 10 the particular SECTION OF
ers, tue t"o upper d,sfcs 5ouih OF james
ltIv and East Of the Blue Ridge are quit too
lafge.
SIR, know moi no a utnfr gentlcmen repif-
sen ,og thai section may feel upon this subj CT
--but, a., ! should he very unwilling 10 meet
my consii denis, aifr giving INV conslHt 10 a4y
arthng mint winch would cave II 100 Wine
p rsans inexperienced IN the Two Senatorial
D,siucls, smbrhr ing that cit UfcOunt,y
Win which tney a. locally ubif ed--almosi d
sIti cheney Ia rniie the 10 another senator.
SIR, this ojusticr never shall be done 10 ihrm
with my conse II never can. never will, vote
any sncl asra G. neni
But the gentleman from Chesterfield saYs
tisi an person who will attcnpf 10 make a
more equal arm cement. observing the couny
limits, viii find II d difficult task. Sir, ! have
taken The trouble To re.arrangc the cInnfie
composing few of the districts as reported by
the SELECT Committee according 10 tine VIII ~
population of 1920, aud will trouble The Coz.
veution with some u the results, when | h,ak
they viii perceive are less uneqnt than those
oil the Select Committee
Five district as arrsngedby the Select Com
mitiee
While population for 1920.
Bedford 1888 Charlotte 5,OO5
franklin S227 Lunenburg 1873
Patrick 1916 Nonoway 2.so5
- Prince Edward 4,627
20, go -
1897
Campbell b,447
pittsylyaniz 1926 Buckingham 1916
Henry 1921 Cumberland 3 y66
- Powhatnn 2f92
"a 304 -
1909
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