Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-24
WASHINGTON.
Proposed: New AppOrtiOnmenl
Retter Late than NeYer.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 23.-Secre-
tary RObeson and Mrs. Aulick. widow of
Com. Aulick, were married this morning.
The President and members Of the Cabinet
and their families were present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robson left for the North.
Amended AppOrttOnment-24S Mem.
bers.
The House apportionment bill reported
by the Senate Judiciary Committee, pro-
vides that from and after the third day of
March, 1878, the House of Representatives
shall be composed of 243 members, to be
apportioned among the several States in
accordance with the provisions of this act,
that is to say:
"To the State of Maine 4, New Hamp-
shire 2, Vermont 2, Massachusetts, 9, Rhode
Island l, Connecticut 3, New York 2S, New
Jersey @, Pennsylvania %, Delaware /,
Maryland 5, Virginia 8, North Carolina I,
South Carolina 4, Georgia 8, Alabama 6,
Mississippi 5, Louisiana 3. Ohio II, Ken
lucky s, Tennessee 8, Indiana II, Illinois 16,
Missouri IL, Arkansas 8, Michigan Z, FLORIDA
1, Texas 5, Iowa 8, Wisconsin I, California
4, Minnesota 8, Oregon l, Kansas 2, West
Virginia 3, Nevada l, Nebraska l.
provided that ifafter such apportionment
shall have been made any new State shall
be admitted in the Union, the Representative
or Representatives of such new State shall be
added to the number, 249 herein limited"
1t also provides that no State shall be
hereafter admitted to the Union without
having the necessary population to EMIT lie
it To at least one representative according to
the ratio of representation fixed by this bill.
Under this apportionment bill, 157,109 is
fixed as the number of inhabitants neces-
sary for a member of the House, which
gives 222 members of the House, by frac-
tions seventeen, and Delaware, Nebraska,
Nevada and Oregon four, making a total of
243 representatives.
The States which obtain, each, one rep
resentative by fractions are Tennessee,
Maine, Maryland, Ohio, New Y York, North
Carolina, Minnesota, West Virginia, Virgil
mia, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Missouri, In
diana, Louisiana, Iowa, California and
Georgia. This comparison is made with
the apportiOnment under the census Of 1860.
How Now?
The Senate Foreign Committee to-day
voted to request the Secretary of State to
withdraw the name Of Chas. Hall as Assis-
tant Secretary.
Inc Alabama HOWs
The Senate in executive session to-day
received a message from the President
Withdrawing the name of Willard Warner
as Collector of Customs for the port of Mo
bile, Ala.
The Clayton Corruption.
The Senatorial Committee to investigate
the charges against Senator Clayton met
to-day and examined JnO. ESWards, mem
Der from the Sd district of Arkansas, who
was called by Senator Clayton.
CressweII Chafed.
In view of charges made in newspapers
against Postmaster General Creswel of dis
honesty in making mail contracts, that
gentleman is having the Investigating Com
mittee TO have summoned witnesses, and
they will commence examination Thursday.
YerbR BuenR.
The House Committee of the Judiciary
to-day decided 10 report adversely on the
claim Of Brooks JUdson to island Yerba
BUena, in the bay of San Francisco.
Tobacco.
The Ways and Means Committee are
hearing parties interested in the tobacco
trade to-day. Most Of them favor uni
form tax of sixteen cents. The committee
tomorrow hear other tobacco lists, and on
the Both listen to the others.