Daily Republican., 1882-02-17

amy Dill Passed IN she Senate
The House Agrees UUes an
Passes an AppeFti0nmcns Bill.
In the U. g. Senate, yesterday, tn
Anti ,polygamy bill, after long debate
was passed by "a viva vOce vote, IL
which no negative responses wer
heard" The Pensions Arrears resolu
tiop was then taken up and laid owe
as unfinished business. After the in
trod uction Of several bills, among then
one by Mr.. Harris to establish Court
of Appeal in each Of the JUDICIAL Cir
cults Of the United States, the Senst.
adjourned.
Ia the House, bill was reported and
passed granting a pension Of $1,000 a
year to the widow Of President Gar,
field. Various bills were reported frou
com mittees, among them one for the
admission Of Dakota rs q State.
The consideration OF the AppOrtiOn.
ment bill was resumed at Las.
Mr.. Prescott, Of New York, offered a
resolution providing that whenever the
HOUSE shall determine upon any num-
Der of members the same Shall be ap.
portioned among the States on the same
basis of division used at the Forty
Sixth Congress and now known as the
old method.
MIR. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, moved
TO amend 30 as to provide that the APP
por comment shall be based upon the
''Seaton" method, aud Mr.. Converse, OF
Ohio, TO amend the amendment 30 rs 70
adopt tho plan previously presented
and favored by him,
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, submit
ted an amendment TO the blll selecting
396 as the total number Representa-.
tives.
At 3o'clock the previous question
was seconded, and the vote was taken
on the amendment offered by Mr. Con-
verse 10 the resolution submitted by
Mr.. Prescott, and 1t WAS re elected.
The vote WAS then taken on Mr..
Rayne's amendment, but it only recei.
v,d nne affirmative votes, while l4S-
members were recorded az uaing oppos'
ed to the adopting Of the "Seaton,
method Of app6rtionment.
Mr.. Bayne endeavored 10 obtain the
yeas and nays, bit was not success tul
in bis effort.
Mr.. Prescott's resolution, basing the
representation upon the old system of
appOrtiOnm.n: was then agreed to with
out division.
The Speaker stated that the first vote
would be taken on the amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Cox, fixing the representa-.
ton at 3O1 and ruled that Mr.. Cox
could not modify it by changing that
number to 81.
MI Cox thereupon withdrew the
amendment. The next vote was taken
on the AL eminent offered BY MIR.
Anderson, of Kansas, fixing the num-
Der at 32j, aud it was agreed too; yeas,
1852; hays, lNI
The Representatives are distributed
among the several states as follows:
Alabama, =; Arkansas, 3; California,
g. Colorado, /; Connecticut, 1; Della
ware, ! Florida, 2; Georgia, 10: Hi. |
nois, 20; Indiana Il; Iowa II; Kansas, |
7; Kentucky, II; Louisiana, 6; Maine.
4; Maryland, 6; Massac usetts, III
Michigan, II; Minnesota, 5; Missi.sippi
I; Missouri, IA; Nebraska, 3; Nevada,
! New Hampshire, 9; New Jersey,. I;
New York, 81; North Carolina, 8;
OHIO, u Oregon, |: Pennsylvania, g: |
Rhode Island, 2; South Carolina, 7;
lennossee, 10; Texas, II; Vermont, 2,
Virginia, 10; West Virginia, 4; Wis
1Onslu, 9.
Inc next vote was taken upon the
amendment offered to the third section
II the bill of Mr.. Beethoven, of Penn.
y lvania, and the object of which il to
make 1t unlawful to divide any parish
IT c, unity in the formation Of any rep
'esentative district, which SHALL consist
II one county or parish. Rejected
'eas III, nays l35.
Mr., Springer, OF Illinois, moved to re-
consider the vote b. which the House
lad rejected an amendment offered by
5oIerirk, Of Indiana, amending section
hrec OF the Dill so As to provide that if
Ii any state in which the number OF
representatives, is changed by this act
ne Legislature thereof to enable Repre-
to be elected to the Forty. {
lEhth Congress, 1t shall be lawful for '
ne Governor OF such State, after it shall I
ave been redistrlc'ed, TO provide for a
peclaI election for such Representa-
yes
When this amendment was rejected,
acre was no interest paid to il, and t
IT. COIerlck was unable TO obtain tn. "A
"as and nays; but Mr.. Springer's mo-
on 10 reconsider was the signal for a
enc OF great noise and confusion.
a motion TO table the motion to re.
)hsIder was Immediately made on the v
.epnhIlcan side, and the Democrats de- a
landed III" yeaa and nays. il
Mr.. 5 ringer asked that the amend.
rent ne read, but a storm Of objections
'Ihe from tho Republican side, and
4e speaker ruled that it could only be T.
SAD ny unanimous CONSENT.
Instantly, Messrs. Hooker of Mis-. a
ssippl, Springer of Illinois, and Aiken.
south Carolina, were on their feet,
assisting upon their right to hear the
rOppSitloh upon which they were call.
10 vote.
J he continuous rapping Of the Speak
GaVci had hut little effect in allay-
y the confusion, and it was not until
,haeht had been given to the reading
Ihe amendment that comparative
der was restored
lhe vote was then taken on the
otlon to lay on the table the motion
reconsider the vote, by which the
ouse rejected Mr. Colerick's amend.
ent and resultel-yeas 13l, nays 4.
o quorum.
lii" Democrats RETAINED from yot. y
4, Without further action the House +
Z 20 adjourned.
Snr1nx SA1ea