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But, a fsw days sinc<v W^arin^ Mr. Re pre Ffiitativ* Hl^cnclt piiment Mr. his victory, and til convincing quality have looke<1 it up* reader*, who are a ly in Mr.S. hut in New York, com- . vory highly upon the terseness and »f his speech, we the benefit of our terosted, not on- Une conteit he made for his hill, tjfd the brilliant and unexpected victor; lie gained over Mr. 1'ox.one of the olt' liant members of J matter was al«o much political Importance by det.iocracy is ?ho*l S I . s&fe1 HE. WIUHTMAV, Proprietor. First • class rigs, with or without drivers, fu.mished at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kinds done on short notice. EstaMisM Over a Quarter oi a Cental'?. F. C. MAYES, fieady-Made Clothing. Clrtths, Oassimere and Ayoi r.fods to sell ' bj the yard, The latest si vies of Woods on hand at all times. My stock of RE AI>t-M A1>J> CLOTHING is now complete and I Will not be Undersold Store in Old Mi-Henry, lieai the Bridge. F. G. MAYES. Mcllenrv, 111., Nov. 12th, 1S79. ELL, McHenry, III. AVi 11 take cnntraots for putting up Hniltiltigs and jjiiarai)te<- inv work will compare with any man in tin; State. I (•nil and will do work from l"> to 2o per cent cheaper than other carpenters. a« 1 have two of my boys who work with me.jvlilch makes it possible for me to do so. All Jobs in the Carpenter line promptly attended to. Give me a call. A. WENDELL. McIIenry. Dec. "29th. lisisu. CLOTHING. GENTLEMEN, You are invited to er.ll at M a i m a n ' s AT WAUCONDA, and be fitted for co ld weather . I have the la rges t FALL and WINTER s tock ever shown in Wauconda . O VER( OA TS\ $2.65 OVj;ii<'OATS. «3.7"> o VJ-:i'('OA T,S. 84.75 or/-/ ATS. 91.00 O VhliCOA 7'.V. A1 ALL 1'JtlCES R e a d y . made'Clothinp more numerous than ever and at price- suited for every purse.-- Koranythm? made to order, whether a single garment or a full suit. Maiman's Is the plaee to bur, Also a full line of (iENTS' FlTRVr^llIN'O UOOD^, Hat«* uid Caps, Ladies Cloaks, both Ready-made and Made to order. Having purchased a Full Stock of Millinerj Goods invites the ladies of Wauconda_and vi» ciaity to caJllan<l see her stock of MILLINERY- Hats and Bonnets trimmed in the latest stvles and at reasonable prices. Miss GfESELER is ready to sec ladies who desire her serv>ces-as Dress Maker. The lipst of work guaranteed, Boom with Mrs. Maiitim, Wauconda. - t and most bri '- n^i-ess. That the •ejrurded a« one of the .that !>v the fact AND DEALER IN-- Mr. Thomson, of B stuck, who follow­ ed Mr. SUerwin. Cfl e 1 upon the south­ ern member* Site for 207 or 315, rather than for 3l | jeeanse by voting for 319, every soufcl rn man "does In­ justice "to lilinie as well as to his sect ion." Mr. u lu W6 speech said: | Mr. Speaker, I d^iomxpeet at thif time in the fifteen#ii?iiites at my dis­ posal to be able to s|iv anything which will change the ojil^iona of gentlemen upon the question».j |cfore the House.-- I will, however, refi. ;•> a few things which tend, ns I tb^j|k,.<o ohseure and distort the subject '^ It would seem as thougli there w»y« iqt enil to the confu­ sion whirli asf^s^Mii of questions of arithmetic, tlw Annce of 'hifting factions. No petit r | innn can claim that there is anv in just per in any of the numbers whlch'^av*\heeu suepe'sf- «d. whether 203.:iQ^(i^,311. 310 or322. No unfairness can Ixi detected any­ where. except wr'yoja make it a politi­ cal question. /JThipe hundred and eleven is as fa?r fl". except for the politics involved ; Iwit even those who'have deefHiVd itptitl this floor that polities ou£ht M with it sal<1 that! tl smen upont.be' tlemen upon IMS termined t«» es^ineji ped 311. W'Iit dt»| was not unfair «nf tie men have cor! us have from th^ is a polit leal made that colfifii stop exn ttc nothing to <lo unfair. Oen- wlde an«l gen- wlto have de- Mtlcs have drop- ^fthandoult? It ih'atlcally. Gen- •hat inanv ot |s^vte<V, that it p. fmvirtg can you i»V'« }%i» ivo 1 <Je- moustrated 1 n-my'ffrsf-*f»eeeh that we could not stop <s|io-t. of 319 if we wish to secure political fairness. My posi­ tion has not been assail(t«l. I ayaln as­ sume it, with the additional remark that 1 think 322 is still nearer to po!iti- eal exact ue»a. Hut we have not asked tor that, as we believe that you who have the majority would not give it to us. We thought you would accept 319 at fsiir. hut it was a vain hope. 1 wish to make a few more observa­ tions in regard to fractions and the part they have piayed here in this dis­ cussion. At-lir*t I willsay liiat the object of an apportionment is not to represent fr ictions. They are but an incident.-- Washington and all the early states­ men of our country cluimed that only whole ra ios could he represented. That was the 'uniform policy and practice of Congress until 18-10. and not until then was any fraet ion allowed a Iteprcseii- tative, no matter how unjust it seemed to be in some cases. Then the policy changed, and fractions greater than one-half were allowed® Representative, aiid since then the strife has been on the part of (lifh-rent States to secure b y m e a n s of fractions, greater repre­ sentation than they were entitled to. In the light of the early practice of Congress , and in the very nature of ap­ portionment, that number is best which requires the least number of Re­ presentatives to be given to fractions and which represents the most whole number*. If a number could be found which would *0 divide the population of the diflerent Stales that all the fractions were less than one-half of a ra t io , that would be the best uumher we could find ; for no one would claim that such sni.il! fractions should be re­ presented. Then.again, if we "could find a number which", when applied to the population of the States, woulil oniv leave, sav, three fractions greater ti .au one-half and all the others less than one-half, that number would be uiore-iii consonance with the true theory of apportionment than another number wbich w ould leave, say, twentv-Hve or thirl v fractions greater than on.i-half, and so requiring so many Representa­ tives to be given on 1 heir account. • I t follows" from this that the argu­ ment so much u»ed here, that that number which leaves the least unrepre­ sented fractions is the best, is falla­ cious. For instance, suppose the num­ ber gives us ten fractions greater than o n e-half ai.d entitled to a Representa­ tive for each, and that the fractions in each of the other twenty-eight States amounted to 50,000 or 1.400,000 unrepre­ sented fractions in the aggregate, would not that he nearer to equity as well as to theorv. than to choose a number that would cause twenty-eight fractious greater thah a half and ten less than h half, with 500.000 people un­ represented? l or. in the first instance, there would be only ten States instead (,f twen ty-eight which would get a re­ presentation" for a fraction, although the aggregate ot unrepresented liac­ tions" would be nearly three times as great in the first case as in the last, but fliey would be distributed over many States and the situation would ap­ proximate the case where no fractions at all would be represented, which we have seen is the desirable thing if it could be compassed. To illustrate in another form this fallacy that the number which leaves ttlfe* least unrepresented fractions is most desirable. I call your attention to the fact that the number 311, winch lias been at least conceded to be unjust, leaves 741.477 people in the aggregate nin e presented, while the number which our impartisan friemis have pitched upon leaves, G53.844 people un- rej>tesc»ted.showing upon that prlnci- O rtTlllHiril . 311--641, itWd^ftac- pie that 311 is the best number, ° as it represents 17.3fi7 more people tlian 3077 The number 322 is better than 307, for at 322 only 645.390 people are unrepre­ sented, which is 13.454 less people tin- represented than there are at 307. V-^ To show wliat the situation is with regard to the States which have repre­ sented and no represented fractions. I will state -that at 301 there are ten Northern and eight Southern States which have unrepresented fractions, while seven Southern and eleven North­ ern States have Representatives on ac­ count of them. At 307 there are fourteen Northern and six Southern States which hare un­ represented fractions, whiic there are nine Southern ami seven Northern States which are represented, by frac­ tions. At 319 there are eleven Northern and r.ine Southern States with unrepre­ sented fractions, ami six Southern and ten Northern States vhich have Re­ presentatives for fractions. Having said so much about the un­ certainties and confusion caused hv fractions, and the fallacies that are supported by them, I will add that it seems to me that there are two cases in which Congress might relax its rule in the furtherance of justice, that is in the case of small States, which ought to have every benefit they van obtain from them, and new States, or tho«e fast 'pcreiising in population. States like Rhode Island, Vermont and Con­ necticut on the one hand, and Texas. Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota on the o\lier. as probublv within a year or two each of the last four States will have Increased sufficiently to entitle them to another Representative. I give in tabular form an exhibit of nitre pre rented fractions heretofore referred to: Amontit of unrepresented fractions at 307--(>58,844. Amount of unrepre­ sented fractions at 304--030,078 Amount of unrepresented fractions at- 477. Amount of un re present: tions at 322--055,390. It will he seen by the above table that if the lowest aggregate of unre­ presented fractions is to lie our guide, tlie order of the numbers should be 304, 311, 322 and 307. A calculation was fmnl«bed the gentleman from New York [Mr. Cox] by Mr. Smiley, of the Smithsonian In­ stitution, which whs published Febru­ ary 12th. and a subsequent table in the hccftnl ot March 2d. The gentleman is an accomplished mathematician, but his tahles and those ot the distinguish­ ed statistical! of the Treasury Depart­ ment, Mr. Klliott. given to us by the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Haw- lev.] have started from erroneous pre­ mises. 1 do not know as gentlemen of this House have :tme.or is it neces­ sary t*> enter into an extended analysis of those tables and those furnished 'by the Census Bureau. I wish to remind statisticians again that it. is not a mat­ ter ot pure mathematics,and we do not expect to l»e ground to powder In the mill of circulating deeiuniN. I shall at tills time content myself with pointing «w» ioteB m I have already shown that the amount of unrepresented fractions at certain numbers are three or four times as given in the first of the tahles mentioned. The first tahles mentioned are npou a division ot the States into four groups. East, West. South and the Pacific, wliich are not chosen so as to represent the true object of the ap­ portionment. The next tables are upon groups of States on the basis of Re­ publican, Democratic and doubtful States. It appears from the last tahles that the mo-t accurate number upon a divislo i into .Republican. Democratic and doubtful is 307. and that the Re­ publican States are. those which have the advantage. This is termed by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Cox] "almost exquisite." Three hundred and two is t he next best number, varying but a trifle from 307.and might lie calh ii charming, as It. is so accurate mathematically, and gives the South but 5.advantage over the North. Three hundred and eight should be equally fascinating to the Democracy, as it al«o gives them a not gain of 5. Three hundred and eighteen conies fourth in desirableness mathematically, hut. i t could never be adopted, as at that number the South has but one majori ty. Now, to refer to another table in the first column of the fourth page of the ecord of Ma'ch 2d. upon tlie ba*is of North and South. 1 wish to remark that there j< a fallacy in the propor- nions used, in this, that he lias taken as his second term in both proportions numbers that are not accurate in them­ selves and a re a part of the problem upon which we are at work, and must lie found, independently, the same as the fourth terms of his proportions, and cannot be assumed, and they do not give correct proportions. The true me :hod to ascertain the proportional amount of representation for the sec­ tions is to take the proportion of the population of the North and South to tlie w hole population. That is. for the South .3738. and the North .6252. Upon that basis, at 307. the South is entitled to 115.0(5for the represenlasion. and the North to 191.94. That is, that the South really has 9.G4S people unre­ presented. while tlie North has a repre­ sentation for tlie same nujuber of peo­ ple. which it does not possess. At 302, upon tlie same basis, the South is entitled to 113.19 of tlie rep­ resentation, and the North 1SS.81. That is the houtli lias 11,059 people un­ represented, while the North has the same number of people that it did not have. yet. notwithstanding this, the South has a net gain of 1 more, making 5 over the North. Tlie next singular tiling is that at 318, where the South lias but one ma­ jority, the South is entitled to 119.19 and tlie North to 198.012 that i» the South has no representation for 27,497 of her people while the North gains them That is a change of 19,849 peo­ ple all over the country leaves the S>outh butone majority instead of 4. When we examine these questions In the Tight of pure mathematics we see, as 1 have shown, that if you choose a number which leaves the most unrep­ resented fractions, we must take, not only 304, but the numbers which are asserted to be sliooki ugly unfair, namely. 311 and 322, before we accept s07. H we take the theory of propor­ tional representation in its strict sense as between sections, then you allow a ditlerence of less than 20.0GU peop le scattered over the whole coun­ try to make a ditlerence of 3 members as between the NortUand South. Again, dividing the States upon the basis of Republican, Democratic and doubtful, 307 is tlie best uumber by pure matheniatles upon the *inall mar gin stated ai before. ,>While upon a basis of East; West, rsonth and Pacific, there are elx other number? better than 307, as shown by the first tables <|f Mr. Smiley. After this exhibition of the jugglery of figures, shall we stand here enmesh­ ed by their rallacIes.oVx*)iall we treat It as it Is. as a political question? Evsry one of these numbers when chosec is fair and true by arithmetic, amMn aetordance with the require­ ments of ttie Constitution. To say jou feel like yielding lo arithmetic, pure and simple. 1 would say you cannot vote for 307. You must choose 304. 311 , or 322 first. To those who desire equitv, I would reiterate, It is found at 319. It de­ prives no State or section of any rep­ resentation it is entitled to, and I, for one. shall stand by that number, and shall oppose in every way the adoption of any smaller number than that. After fifteen minutes further speak­ ing on the question, done by Messrs. Thompson. ShGllabarger and Cox, all against 319. the vote was taken--the course marked out Including four num­ bers, In their order as follows: 322. 319, 315 and 307. The number322 was de­ feated by 132 votes to 119. The vote was then taken upon 319 and carried by 13G to 123. This victory upon the part of Mr. Sherwin was the more marked because it was thought .that-(lie House would not pass anv number at the-last-session and because, If any voting was done, it was thought it would be done In the order of 307,315, 319 and 322. But Mr. Cox was so very confident that he could carry his pet number, 307, that lie consented to a reversal and walked into the net prepared for him. The very late day, March 3d. at which the House passed tlie bill; left too short a time for action npop it in the Senato and it goes over to the next Congress. But there is»no doubt of its passage with the same number, 319. Very few men in any U. S. Congress have, in their first term, been the promoters of so important a bill as this of apportionment; and fewer have attained so much prominence by a suc­ cessful termination of an effort to pass It against so 6trong men as 3. S. Cox. It is also notable that all but one of t!ic New York City newspapers op­ posed 319. probably because it took more political strength from the East­ ern States and transferred it to tho West than would have been done by 307. for 824,000 against tho Central Pacific railroad for taxes due his county. He made the jndgmeut good by seizing two trains belonging to the ^railroad company and loaded with passengers and freight. Tlie lawyers of the rail­ road kept-tip a f t isilade of telegrams from San Francisco, protesting against the seizure and informing him that the rolling stock of the company was mortgaged and could not be attached, and they referred him to sections of the laws of the State ; but he replied that, mortgage or no mortgage, he was going to seize everything belong­ ing to ihe company that came along, and that he would put up a notice of sale of the attached property tlie fol­ lowing day. This brought the com­ pany to terms, and they at once, paid the whole amount of the judgment. JfigyBy the bequest of the late Judge Cliarles K.*'Forbes, the beautiful vil­ lage of Northampton, Mass., is to have a public library of the first cla*s. He leaves §50,000 for the building, 320.000 for, i ts maintenance, and the income of $150,000 for books, which may pos- ibly he increased, Coupled with his liberal provision is tlie requirement that 110 minister of religion is to have anything to do with its management. S H K I ' H * S H K A K l N t ; F E S T I V A L PUOUItAMMK. FIRST DAV, AI'KII, 2 1ST.' Will be rtevoter! to tlie exhibition of Sheep.-- All Sheep must be on the grounl ami Kntvios made by li o'elorfc. Co nmittoes will make awar'is at 2 o'cloek. M K K I N O S . Ranis, 3 years old ami ovr-- 1st Preni. 2nd I'reiu. ltain3, 2 veflrs old ami over--1st I 'rom. 2n<t I 'reni. Hanio, l year old and over--1st I'l-eni. 2nd I 'rem. fciwes, 3 years old and over-1st I 'rem. 2nd l 'rein. Ewes, 2 years old and over-1st Prom. 2nd 5I'rem. fives, lyear old and over--1st Preni. 2nd Preai. D K I . A t . N K M t U I N O S . iiams, 3 years old and over--1st Prom. 5^nd Preni. Ilams, 2 years old and--1st Prom, 2nd Pretn. Rams, 1 year old and over--Ut Preni. 2nd Prom. Hives, 3 years old and over--1st Prem. 2nd Preni. Ewes, 2 years old and over--Ut Prum.and Prom. Ewes, lyear f>l(l and over--1st Proin. 2nd Prem. The above prizes will be given In diplomas SECOND DAY, Al'lttt. 21MD. Will be devoted to the shearing pruper. S T A K i ; f B I / . K S . Heaviest Shearing Merino Uaw on tlie ground any age. Heaviest Shearing Merino Ewe one the ground any age. Heaviest Shearing Delaine Merino Kaiu on the ground any age. Heaviest Shearing Delaine Merino Kwe on he ground any age.j Any one en tering fbr an\of tho above will pay *n entry fue of #1 which will constitute the stakes. Finest floeee shownon the ground Diploma Shearing for a Record. Free To All. Shearing will begin at !>. m . The Exhibition and Shearing will be uader the immediate supervision of Thomas Soh Richards of Woodstock. 6HEAKISO. The following orizes will l*i Awarded on Shearing, the condition <>1 the Sheep, Fleece, and the Tune , tube the Tests, Kirst. Si.0O; second, *3.00; third, Diploma; fourth, Diploma. \ srood Eating House will b« on the grounds where all con get Warm Moals at reasonable prices. Troji. MoO HifiiutDS, iJwpt. 'of Festival.. The Old and the Xew ot 5ew«p»i»er*. Wendell Phillips. In a lecture recent­ ly in New York, cited some striking facts to Show how wonderful has been the advance in journalism of late years. When the battle of Watierjoo took place, the London Time* devoted only one-third of a column to a description of It: whereas a full page history of the recent Ute massacre of ten persons Ih California, was given to the readers of our great dailies. Mr. Phillips could find no detailed account In any of the flies .of the Boston papers of 1835. of the mobblng of Willlam T.Ioyd Garrison, which occurred fn that year, and was an event Mwhich shook th» citji while It lasted." President H»r- rison had been dead ten days befor« the news reached Springfield, fII., »n(t then Abraham Lincoln would not be* lieve it, because it seemed impossible for it to have come in so short a tiro*. No you can buy in the afternoon a newspaper in which you may read the words."Queen Victoria spoke to her Parliament since the sun rose In Eng­ land. To illustrate the degree of en­ lightenment Afforded by newspaper*, Phillips said: The man who reads th« newspaper has a telegraph wire that^ connects him with the world, and the man who does not read, might as iMlt be Robinson Crusoe on hit. island. 1_ The Chicago Tribune thus '"lights down" upon the extra sessiou project. Our legislators had better be studying up some project for keep* ing the State tax within d ecenl limits. At present it is outrageous. '*Row many of our legislators can earn $12 a day at their private busi­ ness? Not 25 of the 304 Honorablea. The half of them were not earning 93 a day before thoy were elected, and will not after fheir terms are out. This statement applies to the Cook County members as well as to those of the rural districts. But these lion- orable^are charging the tax payers 913 a day l^or the actual time spent in Springfield. They don't average thr6e days' actual legislation per week, Mid for this they take 935, and not content with this large pay for small work, they propose adjourning till nest win­ ter without finishing up the necessary business of the session, in order to have an excuse for holding another sessiou. at 91*2 dollars a day for each actual day's work. We don't know what the I>emocrat9 intended, but wei are quite sure that the Republican party intended to have no such out­ rage perpetrated by its members, an4 not a man of the lot could have been nominated if had been known that his intention was to string out the session inte two years, and subject the tax­ payers to some halt a million dolhui of unnecessary expenses." 9jjTFrance is in the midst of anfettier great political excitement. M. Gam- betta and bis party of radicals have la* troduced in the lower house of the X*-» tional Assembly a bill known at III* Scrutin de List*, for a new syaten ef popular voting, under which the eitlet would gain over the country in the ratio of representation in the .Chamber of Deputies. This measure ta opposed by President Grevy and his parly in and out of the Government. It Is a test for ascendency between the radical and tlie conservative factions of the Re­ publican party. Gambetta representing the radicals. President Grevy's policy is one of the national peace and de­ velopment, while Gambetta is aggres­ sive. especially toward Germany. The contest is a very important one, and its issue will be significant. Gambetta declares that, if defeated now, he "can wait"--or, as.we'would say in Araeeiea* he ftan afford to "bide his time.". Gam­ betta. who is strong among the eeni" moil people, aspires to the Premier­ ship and the control of tiie Govern­ ment, hence his anxiety to extend the popularity principle in elections' sad representation. he uuti-Ciiinese papers of Cali­ fornia and the Pacific Coast generally are not satisfied with the provisions of tlie new treaty in respect to Chi­ nese imniigation. They want some­ thing stronger, and that will mere eftectually keep out tlie "healhe« Chinee." They understand that nearly all the immigration of Chinamen Into this country conies from a British post which would not be controlled by thla treaty. There is nothing in the treaty . to prevent Chinamen from going flr»l to the Sandwich Islands, and then com­ ing thenco by schooners in fearful crowds to San Francisco. Tho restrict­ ive provisions of the treaty i*eUto on­ ly to "the coming of Chinese laborers,** and leaves Chinese "teachersvistnde'u£*» and merchants, and their hous»hol4 servants'" with all the privilegea guaranteed to tlu.no under the liuiliu- gauie Treaty. The phraso "U'hiaeee laborers" may be so whittled tU»wu In its construction as practically to dr* strov nearly all the protective power of the treaty. Such hiv svttM- of the objections urged by the Chinese papers against against tU* treaty. . A number of the loading of the cooutry are now reeonnnetiding;' Prof. Guiimette's Kidney Pa»l. ibr lame back, sciatica, diabetes, gra*e!v and other diseases of the kldttf'f** biud.4at' *ud uUMM jc organs*.