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Rhode Island American And Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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The Apportionment question in the US House of Representatives remains unresolved after multiple votes, including a reversal on one issue from a 2-vote majority affirmative to a 12-vote majority negative; current debate between ratios of 48,000 and 45,000 per representative, per National Intelligencer on the 8th.
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"The Apportionment question, which has been for so many days on the carpet in the House of Representatives, seems to be as far as ever from being adjusted. Two sets of yeas and nays were yesterday taken upon it without deciding anything; and, what is not a little remarkable, one of them, which has been once decided in the affirmative by a majority of two votes, was yesterday decided in the negative by a majority of twelve votes: The question now depending is between the ratio of 48,000 to each representative, and that of 45,000 proposed to be substituted for it."
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Yesterday Relative To The 8th
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undecided; reversal from 2-vote affirmative to 12-vote negative majority on one question
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The Apportionment question has been debated for many days in the House of Representatives without resolution. Two sets of yeas and nays taken yesterday decided nothing; one previously affirmed by two votes majority was yesterday negated by twelve votes majority. Current question between ratio of 48,000 and proposed 45,000 to each representative.