The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-Mllls, OF Texas,
as privileged question, offered concur
rent resolution providing for holiday re-
cess from December %, 1890, to January 3,
1891 Referred to the ways and means
committee.
Dunnell, of Minnesota, called up the ap-
portionment bill, and briefly explained its
provisions. There was a diversity of
opinion among members of the House as to
whether the present representation should
stand or whether it should be increased
lt was hnally determined by the committee
TO accept $50 as the proper number. After
an Intellectual effort to secure an agreement
as to Limitation of debate, Dunnell gave no.
tice that he would call the previous cues
Il at this afternoon.
tIoWer, OF New York. protested against
the passage of the bill and severely criti-
sized the census returns of New York city.
Mills, OF Texas, said he believed New
DIRK had lost the enumeration to which
she was entitled, but her loss was not as
great as that of his own state, which
amounted to 100000.
McRae, of Arkansas, gave notice of an
amendment increasing the Representatives
to $50
Outhwaite, of Ohio, stated that great in
Justice had been done his state in taking
the census Under the census Illinois had
become the third state in the union 1t was
not true that Illinois had grown so rapidly
nor OHIO had fallen off to such an extent.
Inc whole census ought to be retaken so
representation could be apportioned accord
ing TO the population and not according to
schemes OF political advancement
FRANK, OF Missouri, earnestly advocated
the bill which was based upon the bill
originally introduced by himself.
Flower, of New York, offered an amend
ment increasing to Sixty-five the represen-
tation from New DIRK
Spinola, OF New York, said when the
| people of New York found they had been
wronged they applied to the secretary OF
the interior. but obtained no relief. The
secretary wrote a blackguard impudent
letter, which was unworthy to emanate
from man calling himself great man.
| The census as taken by Superintendent
Porter was crime against the republic.
IL was wrong perpetrated by the super
lntendent, and he knew it, and his heelers
knew it.
Covert, of New York, argued in support
OF the amendment providing for recount
OF New York and Brooklyn, and additional
representation for the state shauld a re-
count show an increase of 10000 over the
| federal census.
Lind, of Minnesota, favored McRae's
amendment to the apportionmeut bill He
thought it should be satisfactory and just
TO the country. 1t was conceded on both
sides that there was difficulty in regard
to the census Of New York city. In order
to appease. the feeling of New York, con-
sldering its large fraction, it would be
but fair and Just to give that
state an additional Representative The
same was true of Arkansas and Minnesota,
and this bill, while IL might lit the authen-
tic theory of the committee, 1t did injus-
tice to those states.
Biggs, of California, complained that San
! Francisco had not had fair enumeration.
not one enumeration there being Demo
GRAFT
Peel, of Arkansas, declared that Arkan-
sas had lost 100, 600 by the count.
| Dunnel in closing the debate smoke ear
nestly in favor OF the bill and expressed
regret at the attack made on the secretary
OF the interior by Spinola. 1t had never
seemed reasonable TO the committee that
New DIRK should be granted a special
privilege. No other city had come here
disregarding the law, and he regretted that
| the venerable gentleman from New York
should let fall from his lips an attack upon
an official of the government to which the
latter could not reply.
The hour OF o'clock having arrived,
Dunnell demanded the previous question.
Blount of Georgia, interjected a motion
to adjourn, and during the progress of the
vote the Democratic members took their
hats and oyercoats and left the hall. show
ing a disposition to break the quorum on
the next vote. The motion to adjourn was
lost, yeas, lis; nays, 145. At the sugges.
ton of Blount, of Georgia, it was agreed
| that after two hours debate tomorrow
| the previous question should be considered
as ordered, and the House adjourned