The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-24
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON,


PAYMENT OF PENSIONS
Mr.. HAY, rep.) OF ILL.,, from the Committee on In.
valid Pensions, reported bill to pay pensioners
whose pensions were withheld from them between
the Sd Of March, 1885, and the 9th Of June 1885, by
reason OF their being In cvl service or the govern.
ment, the amount OF pensions SO withheld. Passed.
CONGRESSIONAL APPoRrIoNxENT.
The House then took up, as the unfinished bust.
ness Of yesterday the Senate amendment to the bill
10 provide for tn appotlonment Of Representatives
being on Mr. judas motion to concur. on WHICH he
moved the previous question.
Mr. MARSHAL, tdem) OF H., appealed to his COL
league to let him offer an amendment.
previous question.
not 0e seconded as was an outrage to pass the bill
In It's present form.
The previous question was not seconded by n to
Mr. MARSHALL then offered an amendment pro-
vidng that IN the election by general ticket OF two
may cast as many votes for one Candidate az there
are representatives to be thus elected or may dis.
tribute the same among the candidates as he sees t
and that the candidates highest In votes shall be de-
clared duly elected He regarded the bill In its pre-
sent shape as a violation OF republican ooyernment
take to aae Gh 81 He ead not
sent mode OF electing members y by single dis
tIicts, although ne was inclined to believe
that the system OF free or cumulative voting
was destined to supersede 1t. Under the cumu.
latve system no party machinery or party trickery
or fraud could deprive minOrities OF the voice thss
were entitled to In selecting Representatives the
correctness OF the principle was unquestonabIe and
this was an opportunity for testing 1t and putting n
IN operation. For instance. there would be three
members to be elected on general ballot In the State
OF New York when there were COO 600 voters. Under
ule present system these three members would ali
pc OF the same party, and consequently the parties
Deng nearly equal some 300 900 voters would be un-
represented ana consequently practically disfran
cIlseu But II the system which ne proposed were
aaopteu the minority could agree on one man for
mno could cast all Its votes. As It is each voter
9 10 vote or each OF his three candidates. whereas
unuer the plan proposed, he could cast his three
votes LOT the one nan. This would insure the rep
length In support OF his proposition.
Mr.. Cox, tdem) OF n r., advocated the amend.
pie was based. P
MT GARFIELD, trep.l OF Ohio, also advocated IL.
altu0ugh ne confessed to little hope Of seeing it
ADOPTED lie quoted various facts In support OF the
principle He believed thar its adoption would give
strengtn ana lmpetuosity to representative gov
eminent oil over the world sS'
Mr.. NIBLAcK, (dem.) OF Ind, was opposed 70 any
system OF apporu0nment that would make the num-.
Der OF members more than two hundred and fIfiy.
number VA" $50
Mr.. HALDENAN, (dem.) OF Pa. declared his adbe-
sion 10 tne principle OF cumulative suffrage or free,
Young, as the present system was becoming more
ana more unpopular, and the Congress resulting
from IL more and more degraded. Within two DAYS
TINS House. which had created certain sci OF con-
sntueneles IN the South had felt itself coppeedrto