St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06
Republicans Think That Is
Often Enough to Redis-
triet a State.
Having Gerrymandered Them
selves Into Power, They
Cry Halt.
Breadwinners Present a Novel
Banking Scheme to the
Senate.
Secretary Proctor Receives
the Record in the Steele
Court Martial.

WASHINGTON, u. u. April o. ne
house committee on the election of the
president, vice e-president and represent
atives in congress to-day authorized a
favorable report on the bill introduced
in the house by Mr.. McComas. of Mary
land. to regulate in part the time and
manner of holding elections of repre-
sentatives in congress, known as the
"Gerrymandering" bill. The bill passed
the committee by strict party voter to 5
Mr.. McComas will submit a report COIL
tanning the views of the majority. The
minority will submit also report pro-
testing against the passage of the bill.
The bill provides that i'll each state en-
titled under an appOrtiOnment OF repre-
sentatives in congress to more than one
representative, the number of repre-
sentatives to which the state may be
entitled in the Fifty-third and each sub
sequent congress shall be elected by
districts which have as nearly as prac-
ticable an equal number of inhabitants,
SO that the most populous district
in the state shall not have more than
$4,000 inhabitants in excess OF the pop
ulation of the least populous district.
They shall be composed Of territory
contiguous, adjoining, and. as far as
practicable. compact. They shall be
equal in number to the number OF rep
resentatives to which the state may be
entitled in congress, and no one district
shall elect more than one representative,
and the number of districts shall
he equal to the number of representa-
-tiveS to which the state may be entitled.
After each national
Decennial Census
of population shall have been COM
pleted, congress is to determine the
number of representatives in congress,
and reapportion them among the sew
eral states as entitled, and the iegisla-
ture of each state elected next after this
apportionment by congress is to redis-
trict each state under the restrictions
and regulations as to population
and territory, and when made by
the state legislature the redlstrlctlng
shall not be altered by any succeeding
legislature during the term often years,
nor until the next succeeding decennIal
census. Until tle next appOrtionment
of representatives shall be made by
congress continually to the events,
there shall be no change of boundaries
of any of the congressional districts in
any state to alter them as they existed
when the representatives OF the fifty
first congress were elected, and the rep
resentatives TO the Fifty-second con-
gress shall be- elected from districts
having the same boundaries as those
from which the representatives OF the
Fifty-first congress were elected. any
law of any state heretofore or hereafter
passed to the contrary Notwithstanding.
in any state where no Legislature is
elected subsequent to the reappOrtion-
ment by congress, and prior to the cleo
ton of representatives in congress un-
der the new appOrtionment, IN case OF
decrease in the number of representa-
tives te which the state is entitled, the
legislature of the state may redistrict
the state; and in case OF increase in the
number OF representatives which may
he given to the state under the appor-
tionment by congress may be elected by
the state at large. and the other repre-
sentatives by districts under the legis-
lature shall redistrict the state. Pro-
vision is made for the certification by
the authorized boards that the members
have been elected in accordance with
the provisions of this act.
Senators Launch Another Scheme
A conference of the Republican men,
bers of the senate committee on privi-
leges and elections was held to-day, as
a result of which Chairman HOar was
requested to prepare bill to regulate
elections of members of congress-. 1t
is understood that the measure to be
proposed will provide for the ap-
pointment of national supervisors in
every district in which certain num-
Der of voters shall petition therefor; {;
these supervisors shall watch and count
the vote, and make certification there
of to state board of canvassers, who
shall thereupon issue certificate of
election to the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes. and these Ger.
tificates shall be used by the clerk of
the house in making up the roll of MEM
berS-elect.