The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-27

the purpose Of proceeding with this reso
luton. .a. II
Mr.. TRuMBuLL then addressed th,
Senate on the apportionment bill, and OK
planned the amendments reported by thl
, Judiciary Committee and the table &c
! campaigning the report. He said that thu
only States losing members, either undel
, the House bill or the substitute reported
by the Committee, were Vermont ant
New Hampshire, which would each LOST
one. ... ..
Mr. SHERMAN thought the Honse bill
as near perfection as spossible, aud said the
House should be left TO regulate every
= thing pertaining TO It's own organization
He favored the House bill also for prac,
tical reason relating 10 his own State. The
Senate of Ohio was composed of IS Re.
publlcans and 19 Democrats, which would
make 1t difficult to secure an immediate
apportionment, and the probable result ol
the passage Of the bill reported by the
Judiciary Committee, would be that Ohio
would have no representatives in the next
Congress. The House bill however
would let the old apportionment stand till
the new one should be made, and there.
lore no difficulty under II.
Mr.. MORTON favored House Of at
least three hundred members. He also
favored the House bill as faircr than the
Senate substitute, and said that the latter
went out OF its way. TO make unfair dis.
elimination against the Republican party.
He had made calculation assuming that
the Republicans would be sure to carry
certain States at the next election, which
showed that the adoption Of the Senate
substitute instead OF the House bill, would
cause o loss Of twenty-five electoral votes
and twenty-five members Of the House.
The States assumed as certain to 80 Re-
publican were New York, Massachusetts,,
New Jersey, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, California,
Minnesota and Kansas. OF course, If the
House bill was not fair one, he could not
ask the Senate to support it, no matter
how advantageous it might be TO the pre-
dominant party, but it was really more
fair and just one in every principle than
the Senate amendment
MIR. PATTERSON SAID he wished to see
the members Of the House increased to
three hundred, and if the House bill could
be amended In that particular, he would
prefer it to the Senate amendment.
MIR. THURMAN said that the White
House bill was more favorable to his own
State than the Senate substitute He was
convinced that the latter was iairer bill
and more in accordance with the Consti.
tuition. AS to his colleagues (AIr. SHEER.
NAM apprehensions that il the Senate bill
was adopted the State might be left with.
out representation in the next Congress,
he did not think them well founded: but
on the contrary he believed that the tic in
the Ohio Senate was far from preventing
the passage Of the bill. The rcdistricting
OF the State would have the effect of So.
curing the passage Of fair bill and save
the State from being jerrymandered. The
Senator from Indiana (AIr. MoRTON) had
presented a very alarming calculation rs
to the elEectupon the interests Of the domi.
nant party ofthe passage OF the Senate bill,
but he (THURSIAN) could set the Senator's
mind at ease by the assurance that if the
States which he assured as sure for the
Republican party should vote as he as.
sumed, they would then know that an
apportionment could be made that would
defeat the Republican nominee for the
Presidency, and if they should not so vote
then the calculation would be valueless.
Mr.. EDMUNDs moved TO amend the sub.
stititutc so as TO make the whole number
of members 800. Lost, 10 to 81.
NJ Mou1tnNt ,yN nJyn1 tn .N al N,,N . :,
section of the bill, which provides that
no new States shall be admitted till they
have a certain population.
The bill was made the regular order for
Monday, the vote 10 be taken at o'clock.
Mr.. MORTON then again called up the
resolution for final adjournment on the
Goth of May.
Mr.. SUMNER opposed it and argued
against any adjournment till the necessary
laws should have been passed for the pro-
lection OF the colored people.
Mr.. TBUMBULI's amendment providing
that Congress should not adjourn without
repeating the duty on coal was then re-
jected; yeas IA, nays 81.
Mr.. SCuURz offered an amendment pro.
viding that there should be no final ad-
journment till after the passage of laws
for the reduction of the tariff and inter-
nal taxation, and said think it must have
become evident by this time that there is
absolutely reason for an carly adjourn.
ment. The Senator from Indiana, Mr..
MORTON, has been convicted out
Of his own mouth. He has
shown that it is impolitic-that it is
improper. That taking the general in
terests of the country into consideration,
1t is unpatriotic to provide at so early q
period in the session for adjournment
when there arc great and weightY sub.
ects before us for consideration; when
not simple measure of legislation had
been disposed Of; when we are at sea
with regard to all great questions that are
to be dealt with by this body. Hc says
that It Is not political trick that, he is
contemplating. II it is not, then would
like to know what it is. ..ca.8 .rl &
Mr.. MORTON declined TO mako any
reply to the insinuations Of the Senator
from Missouri. '.
Mr.. ScHuRz, wish to say to the Sena.
tor that II there was any insinuation
| unNS ~ was .hlaNo ny tuC sCCudLOT ullll'
sell, It was not that first spoke of poiiti.
cal trickery. I@
word, sir. =" ''''" I" ''''N INV -H
Mr.. TRUMBULL said he had no feeling
whatever on this subject. His only desire
was that Congress should not adjourn
without having done the business required
Of 1t. There were several great questions
which the people expected to receive at
tention this session, and one Of themlwas
the question of reduction OF the tariff and
Revenue. The Senator from Vermont
(Mr. MoRRII.L) had told the Senate that
the revenue had been reduced, but this
was a mistake The tariff upon certain
articles imported from other countries
had been reduced, but they did not uni
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