Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-08

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Now. how many more does it take in
Maine than in the balance of the country
to send representative to Congress?
Twenty-eght thousand three hundred
more than in Alabama 10000 more than III
Georgia, 2S.695 more than in Iowa. 3t.l I5
more than in Louisiana. 33.147 more than
in Maryland 1858 more than in MaSsa-
chusetts. g, l4O more than in Michigan. %
69i more than in New Hampshire. % 192
more than i'm New Jersey. %. 966 more than
in New York. 22.295 more than in illinois.
Now, | ask the gentleman from Illinois,
and | am taking his theory for this an
alysis-iS there any reason, in equity, JUS
tice or good faith, why it takes - o0) more
than it does in Illinois under his bill. 2l-
o65 more than in North Carolina. 1881
more than in Ohio. 2l.41S more than in
Pennsylvania. 36,l1o more than in South
Dakota, 29,i21 more than in Tennessee,
S,24l more than in Texas. F9.S6S more than
IN Vermont. 25.iS more than in Virginia
3s,,2S more than in West Virginia a, $50
more than in Wisconsin? Maine has the
largest basis OF representation of any
state. as have said, after the exclusion
of three. Let me analyze this bill, and
see how much these other states have in
| creased their representation improperly
under the committees bill, on the ratio
| that is given 10 Maine. take the bill as
| it is given by the distinguished chairman
| of this committee.
| If these states We're used in this bin as
| Maine has been used. with her ratio of
| 81 .49S, Alabama would nave representa-
| tives-siving the benefit of majority
| fraction in each instance-instead OF 9. as
she is allowed: California would have 6
| instead of :. as she is allowed; Georgia
| would have 10 instead of II, as she is al
! lowed: Illinois would have u instead of
| %. as she is allowed. And right here.
while am on Illinois. let me call the at
| tention of the gentleman from Illinois,
| the chairman of the committee, to his re-
| marks in the Record. He says:
If Maine is entitled to a member Of
Congress for lI3 81 people. why not make
that the ratio? Do you see any objection
to that in South Carolina?
Now, what desire TO know. Mr.;
Speaker. is. if $4,000 people in round
Congress from Maine, why is not that
| number good in New York; why not in
Illinois; why not in Minnesota, and South
Carolina .?
Now, | turn that question on the chair
man. If Maine is to have representa-
| tive based on 81 .iSS. why not make that
the ratio? How would it do to apply that
to Illinois? and if il were applied to IL
linois she would lose two representatives
that she is allowed by the terms Of the
bill under his own analysis | ask the
chairman OF this committee to apply his
own medicine to his own bill. his own an
alysis; and right here gentlemen will re-
member that put this question to him:
Mr.. L.ittlefield-May l ask the gentle
man Il question?
MIR. Hopkns-Yes, sir
Mr.. Littletield-lf $3.50. which is your
basis in Colorado is good for represent
alive there, why not elSewhere?'
And what does the gentleman do? He
is a very polite gentleman: he * very
courteous ON the floor, and when | pro-
pounded to him that question, which he
did not dare to answer on the basis OF
the analysis he was making OF the minor
lity bill he refused To answer and declined
| to be interrupted. | appreciate the dis
tinguished courtesy Of the gentleman
from Illinois. bit | ask him, the chair
man of this committee. to apply the logic
| Il !, mi ,-,t L
Maine and Illinois and take out Of his
bill two representatives that he report :
here in favor of Illinois.
Indiana on the Maine basis would have
only II representatives instead of L. as
she is allowed. Iowa would have 10 in
stead of IL. as She is allowed; Kansas
would have 6 instead of :: Kentucky
would have 3 instead of 10; l.ouisiana
would have instead Of I: Maryland
would have instead Of 6; Massachusetts
would have l. instead of 10; Michigan
would have 10 instead of u: Missouri
would have i instead of Is: New Jersey
would have 5 instead Of 2: New York
would have II instead of 50, less than
she is allowed.
Now | ask the gentlemen representing
the great state of New York if they are
prepared, if they have the power and the
votes, to insist upon the chairman's bill.
| when. il the same doctrine was applied
| to New York that the chairman under
takes to apply to Maine there would be
four Representatives that she could not
rightfully claim? Now. | call the atter-
ton of the representatives of these great
states TO this analysis, following the line
of the analysis made by the chairman Of
the committee, and suggest that while il
is excellent to have a giants strength,
it is tyrannous TO use il like a giant"
| But to continue. North Carolina. in
stead of having g. would have S; Ohio. in
stead of p. would have Is: Pennsylvania.
instead Of %. would have p; Tennessee.
instead of ~, would have 9; Texas. in
stead Of -. would have -: Vermont in
stead of >, would have /; Virginia, instead
of ., would have s; West Virginia. instead
of ), would have 4: Wisconsin, instead Of
10, would have 8.
lii other words if this analysis which
is applied to Maine were applied to every
other state in the Union, il would demon
strate that the committee bin gives them
"A more representatives than they are
rightfully entitled to.
Take the chairmans plan. apply il to
the minority report. ana il may he upon
that analysis that four states have dis
proportionate representation, four small
states that stand here, today, at the
mercy of the great states in this republic.
| Bit the same analysis applied TO the
majority bill they have n representatives
in "A states to which they are not emitted,
eight times as large as the disproportion
that exists on the charman'S theory I'M
der the minority bill. The outrage. Ii
outrage there be. on this theory is eight
| times greater under the ma jurtv bill
than under the minority. This is the
proposition, and that is why the chair
man of this committee did not dare to he
interrupted on this floor and asked to APP
ply to his own bill the same method of
analysis that he was applying to the bill
of the minority.
Let me go further. Upon this analysis
Colorado has a representative for every
269. 55l people. How many representatives
| would the state of Illinois have if that
same ratio was applied to Illinois? | ask
the gentleman in his own language why
not make that the ratiOp DO YOU see any
| objection to that for Illinois? And illi-
nOiS on that basis would simply have Is
| Representatives. or ; less than the chair
| man Of this committee has reported to
this House. Compare Washington on tho
| same basis. and Illinois would have only
the same manner ana Illinois would ma &
| only Is.
| | submit it i'll becomes the DISTINGUISHED
| chairman of this committee. III the inter
| est Of the bill which is apparently aimed
at small states. on this floor to stand here
| and charge the State of Maine with RON
| bing states of their representation under
| tho minority bill when the same analysis
shows that he has concealed about lis
| own person at least five representatives
| robbed from other states. | submit that
| il is colossal, monumental. nsufI"Yable
| inGceCribable, inetfable. Infamous nerve
/ for a man to stand here and thus assail
! the bill of the minority when his own bill
| on that analysis is so mOnstrOus and 30
| infamous.
| Mir Speaker. | have said all I care to
say in connection with this measure "A
| This time. The State of Maine, with .hesc