Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-06

ticut 4 Delaware e. Florida l. Georgia g. Illinois IS.
 sna F oya hO Kansss M,ss ksntuE1y ia l
 TO- Minnesota 5 Mississippi [. Missouri 13 Nebraska
 3, Nevada I, New Hampshire 2 New Jersey r New
 sylvania 25, Rhode Island g. South Carolina Tennes-
 Texas g. Vermont Virginia g, West Virginia f.
 Wisconsin S. It is further provided that whenever
 State is admitted to the Union the represents
 tyes assigned to shall be in addition to the number
 of 293 The bill provides for minority representation
 by restricting electors to voting for majority of
 representatives for instance in districts entitled
 to five representatives Each elector may vote for
 three only in all the person having the highest
 number of votes shall be declared elected
 MT. Springer by consent made a brief ex-
 plantation of the provisions of the bill, and
 said that it embodied more than mere ap-
 portionment, as it provided for minority representation. He provided for the same number of Representatives as at present.
 He had received from the census office an ap- proximate statement which would not be
 varied by more than 2,000 or 8, 900, and that States at 49 369, ,965. Dividing that by 293, the present number of Representatives, the ratio of representation would be 16s, ,498. His bill also provides that there should be an additional represention from Minnesota and North Carolina of two. The States of Alabama, Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Ohio and Ten nessee would each lose two and New York three if MT. Springer's bill should become law. The States of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky Missouri, Ne vada, New Jersey, North Carolina Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia and Wisconsin would hold their present representatives. Arkan- sas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi. South Carolina and West Virginia would each be increased one. Kansas and Texas would each have an increase of three members The representation from Oregon and Nebras- ka would be two each. The States of Ala bama, Nevada, Illinois, Indiana Louisiana, Maine Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Ohio and Tennessee would each lose member, Pennsylvania two and New York three.
 The Secretary of War in communication to the House recommends an appropriation of $100, ,0O0 to enable the chief of ordnance to make further tests of the Remington mag azine rife and ascertain the best rifle maga- zine system.
 After struggle MT. Reagan got the House to consider the interstate commercial bill reported from the Committee on Com merce in February last The bill is the sixth on the calendar, and in order to reach it all bills preceding had to be set aside one by one When the bill was reached Mr. Reagan l said that after an explanation he would move 1 the previous question on his substitute for 1 the bill l
 Mir. Henderson, of Illinois, 8 member of | the Committee on Commerce, took exception | was opposed to the bill on the calendar, but l t met the approval of the majority of the 1 Committee on Commerce and he as the or 1 gan of the committee reported it, reserving l he right to offer substitute. It appears. however, that now the majority of the ConaS1 nerce committee favor a substitute Before my agreement could be arrived at as to de- pate the House adjourned, as no other ap- population bills are ready. The bill may possibly come uD again tomorrow