The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-26
THE NEW APPORTIONMENT,
A Political Crisis I'm Tennessee-Cabi'
net and Clerical RunOrs, Etc.

s'Ha .'"' I'' Wv ne-'' 49," ia
ple'e lapIels ol INC Topule'ioh VI 'le oi.ei'
ent states, in order that the new apportien-
,uent for members of the house of represen.
4o,;,,o. ia 10 ,,,,,,,,,,l, rod. p,oninort
republicans say that even il the '"oies OF
population are furnished, no new apportion-
ment shall he made this session. because the
,,,l,,,,, :; IN, ,,,,,,os Mill o,,ooso o,,or,,
IePuD'iSa ,t 80 a. on5 INC ronnh I;oons
oo;d bono d 49, that tbo no,v 9n'
70 ~, ~, I'LL Io NOD" on,iral,, mar
p o o,sn;ons ond MI ,haroforo soo 70
ioPuuI, nt ''pN0'' ",'I " NH ,bo
'H"s IA ,ho, fhn,o "
nGAS ooi,s U.s. ISL y, "a ,hn ,no.o, -
s G nv ~ n MA fovr,oontb onoamd
tlou y. 'n1 so"'n, ,;,,i,;. 'o,,;doa =, 80
io1' w Wy III. ~, doU;od W tho
I'M. w. ;DU sioIo 1nxoa,,t Gau
,"G ' roho,nyD "r "thor or;npe tba
a; P -. ,horo;r ShoIl ho WV, WV
dnced 10 tbo nronortion which the nnmber
of such male citizens shall bear for the whole
number of male citizens tyenty-one wears of
age in such state" The claim will be
made that the bulk of the colored voters in
several of the states are prevented from vot-
ing. and the effort will be to reduce the rem
resentation accordingly. There is no doubt
that this idea has been broached BY republi-
cans here. HIGH in the confidence of their
party. and il Re- 10 be expected that An effort
will be made to carry out the idea in con.
qress. But for vari0us reasons il is very
questionable whether any such plan can be-
made TO succeed. Elk. Senator Creswell. in
conversation TODAY repe,ted yery de.
cidedly his opinion that Gen. Garfield would
pursue A kindly course toward the south.
Mr., Creswell smoke of the valuable service
rendered the republican cause in the cam.
paign by tho friends of General Grant, and
exnTessed the oninior that thev oould moi
help having great ir0uence with the new
adninistraUon. bus does not think there will
be- apv dispositlon Ia cyasnerate the dissen-.
sions in The marty mr. Ia nav old scoras ey-
cent porhaps. in few striking instances
a.',,,,,,... -,
i,-N"'-i ONnlNhi NoAioNs'
a member oil Secretary Thompson's
lamily IS authority for the statement that
ueher"l GARFIELD has requested Mr. Ihomp-
son W remain IN lhe caDlnet' IL Is more
tnah proOaole that there Is some mistake
ABOUT thls, ior Whatever General Garfield
may ae'ermlhe upon ae inc time approsches
lor nm TO take charge OF the administration
Oh sno government, IL Is reasonable 10 sup
pose tnat AZ this comparatively early period
ne mas NOT positively determined upon the
complexion oil his cabinet.
THE HOUSE cLERKsHlP.
MIR. D. u Forney, OF the Sunday Chroni-
Gle, mas, II is Understood, entered actively
INTO the Held as candidate for clerk OF tho
next mouse OF representatives; His friends
say that be has secured the influence OF the
Osinerons' ana has the support OF number
OF INC pennsylvania republican members.
Mr. Mcpherson incurred the enmity of the
oamerons as lar back as the republican CON
yentlon OF 1876, over which he presided be-
cause oil his devotion to the fortunes of DIR.
Blaine lie has, therefore, expected to have
me opposition OF number of members from
ms own state, but he has the assurances of
80 much support that his friends seem to
tnnk that he can make the clerkship over
all opposition
New York Herald Washington Special.
If one may credit what is said among re.
pubcans here these men mean TO commit ths
folly OF resisting the new tpporlionmont of
representation according to tho census of the
present wear by the present house. The cry
is; 1--WE do not mean to let the democratic
congress make the apportioDment," OF
course this is the cry of dense Ignorance, but
there is lust now at the capital 4 supersbund.