Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01

18th, for apportioning representatives
under the census of 1871. The commit
tee have SO changed the condition of the
bill as to make it quite another thing,
and we therefore speak of the Senate
committe and House propositions as. twc
: separate bills.
THE HOUSE BILL
las we stated at the time of its passage,
proposes to raise the representation from
its present number, 243' to 283, giving
one representative for every 1876, 240 in
habitants and one Representative at
large to States having are maining pGpu-
lation greater than one half of SAID num-
7 Der. This adds. forty to the House Of
e. Representatives, gives to themost of the
States an increase misrepresentation, and
reduces the repyesention of Vermont and
New Hampshire.
I % THE SENATE BILL.
TnS committee recommend that tbe
House ke kept at Its present number
! (243$, and proceed upon diffeyent plan
OF computation. Tb.e foVE Staets, Dele
ware, Nebraska,s Nevada and Oregon,
have. q united population of 38f,422
only, but under the constitution a State
owithou+. the requisite '.asis of populA-
ton is entitled to- a representative. AT
ter giving each of thess a representative
there IS Sl:ft $50 to be asportioneG among
the population of the Uaitcd States OUT
side of these four States. This 2Opula-
tior., according 20 Che coranoittee repoI$
is 81, 731, 1871, and gives upon such conn.,
putation about Isl, 874 inhabitants as the
basis Of representation. But this diyi>
sion has to be doae by separate States,
and of course. every State, after divid-
ing its whole population blythe number
| wbiChoentitles it to a representative, will
haze a remainder left, some more and
some less. This division by States does
not give the requisite 23Q members into
seventeen, but by a singular coincidence
it so happens that there are. just seven
teen States which after their foil repre-
sentaticA by this process have remain
ders greater than one-half, and disallow-
ing all fc&ctiOEs less othan a half, the
magical number of 239 is obtained, to
which add the four given by the consai-
sutton to small States and you have the
future House of Representatives as pro.
posed by the Senate committee But it
is one thing 30 plan and another thing to
work, ana the vigorous opposition to
this indicates a. strong tendency on the
part of the Senate to leave the House to
determine what shall be the aumbcr 81
its GWH organization.
SPEECH OF SENATOR MoRRIL:.
When the bil5 came up to-day, Mr..
Morrill had the floor and made a most
vigorous speech criticising and expos
ing the inequalities OF representation as
provided By both bills, ana demonstrate
Ing the '5lnjust discrimination be
tpseen Large aaG small States, as
for instance, "a large State ret
ting a representative upon a large
fraction is represented upon ratio BE
lo6y the medium, while Vermont having
but two representatives and fraction
of ABOUT si,oty thousand, is upon ratio
so far above the medium as to be of
all bounds of fairness. What is true of
our State is also tSue of others. Their:
was nothing like 6mcombe about it but
plain, c3osc reasoning and dealing with
facts in consistent manner He was
of the opinion that the Senate had a res
possible duty in the matter and discard
ed the idea that it should be left for the
House to determin" its numbers as ito
does its offices. All that he asks f3r
Vermont was Justice, and while he felt
a just pride in the colossal growth Of the
fruitful west and would not dGtract one
iot or title from its true glory he pro
n0unced a scathing criticism upon Ger
tain western politicians who lose no
opportunity to show their antagonism
to New England interests. as if forget
ting It's the land of their birth and of
their fathers. and that the Interests of
the two sections are combined in the one
grand idea of our nationality.
. He had the undivided attention of the
Senate as we'll as the galleries and in
closing mad. a motion to raise the num-
Der to 292, but it was already evident
that the Senate was determined to ad-
here to the House figures. and his mo-
ton was.lost by vote of II to 81.
Mr. Morrill, was also supported III his
effort upon this By Mr.. Edmunds and by
Senator Patterson of n. II.
THE HOUSE.
The executive judicial and legis-
lative legislation has been almost wholly
upon appropriation bills.
The Committee finished this morning
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
ton bill, which amounts to $1,215, 400,
being about $40, 900 more than that Of
last year on account of including items
which heretofore were paid out of the .
contingent funds.
Personal.
Society and social gossip were treated
to a satisfying morsel during the past
week. Robson, the jolly Minister of .
the Navy, has finally consummated the
grand drama, in which the press of the
country has played the unjust role Of an
by leading to the altar the
lovely Mrs Aulick." Yes, Robe is
now may he rest IN peace,
at least free from the /.
wicked press.
The Chronicle of this morning pub
fishes letter written to Ex-Attorney Cen
eral Alderman about the time of his re-
tirement from the Cabinet, signed by
forty-three southern Senators and Rep
resentatiyes, expressing the highest ap-
prevail of his official course and the
warmcst hopes for his future (?)
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