Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-28
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
THE LATEST APPORTIONMENT
SCHEME.
A Neat Sectional Balance ruck-
The LODgstFeet-AIkins Syndicate
Hard Lines for GuIEeau John
Sherman Under a Cloud.

WASHINGTON, January 27.-The evidence
that General Lopgsreet, Mr.. Atkins and
the others heretofore mentioned in these
dispatches, are to run the Federal patron
age In Georgia accumulates. The election
of Ma ison Davis as Postmaster at Athens
was an evidence of their power and infu-
ence. They urged Davis for the place and
Davis got it. They will continue to control
other offices in Georgia. They form syn
dicate which at the present time has the
whole thing in their hands, and with the
good will of the President, which they un-
doubtedlY have, they intend to keep it
there.
MCOID's APPORTIONMENT BILL.
Mr.. McCoid's appor ior ment bill, reported
to the House to-day, is based on the Seaton
method OF computation, and as amended by
the committee is as follows:
A BILL making an apportionment Of Repre-
sentatives In Congress among s1,e several
States under the tenth census.
Be it enacted, ETC., That after the Sd OF
March, 1888, the House Of Representatives
shall be composed of 320 members, to be
apportiOned among the several States as fol-
IOWSs Atdbdlld O. AlhdHsHs y. d gain VI l.
California 5. gain of L; Colorado l, Con-
Decticut 4, Delaware l, Florida 1, a loss Of l;
Georgia 10, gain of ]; Illinois 81, gain
of 2; Indiana 13 Iowa IL, a gain of g Kan
sas g. a gain of 3; Kentucky II, gain of ]
Louisiana g. Maine 4, a loss of ] MARYLAND
6, Massachusetts, II. a gain of !; MIchi-
gan II, gain of 2; Minnesota 5. gain
OF 2; Mississippi z, a gain l; Missouri
i gain of ! Nebraska 3. a gain of 2;
Nevada /; New Hampshire 2, loss of !;
New Jersey z; New York a. a gain of l;
North Carolina 9, gain of l; Ohio q, a
gain OF /; Oregon l; Pennsylvania 20, a
gain OF 2; Rhode Island l, a loss Of l;
South Carolina 6, a gain of /; Tennessee 10;
Texas 10, a gain OF 4; Vermont 2, aloss of
l; Virginia 10, gain Of 1; West Virginia 4,
a gain of l. Wisconsin 8.
SEC 2. That whenever q new State is ad-
mitted into the Union the Representative
or Representatives assigned TO 1t shall be in
addition to the number OF 800.
SEC 3. That In each State entitled to
representation under this apportionment,
the number of Representatives to which such
State may be entitled In the Forty eighth
and each subsequent Congress shall be
elected by districts composed of contiguous
territory, and containing, as nearly as prac-
ticable, an equal number of inhabitants and
equal In number to the Representatives to
which such State may be entitled in Con-
gress, no one district electing more than
one Representative, provided that unless the
legislature OF such State shall otherwise
provide before the election Of such Repre-
sentatives shall take place. as provided 10y
law, where no change shall be hereby made
in the representation of such Stare, the
Representatives thereof IN the FOrty-eighth
Congress shall be elected therein as now
provided by law. II the number IS hereby
provided for shall be larger than it was be-
fore this change, then an additional Repre-
sentative or Representatives allowed to said
State under this apportionment msy
| be elected by the State at large,
aud the other representatives to which
such State is entitled by districts, as
now prescribed by law 10 said State, and ii
| the number hereby provided for shall In any
State be less than it was before the change
| hereby made, then the whole number to
such State hereby provided for shall be
| elected at large, unless the Legislatures of
said States should otherwise provide before
the time fixed by law for the next election
| of Representatives therein.
| SEC. All acts and parts of acts incon-
| sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
The ratio of represPntatiOn &c adopted by
! the committee is 154 ,2S5. When the matter
is taken up for consideration in the House
| Representative COlerick, OF Indiana, will
probably offer an amendment, providing
shall not exceed BIG, which will make the
ratio 1856 23S.
| Representative Tilman, of South Caro-
| lima, has intimated an intention to propose
an amendment fixing the total number Of
Representatives at 730 instead of 800.
GUITEAU's CONFINEMENT.
Until the assassin is hung the public will
hear much less OF Guteau than 1t has since
| the President was shot A prisoner under
| conviction in the Washington Jail is shut
| out from all communication with the out
side world He is only on very rare occa-
| sions allowed to see even his relatives. He
has no newspapers, and he Is not allowed TO
| write without what he inscribes going
| through the scrutiny OF the Warden. He
| lives of plain prison fare, and is not per-
mtted TO receive any food from the outside.
| His lot is hat OF solitary confinement. This
exile will be a great blow to Guiteau, who
has kept up mainly through the public notO-
| riety which has been his The strain
| of the past four weeks has been very great
upOn him, and he shows it very perceptiby.
| The restraint which has been put upon him
| since his conviction will add to his bresking
| down. 1t will be some months-maDy think
until next fall-before the criminal is hung,
and many think that he may give way ply
sicelly before that time.
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
The Republican members of the commit
| tee which has been investigating the Treasu-
ry contingent expenses are showing right
| along q very strong desire to whitew ash
john Sherman. There has been plenty of
testimony to implicate "Honest John" in
the small stealings of the Treasury
/ Department when he was Secretary,
but his Republican colleagues are standing
| by him. There will, however, be two re
ports. The three Republican members will
Apply the whitewash in their report, tut
the two Democrats of the committee will
| have something to say on the other side.
Whitewash as they will, nothing can restore
John Sherman to the position that he once
held in public estimation. He has an eye
on the next Republican Presidential nomi-
nation-when man once gets the Presi-
Dental itch he never gets rid of it-but he
might as well consider himself a dead man
! publicly. He can never come out again
with any public prominence. Over his po-
| litical corpse no one can say, "Here lies an
honest man," unless the utterer OF those
words wants to secure reputation second