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Whig

These thirteen districts would send
thirteen Wing Senators and the ratio Of
each would be 9 2S3 voters 10 each
Thus it will DO seen that with his unfa
vorabe allotment, it will require 37s
more voters to SEND up a Wing Senator
than democrat.
Call you this fair, sir! Will tho
chancellor from Wayne CMr WoIcott)
endorse The biIl-for he told me it wGs
fair bill, aud such as a chancellor would
make, He cannot do it,
Let US now look at the bill still furih
or, and test it by the vote Of lS40; when
by The earnest zeal and excite meui o.
The Wbig party, many counties we're
revOlutionlzed, but which since have
fallen back again to their old position.
Hamilton | leave as democratic. She
has always bsen 10 the black never in
the red, except some II votes to Corwin
in that year.
Without recapilulating numbers,
will refer 10 the districts as above emu.
meraled 10 make up aggregates aud
draw my conclusions
Democratic Districts Las 7. 8
8. 10, l3, n, 1872 %, "a. 25 26, 80
81 Total volers 1886 WouIC
send up I Senators, with q ratio OF g.
742
Whig Districts. As, 6 Il,I2, IA
IS, Is, I9, 20, %, q, 2s 90 80, 81, 80
35, Total voIers l69,l3I. WouIC
send up l8 Senators with q ratio Of g.,
1896.
The total population on which the tive
parties would send up their RESPECTIVE,
| Senators will show difference OF ] Il ,
766 against the Whig districts; beng
more than one Senator; and the differ
snce in the ratio will require 654 vote
more 10 elect Whig than democratic
Senator. 10 addition to these unius
disproportions in the Senatorial districts
tho other features in The bill 10 regard l.
the floating or rotary members are sliI
more objectionable. The bill wouI
secure TO you Mr. Speaker and the par
~ with whom you act perpetual ma
jorily in this branch oi the legisativ
body. This would be the house Of peers
the lords, who would override the pop
uar branch no matter how great tn
revolution in public sentiment. Al
though not hereditary, nor tilled, the,
would come up here Of uniform polili
cal character, and perpstuAlly bold tn
power to check the other branch, as ha
been exhibited abuDdantly during thr
present session, as vel as in 1910 Tn
Senator from Hamilton (Mr. Disney
may talk Of the nicely, and difficulty
, in apportioulng the representation, an,
I that it il is moi had in the Ssnatoria
branch, il must be given in The House
Sir would not give you fig for you
additional representation in the House
+ so long as this body shall be so consli
tuled as 10 assume a different poIilca
character from the other branch. Civ
me political power here, and you ma
6lI the hall OF The House in any maDns
( you psase-so long as this body stand
out in opposition, their efforts would b
vain. But Sir, give me a fair conslilu
, tIonal apportionmont iD both louse
Two representatives TO one Senate
Let the representatives. come separated
! from the counties wherever numbel
, will 10 any toIerable degree permit /
/ and let that repre- sentatIon remain un
changed for the entire four years =
f Then the people will be satisfied, The
D will know who they are voting for, an
D what they have 10 DO
+. This, sir, brings mo to the consider
r alton Of another feature in the bill