Mr. SCHENCK. Mr. Speaker, as a matter of course I cannot, within that limited time, go into a prolonged explanation of the proposition I have submitted as a substitute for that reported by the JtCommee. If the members of this House will turn to their files and examine House resolution No. 1, as printed, they will find the amendment which I have just offered, with a few sli litvariations. which I will proceed to state. n the original resolution the word “apportioned” was misprinted “ appointed 5” that error is corrected. After the word “citizens” the words “ of the U.S.” have been inserted, and near I the close, after the words “ 100, ” the words “and 25” are inserted; so as to provide that the representation of a State shall never be less than one Representative for 125,000 of population. These are the only changes that I have made in the proposition as originally introduced by me at the commencement of this session. I desire to submit to the several States an amendment to the constitution which shall base representation. upon suffrage, that right of suffrage to. he exercised by male citizens of the U.S. over the age of 21 years, having the requisite qualifications of electors of the most numerous branch of the legislature of the State in which they respectively reside. It is a plain, practical proposition. It leaves to the censustakers to ascertain, when visiting the domiciles of the citizens, how many of them are voters within the terms of this description. It leaves no room for question as to whether any portion of the citizens of the State have been excluded from the right of voting on one account or on another. Nor is there required any estimate of the proportional number who have been included or excluded. In fact, it leaves nothing open for discussion, or wrangling, or difficulty, or difference in any Congress that shall be called upon to uppertion Representatives upon the principle I have sag ested. iis matter is one which has been discussed before the people very generally during the past year at least, and upon which I think the mass of them to a great extent have been informed and I think if there is to be some for this evil of unequal representation, that cure had better be a plain, practical one, which shall give Representation to the different States just in reportion to the number of persons within their imits that the States themselves say are compotent and proper to take part in the Government of the country. The Office of elector, for in one sense it is an office, is to be settled by the State organic law and thus the number of persons fitted and qualified to take part in carrying on the government of this country bein determinedby each State for itself, it will then e left to Congress to a portion Representatives among the several States according to the number of persons thus qualified. I would be adto discuss some points connected with tie question of the prepriet of adopting this basis of representation more ully than I have yet done. BntI cannot do so within the time allowed me and with this very brief explanation I leave my proposition to meet its fate, hoping that we may have a direct vote upon it, which will the sense of the House. Someremedy for this great evil of unequal relative representation inustbe provided in the constitution of the nation; and if this, which I think the best, amendment to that end be not adopted, we must agree upon some other plan that will.