The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19
Under IL No State Would Have .
smaller Representation I'm Com
gress Than Ii Has Nows
MoRoCCo's SULTAN PAYS
SETTLES THE CLAIM OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR INDEMNITY.
Turkish Trouble Probably Adjusted
Two Ministers Changed, and New
Yorker Given the Greek Post.
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Special to the indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-The opposition
to the Hopkins reapportionment bill seems
TO gather strength as the hours roll by. IL
is not quite certain that the bill VIII be
reported tomorrow Mr.. Hopkins this
afternoon had not completed his report
Perhaps the most annoyed man over the
situation is Mr.. Mcdowell, OF Ohio, by
whose vote the Hopkins bill won over the
Burleigh measure. He was ready this att
einoon to join in a request for another
meeting of the census committee before the
report is made TO the House and stated that
If a meeting were held he would move 10
reconsider the vote by which the Hopkins
bill was ordered reported. 1t was ex-
planned TO him that TO make this request
effective he would have 10 say in writing
that he had voted TO report the Hopkins
bill under a Inisapprehension. He said he
was hardly ready 10 do this, though he
was free to say that now he recognized
that he had made a mistake OF judgment
and would If the chance were given him
vote TO undo it, AS il is. IT is not impos-
sible that he may yet sign the report
against the BILL II he should do the
singular spectacle would be presented OF a
of the committee signed to the majority re-
port and the names of a majority of the
committee signed to the minority report
Judge crumpacker and the other MEM
bers of the Indiana delegation are very
hopeful of defeating the Hopkins bin with
the Burleigh bill and thus prevent any
State from losing representation The
argument by which Hopkins Is seeking to
l,f ~ hor
the Burleigh bill would result in a net gain
of ten presidential electoral votes. is based
upon a pslpable fallacy. AS the apportion-
ment is hased on population 1t does not
make any difference whether the member
ship of the House goes up or down. IL will
go proportionately, in any event. and
| though the actual membership of the House
| is to remain the same under the Hopkins
bill that il is now. there will be distribu-
ton of members among the States which
will leave things relatively as they now
are.
Inasmuch as the Democrats have never
| elected a President without carrying GER
| tain Northern States, as New York. New
Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana, except in
| 1856, when Buchanan lost New York but
carried Pennsylvania, and will have to car
profit by any gains those States might
make 1t is possible the bearing of these
| facts will impress itself the minds OF
| the Democrats influenced by Hopkins's fall
| lacious arguments before the matter is
| finally disposed of and cause them TO join
| in rejecting the Hopkins bill and adopting
| the Burleigh measure.
The members Of the minority Of the Gen.
| Gus committee seeking to marshal all
the available strength among the dissatis-
fed members by making a minority report
which will recommend a basis for reappor-
| tionment that will not reduce the represen-
| tation I'm any State. This can be accom-
plished by making $4,000 inhabitants the
basis of representation Upon this basis
| the House would consist OF 36 members.
No State would lose. and the following
| would gain: Arkansas, California, Colo
rado. Connecticut and Florida, one each:
| Illinois, three; Iowa. Louisiana and Mas
sissippi and Missouri. one each; New Jer-
sey, two; New York. three: North Caroline
and North Dakota. one each; Pennsylvania.
two; Texas. three; Washington. West vir-
ginia and Wisconsin, one EACH Mr.. Bur-
leigh, of Maine, will draw the minority re-
port recommending this basis. 1t is pos
sible that Mr.. Crumpacker, of Indiana. win
| still further complicate the situation by
making another minority report I'm support
of his proposition TO reduce the representa-
| fion from the South.