The objection. however. which I have. as many of those have who believe as I do on this question. is that reapportionment is a prerogative of the Senate and of the House of Representatives. and that he who takes away the power of the chosen representatives of the people and passes it into the hands of the Executive is not a friend to free institutions. is not a friend to the ideals of the founders of this glorious Democracy and Republic. The bill provides that the President shall use the method of major fractions. It Is a method which has been condemned by scientists. it is a method which it is admitted favors the big States and works to the detriment of the small ones. it is a method which it is admitted goes to the advantage of those States which have the overwhelming preponderance of foreign born and works to the distinct disadvantage of the older States of the Nation which have been built up on the brawn and muscle of the sons and daughters of the Republic. That is the method which is proposed by this measure and to which its framers tenaciously cling with the grip of destiny. Why is that?
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