Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-17
AT THE CAPITAL.
Interesting Proceedings in
the House.
The ReappOrtiOnment Bill I'm
der Discussion.
An Attempt to Railroad 1t Through
Does Not Succeed.
It Will Be Voted on Today-Porter's
Crooked Census Returns
Denounced.
Associated Press Dispatches.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-In the house
today, Mills of Texas, as privileged
question, offered a concurrent resolution
providing for a holiday recess from De-
cember %, 1890, to January 3, 1891.
Referred to the ways and means COM
mittee.
Duunell of Minnesota called up the
apportionment billand briefly explained
its provisions. There was diversity of
opinion among the members of the
house as to whether the present repre-
sentation should stand, or whether it
should be increased. Finally it was de-
termined to accept 356 as the proper
number. After an Intellectual effort to
secure an agreement as to the limitation,
in debate. Dunnell gave notice that he
would call the previous question at 5
O'Clock this afternoon.
Flower, of New York, protested
against the passage of the bill, and Sc
verely criticized the census returns of
New York city.
Mills, of Texas, said he believed New
York had lost 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 representa-
tives to 359.
Cultivate, of Ohio, stated that great
injustice had been done in his state, in
the taking of the census. Under this
census Illinois had become the third
state in the union. 1t was not true that
Illinois had grown so rapidly, nor that
Ohio had fallen off to such an extent.
The whole census ought so be retaken so
that representation could be apportioned
according to population, and not accord
ing to schemes for political advance
ment.
Frank of Missouri. earnestly advo-
Gated the bill, which was based upon
the bill originally introduced by himself
Flower OF New York offered an amend
ment increasing to thirty-ive the repre-
sentation from New York
Spinola of New York said when the
people of New York found that they
had been wronged, they applied to the
secretary of the interior, but obtained
no relief. The secretary wrote black
guard and impudent letter, which was
unworthy to emanate from any man
calling himself a gentleman. The CEN
sus, as tskel by Superintendent Porter,
was crime against the republic. 1t
was a wrong perpetrated by the super
intendent, and he knew it, and his
heelers knew it.
Covert, of New York, argued in sup
port of the amendment providing for a
recount in New York and Brooklyn, and
an additional representative for the
state, should the recount show an in
crease of $50, 900 over the federal census.
Lind, of Minnesota, favored McRae's s
amendment. The apportionment bill,
he thought, should be satisfactory and
Just to the country. 1t was conceded on
both sides that there was difficulty in
regard to the census in New York city.
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 ut the
arithmetical theory of the committee,
did injustice to those states.
Biggs of California complained that
San Francisco had not had fair emu
meration. Not one enumerator there
had been Democrat.
Peel of Arkansas declared that Arkan-
sas had lost 100000 by failure to count.
Dunnell, in closing the debate, spoke
earnestly in favor of the bill, and ex-
pressed regret at the attack made on the
secretary OF the interior by Spinola. II
had never seemed reasonable to the
committee that New York should be
granted 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 Of
ficer of the government, when the latter
could not reply.
The hour offs having arrived, Dunnell
demanded the previous question.
Blount, of Georgia, interjected mo-
ton to adjourn, and during the progress
of the vote, the Democratic members
took their hats and overcoats and left
the hall, showing disposition to break
the quorum on the next vote.
The motion to adjourn was lost-yeas,
IFS; nays, 145.
At the suggestion of Blount, of Geor-
gia, it was agreed that after two hours
debate tomorrow, the previous question
should be considered as ordered, and
the house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
The Franchise, the Elections Bill and