Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1882 — The New Apportionment. [ARTICLE]

The New Apportionment.

A Washington correspondent says the Apportionment bill agreed upon by the House committee “is cunningly contrived to obtain the united support of the big States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, having a total vote of ninety-nine in the House. To this number must be added lowa with nine votes, Massachusetts with eleven, Michigan with nine, Kentucky with ten, Missouri with thirteen, Indiana with thirteen, Virginia with nine and Georgia with nine, all of which gain one member each, between 307 (Mr. Cox’s number) and 320, which is the number agreed upon by the House committee. But it is not conceivable that the 320 bill will get through the Senate without amendment. It deprives Rhode Island, Florida and California of a member each. The whole Democratic vote will be cast against it in the Senate, and the Republican Senators from Rhode Island and California will not agree to it. A not improbable solution of the question is the passage of the present bill with an amendment giving an extra member each to Rhode Island, Florida and California.”