St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-17
Dunnell's Apportionment Bill
Laid Over Until To-
Day.
Pending Objections Urged by
Congressman From
New York.
Representative Spinola Fires
a Volley Into Secretary
Mobiles Camp.
President Harrison About to
Issue the Worlds Fair
Proclamation.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. 16.-In the house
Mr.. Dunnell. of Minnesota. called up as
a privileged question. the apportion-
ment bill, and briefly explained its pro-
visions. The bill appeared, he said.
in response to the requirements
of the constitution, and was
based upon the eleventh census,
which showed a gratifying increase in
the population of the United States.
There was diversity of opinion among
members Of the house as to whether the
present representation should stand, or
whether it should be increased. Some
difference of opinion had also been
shown in committee, but it had finally
been decided to accept $50 as the proper
number. This number had been Sc
lected because it had been found to
be the number first reached
between 392 and 375 that would secure
to every state at least its present rep
reservation. With 356 members the
ratio of population would be 173,901.
IT the present representation were re-
tanned many states would lose one or
more members. Mr.. Dunnell having
concluded his general remarks, was
asked by Mr.. Blount, of Georgia. as to
the time which would be allowed for
debate.
New York objects.
MIR. Dunnell manifested disposition
to allow the debate to run along until
he thought it proper to demand the
previous question. Mr.. Blount was not
content with this suggestion. believing
hot oh Il Al
SentativeS of New York city to present
thels objections to the census of that
city. Mr.. Cummings, of New York,
presented the well-known grounds upon
which New York city had challenged
the census. He favored increasing the
representation to 359. Mr.. McAdoo, of
New Jersey, hoped that the Fifty-second
congress would appoint a strong COM
mittee to investigate the whole census
business. The DEBATE continued at
length, and Mr. Spinola. of New York,
obtained the floor.
He said that when the people of New
York found that they had been wronged
they applied to the secretary of the in
terror, but had obtained no relief. The
secretary had written blackguard, i'm
pudeit letter, which was unworthy to
emanate from any man calling himself
gentleman, though his name might be
Noble. His letter would have sounded
well at
A CROSSROADS Meeting
in the section of the country from
which the secretary came. The census,
crime against the republic. 1t was a
wrong perpetrated by the superintend-
ent and he knew it, and his heelers
knew it. He (Mr. Spinola) had no time
to mince words on this question,
Mr.. Lind, OF Minnesota, favored the
McRae amendment. The apportion-
ment bill, he thought, should be satis-
factory and just to the country. 1t was
conceded on both sides that there was a
difficulty in regard to the census of New
York city, and that atleast 5000 or 1000
names had been omitted. If that con-
cession were fair, it was fair to assume
that the omission was much larger. In
order to appeaSe the feeling of New
York considering its large fraction) it
would be but fair and just to give that
state an additional representative. The
same was true of Arkansas and Mime
sofa, and this bill, while it might fit the
arithmetic theory of the committee, did
injustice to those states. Mr.. Biggs, of
California, complained that San Fran
cisco had not had a fair enumeration,
and he aScrbed it to the fact that not
one enumerator was a Democrat.
Arkansas Kicks.
MIR. Peel, of Arkansas, declared that
three in five counties in his state had
not been enumerated and no effort
made to enumerate them. Arkansas
had lost 100000, he believed, by failure
to count.
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, in closing
the debate. spoke earnestly in favor of
the bill, and expressed his regret at the
attack made on the secretary of the in
terror by the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Spinola). If there was one
man in President Harrison's cabinet
who has the respect Of every fair and
honorable man on both sides of the
house it was Secretary Noble. 1t had
never seemed reasonable to the commit
tee that New York 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 he could not reply.
Mr.. Dunnell demanded the previous
question.
Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, interiected a
motion to adjourn, and during the pro-
gress of the vote the Democratic mem
bers took their hats and overcoats and
left the hall, showing a disposition to
break a quorum on the next vote. The
motion to adjourn was lost, yeas 1IS.
nays 145. At the suggestion of Mr..
Blount, of Georgia, it was agreed that
after two hours debate tomorrow the
previous question should be considered