The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-21
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1 For Reap onment Does Not
SUIT Some Members Of Committee.
MINORITY REPORT SUBMITTED
Asking That Every State be Treated
Alike, and That the Membership Of
the House be Increased to $3.50.
Would benefit Southern States.

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I of$the minority Of the house census
committee on the Hopkins reapportion-i
y ment bill was Submitted tothe house
Today. It IS signed by Messrg. Bur-
Z leigh, Russell Heatwole. crumpacker,
Griffith and Wilson. and proposes as a
substitute for the Hopkins measure d
( bill fixing the total number OF repre-
sentattvesi at 1856 instead OF a57 rs in the.
! Hopkins blu. Referring, Ito the Hop-
j kinl apportionhentIthe minority report
r8ys: rs s q. Z - h, Is ss, q
{ THE anomalous characteror this pro-
posed superintendent. as well as its OBJ.
tvious mjustlceeis clearly demonstrate
4 by the fact that 1t IS necessarily based.
;inl parta upon 1mRjorityI fractions. and
!, yet cblorado With a majority fraction
fofp ,ss7. FlorI Ida with "a majority frac-s
y fidn ~ It0: 1907 and North Dakota with a
! naiorttyl fraction of 1O5.5Ssyt do not re-
Scelve q representative based upon such
: majority fraction; while d every other
4 state with a majority fraction receives
o representative for such majority frac-
tion. y,
Should Treat All Alike. "
Eve believe that every state should
be treated alike with reference to It's
Z majority fraction, as no valid reason
has been or can be assigned for. the dis
elimination between; them We also be-
lieye that in the. new apportionment no
state should lose representative. We,
therefore, recommend q house consist
!. ing Of 1856 members.
I'm reaching this number We have
adopted the methods used by the COM
mittee and have! followed the precedent
established by the housaSIn 1872, when
4 the house added TO the whole number
OF representatives a representative each
for the states OF New Hampshire ami
Florida by reason Of the fact that they
each had almost "a majority fraction
after the whole. number Of Representa-
/, tives had been apportionea, I'VE take
the computation based upon 3Si repre-.
sentatives, upon q ratio of one represent
tatives for every 1912 of. population.
Nebraska, with a majority fraction OF
1858, and Virginia, withaa majority
fraction. Of {tos..546,s each lose n repre-
sentative and get no representative for
the majority fraction in:either case.
Seems to be an Injustice.
These are the only states having
,roajusi,y fraction that n, 10 get a rep
resentut-t therefor ,.!1 seems to us
an injustice. Therefore. following the
precedent in the case of.Ncw Hamp-
shire and F9eritla " ISL! We assign to
each OF these states one representative
for each majority: fraction thus adding
4. two to the whole number making In all
sunder our proposed bill 2s6 representa-
stives."' IS Il,
E Under this the gain issas follows;
!. Arkansas. California, Colorado, Com
nectlcut, Florida. Louisiana, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Missouri. North Car
olina. North Dakota, Washington,w West
Virginia and Wisconsin gain one repre-
I sentative each; Minnesota, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania gain two; Illinois,
New, York and Texas gain three"
Keep Pace With Population.
I'VE submit tina, this apportonment.
involving an increase in the member
ship 81, the house OF twenty-nlne, is in
line with the. Uniform practice or the
house In increasing Its size go as to keep
pace. as near as may be, with the in
crease in population or'thc country. No
practical Inconvenience as to the seat
!. ing capacity of the house can result
from the increase. a plan prepared by
!. the architect OF the capitol shows that
a slight lengthening OF the outer row OF
seats. in the corners on each side OF the
chamber and Encouragement of eight
seats in the body OF the hall will ac-
commodate the additional representa-
!, tiycs."