CONGRESSIONAL RE-APPORTIONMENT.
Mr. BROWN, by request, moved to reconsider the vote of this afternoon rejecting Mr. Null's hill [S. 282] to divide the State into Congressional Districts (notwithstanding his opposition to the bill.
Mr. BELL favored the motion, and called attention to the late law cf Congress concerning Congressional apportionment.
Mr. HENRY conceived the purpose of the bill to be to re-district the State for Congressional purposes. Where no change has been made in the number of members from any one State the late law of Congress does not apply. Indiana is not affected by it in the least.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to by yeas, 25; nays, 22.
Mr. BROWN withdrew his motion to reject.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Congressional Apportionment.
