Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-02-02

The Senate and House of Representatives
<annot agree upon an Apporionmant bill.
That favored by the House, increases the
number of Representatives, and distributes
the additional ones among certain Of the
Middle Western and Southern States. To
This principle, the Judiciary Committee OF
he Senate object, and the bill reported from
that body provides that The number Of
Congressman shall remain us at present,
NO hundred and forty-threc. To do this,
ehe ratio for each district is set down 1T one
hundred and fifty-seven thousand. DiVid-
ing the full representative population Of the
country by that ratio, emitting the States
having less than the required population.
and the number Of Representatives would
be two hundred and twenty-five. But many
OF the States have large fractions, and
therefore seventeen members are added
Dor the purpose of making the representa-
zion more equal. Delaware, Nebraska,
Nevada and Oregon, neither of which has
the required population, are also entitled to
one Representative each, making the total
rs in the present Congress. The States
which lose one Representative each by this
plan are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Kentucky. New y orll loses three,
and Pennsylvania and Ohio two members
each. Missouri, Iowa and Illinois gain two
each. Wisconsin, California, Minnesota,
Texas, New Jersey, Kansas, Georgia and
Michigan each gain one member. The ap-
portionment will therefore be: To Maine,
tour members New Hampshire, two; Yer
mont, two; Massachusetts, nine Rhode
Island, one Connecticut. three: New
York, twenty-eiglt New jersey, six: Penn
Syivania, twentc-tWO; Delaware, one; Mary
land, five; Virginia, eight North Carolina,
seven; South Carolina, four; Georgia, eight;
Alabama, six; Mississippi, five; Louisiana,
live; Ohio, seventeen Kentucky, eight
Tennessee, eight; Indiana, eleven Illinois,
sixteen; Missouri, eleven; Arkansas, three;
Michigan, seven Florida, one Texas,
live Iowa, eight; Wisconsin, seven: Cal
itornia, four 4; Minnesota, three {; Oregon,
one Kansas, two West Virginia, three
Nevada, one Nebraska, one. The bill
also provides that no State shall 5e admit
ted TO the Union unless it contains popu-
&stiOn emitting It to one member. and the
new members are to be added To the num-
her composing the Forty-third Congress-
Thus no new State can be represented in
the present Congress, which fact win
dull the edge of parties pressing the admiS-
sion of certain States, with view OF repre-
senting them in the Halls of Federal Lc@is-
lation. The Western members generally
favor an increase OF the whole number of
members, and it is likely they will oppose
the bill in the Senate. In the East the bill
is well received, and the Senators from
that section will give it their support. In
those States where no change is made there
wi. be disposition to accept the bill, or
such modification of it as will enable the
TWO Houses to agree, and get the act into
The hands of the President for signature as
soon as possible. Attached 10 the bill is
provision requiring all the States to hold
their elections for Congressman on the
same day, and it designates the first Tues
day after the first Monday in November
Several States now hold their elections after
the new Congress assemblies, and are for
time unrepresented. The bill also provides
that il State shall disfranchise any class
of its citizens who are entitled to vote under
this act, its Representatives shall be reduced
in proportion to the number so disqualified.
The New York Etening Post says:
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