The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-16
MAY ROB US ANOTHER WAY.
Republicans May Rush Through an Appor'
tionmens Based on 4 False Census.

tlOEiflent E.aSc<i Oh u disc SSHSus'
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jvu:lv 1o.-There
is q revival Of the scheme mentioned
IN the Star some time ago of crowd
ing an appointment bill through the
present Congress while the Repuoll-
cans have q safe majority III both
Houses. The results OF the census
just completed, or alleged to be COM
pleted, will control the basis of repre-
sentation in the lower house Of Con-
gress for the next ten years. "A pre-
hminary summary Of the results, IN
formally submitted to the Repubh-
can bosses, it is said, shows large
gains received in the Republican
States of the Northwest, while in the
Democratic Southern States there is
made to appear falling off in popu-
lation which will materially reduce
the basis of representation. Some Of
the Republican leaders in the Senate
are quietly urging upon their col
leagues that by the prompt tabula-
ton Of the returns of the eleventh
census and the speedy passage of an
apportionment bill based thereon, a
continuation OF the power of the
Republican party in the lower House
can be more efectualy assured than
by the passage of the Lodge Election
law. They argue that the provisions
of the force bill are so repugnant to
the general sentiment of the COM
munities in which it is proposed TO
put them in operation that the exc
cution of the law, even if it can be
passed by the Senate, it is believed,
will be practically impossible. A new
apportionment, on the other hand,
passed by Republican House and
Senate, and approved by a Republ-
can President, striking off fifteen or
twenty representatives from districts
now represented by Democrats, and
adding thirty OF forty new members
to States deemed reliably Republican,
it is hoped, will give steady work
ing majority in the House for ten
years to come
The trouble is with the next cleo
ton. Even the most reckless partl-
san hardly dare to suggest that the
new apportionment bill should be
made to apply to the elections to take
place next November, and for which
a large number of nominations have
already been made on the present
recognized lines. A tentative sug-
gestion, timely advanced, is that un-
til the Legislatures OF the different
States have had time to adjust their
Congressional districts to the new ap-
portionment, Congress might enact a
law maintaining the districts as exist
ing in the present Congress. This, it is
thought, might avert threatened los
!ses in Ohio and Indiana and answer
the purpose contemplated by the
McComas national ger1ymander bill.
But this proposition is not supported
with sufficient strength to insure its
passage by the House and it would
surely fail in theSenate. Sothe plan
reverts to the original idea Of crowd
ing the new apportionment bill
through before the expiration Of the
ffty-irst Congress, while all three
branches Of the government are in
the hands of the same party, without
waiting to take any risks off the next
November elections.
Superintendent Porter can, of
course, be relied upon to facilitate
this scheme in every way by hasten
ing the final tabulation and report
On all previous occasions the new ap-
portionment based on the completed
census has been made in leisurely
and orderly manner by the Congress
succeeding the one which controlled
the taking of the census. The pro-
priety Of this course would seem ap-
parent to any party less bent on per
petuating it's own power, regardless
of the means employed.-New York
Star.