Speech #710026991

Now. here is the practical situation under the law as It now stands. Unless my amendment is passed you would have this situation: After the enumeration is made it will probably develop in my State that instead of 43 Members of Congress we will have 42. and this means that if there is a deadlock between our legislature and our governor 42 Members of the Congress would have to be elected at large. Every one of them could be nominated in the city of New York. and I am casting no reflection. but these men would not accurately reflect the sentiment of the rural section of the great State touching prohibition. immigration. and other important public questions.