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Show DLNNELL'S UK-APPORTIONMENT WILL PAiS. One of the most important problems that congress will have to solve soon is the re-apportionment demanded under the late census. Just now the tariff bill obscures all other measures, but once out of tho way the re-apportionment bill will take its place. We expect ex-pect a long and stubborn Jight to be made on any proposition that might be presented, because it will to a great extent ex-tent involve the supremacy of tho republican re-publican or democratic party during tho next ten years. At present it seems quite certain that Mr. DunncU's bill, which Tub Timks has heretofore quoted, will bo the basis offered for reapportionment re-apportionment since that member is chairman of tho census committee and is depended upon as an authority in the matter, and we believe it will pass without with-out radical change although some of tho leading republicans are opposed to an increase in tho membership of the house which is already an unwieldy body as it now stands. Ton years ago the house of representatives was increased in-creased from 20il to 325 members although al-though even then some objection was made on the ground that it would make too largo a house in which, to properly transact tho public business and that the tendency should be downward, rather than upward, as regards numbers. num-bers. At tho ratio of ono representative to each 180,000 population, as Mr. Dun-nell Dun-nell proposes, congress would add twenty-nine to its present numerical strength. But while it is conceded that the best iuterests demnnd a lessening of congressional representation, both parties par-ties will on the other hand be governed by the effect of the proposed reapportionment reappor-tionment upon tho vote in the electoral collego, and as tho Dunuell bill practically prac-tically assures to tho republicans tho election of the next president, they will scarcely yield their advantage even though the efficiency of the house be impaired for another ten years. Under this bill the electoral college will gain forty-one members and the political complexion will stand thus: Total electoral vote 41" Necessary to elect, 2-j AHHumed republican vote aiH AsHumed democratic vote 1H1 Doubtful , m Of which New Turk casts as Indiana in Connecticut West Virginia 8 It will be seen that the republicans would have to carry but ono of the doubtful states, bo it even the smallest, like Connecticut or West Virginia, to assure their success. With such an inducement in-ducement appealing to them we believe Mr. Dunnell's reapportionment bill will bo adopted. |