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No State loses member under this appor-
tionment. Alabama, Arkansas. California
Colorado. Georgia. Kansas. Massachusetts,
Michigan. Missouri. New Jersey. Oregon
Washington. aud Wisconsin each gam an adj
ditional member. Illinois. Minnesota. Penn
sslvania; and Texas get two additional mem
Nebraska.
HOW THE FIGHT OPENED.
The committee based this apportionment
e,.. pGa" the asnrss returpes from The Census
S a sha s5s HSs eece T
reached between 332 and 3i5 that would secure
to TSs Tsesh .s.a State e. its present trspresep,alon
1851 this ratio ,oa sta'e haSine
MAJOR fraction l. lett out. The St9es having
ma 81 hs sd la
iron, Renresentatives In those states. Mr.
na eDv e9 a &SSesea against M H. Mss ss ss
SsW York ci,y member. MADE things lively
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amendment increasing the number 9f Reprs- re-
sentati,es t. $50; giving ArkansaS Minne;
S:nbsT Hs ..d % ha. snh us.r IL e S s
1. s.ets s4s except New York That ffastion was
ing States. and 20 political sdyantuee could be
additional member because Of her large frac-
ti"n ana OF the complaints from the city as to
The discussion waYei hot. Roswell p Flower
nsh I'D the New York lspresepptstiyes into The
nsnt ne seemed M TO think that the state was
well as New York; TO remove the handicap he
cnAred An amendment making the total num-
ber Of members 3j7. and giving New York the
additional member.
HOW THE BATTLE RACED.
Ths debate isDs tco wide ange Mr. Is
been enumerated by half u million or more:
and cast doubt upon the, entire en- umcratinn OF
Weud or hs b he SAID that he
a ,sss SFs 6aiS h
IS, sbs,sd o. the Backeye stats: lie believed that
uhto was still the third state ard entitled 10
sR. snsr Tayi" 81 no UhHos shouted
i'linohIs az you have in the State % Ohio"
caro- in the State Of il iucs. @ ."' '' u e"'
Ss s...s All q them urged the House 70 "1s i've ss
cI:. w.s clearly stated in ths arenm ents.,
the ee ssa ,rs .nS ssa
IRON the Census Office, i,s Board OF Health
q, %ids d. yoveEy Acquiring that tho figures
monshiy stsiist!es Of The Board Hsat' wer" t%S
s ba fn ssrmos srte q %as
rate had risen N some wsrds to over GO per
ward evidence that the city was suffering.
The streets were not jammed with lunoral
kPs M s.s s?Sen TO Il.
beslth authoritios that the figures given ly tho
swn nsres Gst the cy Tns
than usually healthy
The President OF the Board Of Health report,
the police authorities To secure II correct cen
.ns. He desired TO take no, nd anlnge, Of the
.end one 'oi his officers /" New York city t.
SSHpervise the police returns. This was done.
vision OF this officer. II showed that there
we're nearly. l9S,0oO Inhabitants in New York
sus oifcias. The police en"aerat,on ,"I books toE
in five wards woro brought 10 Washington.
DETAILED STATEMENT or THE crr,'s GmEv-
AA1Es.
The Secretary OF tho Interior ash cd that tie
% USED 10 allow Mr. Wiiism J. Ksnney ss the Re res. ss
tisman in charge OF them. TO bo, present when
With ths Mayor oi New YORK and ss esaminsd TRs hs
returns. In the presence Of Mr.. henney, when
'ssy ,sy wss wss' n"t sen, rnsy sy % pG' M H' s
sosnda Is SssS done in Suss
L was possible that ne police rsturns might
and doctored. The city oficials were sns,
pcious. They had instructed Mr.. Kenney not
10 lose sight OF tho returns Tom Platt and
hlost Fpssett had made az effort l., secure
these police returns before they were brought
10 Washington, II was done through tho ME-
dium Of Legislative investigating committee.
.upsrytsed bv patt. of which fsssstt himself
was Chairman. Tho 9bjeet. apparently. was
his oihcial reIort
sus authorities their figures in The Second
Mard Of he city Of New iork, The demand
could not refuse the figure. i The city was
unfairly offered to furnish hgures and names
for the othcr four wards. His olIer was gladly
socepted. and $50 were nut up to pay for tile
work The figures for the Second ward alone
were received.
FIVE YEARS To GET THE RE1rT>s.
1t took nearly tive days 10 get from tho
Censu. Qffice less than thousand names OF
persons living in TINS ward. AZ th, rate il
would have taken over fifteen hundred days to
tecure a COPY Of The complete census returns
fYOm the eltE-peafly nva ha ms