The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-18
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tfodnced anu referred; ny Mr. Wllllsi 10 es
tablish q sub.Treasury at Louisville.
BY Mr.. Newberry: Providing for q
Joint Commission by the United States
and Great Britain to investigate the
alleged false and fraudulent proof and eta.
tistics used before the Halifax Fishery
Commission. It reCites the allegation
that certain documents presented to the
Commission by the British Government
contained false, fraudulent and forged
statementS, etc., and requests the Presl.
dent to call the attention Of the Govern.
ment OF Great Britain to uCh allegations,
and request said Government to join with
the United States 10 the appointment Of o
Commission, to consist OF three persons,
one 10 be appointed by the United States,
one by Great Britain, and one by the two
Governments co.jointly, TO fully investi.
gate all questions OF false and
fraudulent iproofs and documents
OF every kind and nature, and make re.
port OF such investigation with proof ad.
duCed and conclusions therein 10 their rs.
the President to do all and every matter
and thing TO carry out the provisions Of
this bill; also for the appointment Of
joint committee oil the Senate and House
10 investigate the same subject.
BY Mr.. Ford: A resolution declaring 1t
TO be the opinion OF this House that every
interest demands the construction Of
telegraph lines by the Government, and
requesting the Committee on PostofIiCes
and Post Roads TO report a bill for the
construction of such telegraph llnes rs
may be necessary to protect the people
from monopoly. ... g-.., u
The Speaker ruled that the resolution
was not In order and under call Of States
It was not admitted.
At the conclusion OF the call OF States,
Mr.. Ford offered his resolution relative to
Government telegraph lines, and IL was
referred.
Mr.. Springer offered a resolution direct.
ing the Committee on POstofllCes aud Post
Roads to inquire into the expediency of
establishing telegraphiC postal system In
the Government OF the United States, and
also as to the cost Of reproducing facilities
for transmitting telegraph messages equal
to those now possessed by existing cor.
porations and as to the exppdienCy Of op.
Grating the same, and granting the com.
mittee power TO send for pereons and
papers and authorizing II to report at al
time by bill or otherwise Referred.
After reading q communication from
the Secretary ot the Interior, Mr.. Cox
moved to print the same In the Record, to.
petlier with certain tables sent 10, the
Commissioner OF Census this morning by
Gen. Walker, Superintendent Of the Cen.
sus. He said these tablea were flnlshed
Yesterday, with the aid Of a dozen clerks
and their accomplished chief, and that he
had received them early this morning,
and was directed by bis committee to ask
their printing In the Record. 10 much
inquiry had been made oil the members on
this topic, that before afeport was made
on the subject by the committee for &C.
ton by the Hohae, II wodld be we'll 10
publish these official facts and CalCula.
tons, The official figures Of the whole
nopulation OF the United States were
5O,162 SB6. DeduciiDg the territories and
the District Of Columbia (1s9.27ll the
representative plrilallon Of the Uniled
81 tea was 40 369. sos. .....a
! Table "a" showed this population for
the several States. II also Bhowedthe npm.
ber OF representatives 10 to assigned 10
each Stale on an even division--that 10,
not counting any fraction OF residium-
and this II showed, with ratioa and ffac.
tonB resulting, and final number oi mem.
bars Tor each State, running from Il
present number Of members 293-to 807,
inclusive. This calculation was made on
the following plan: The final number Of
members, Whatever Bgreed upon), from
2O3 TO S07, was used as a divisor In obtain.
ing the ratio oi representation
to the whole representative popula.
tion. This was applied BiCcetsigely
10 tie population Of each Stale. This pro.
Cels would yield 10 the aggregate Nun.
ber less than the number Of Representa-!
tives originally taken. The difference
(accofdibg to the best and most equitable
and recent praCtlCp) should be tnade. up
assigning 10 States having the latgest itac.
lions additional Representatives. W henevet
O sufficient number ol addllloual repre-.
eeblatives had been assigned on account
Of fractions 10 make the total number
taken, auCl assignment should cease The
fitst table "a, was based on this method,
The second table, "B," was mere com.
pendiUuB. II showed In the first column
ihe present number Of Representatives,
under The census oi 1870 among the sew,
efAl States and in the second column the
fihal number for each State under the cen.
aus Of $780, on the basis Of 29S, and Ia
the other columns were shown the
number representing each State, with
all changes from 2p9 10 307, inclusive
From these columns the gentleman might
see the loss or gain over the number The
present Houte under the cenhns Of 1880,
and that Of 1850 fubningftom G9S 10 SO7. II
appeared that by the increase on the cen.
sus Of 1880 from 293 to 294, Massachusetts,
gained onei BY the lnCtease to 291 LouIai.