The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-07

When the journal had been read Mr. Hop
Fins arose TO make a correction on page
2h2 OF the Record in the cOlIoquy be-
tween him and Mr.. L5ttlefeld on Saturday.
He wanted his answer 10 Mr. Ii tlefeld's
charge that he (Hopkins) was criminal
stricken out in view Of the fact that Mr..
Litdefeld had stricken out the charge in
revising the srenograpber's notes
Mr. LittleReld said that he had eIimi-
mated this charge because Mr.. Hopkins
! had stricken out his remark Of the day
before that Maine was robber in the
! matter Of representation. If it suited the
taste of the gentleman from Illinois. he
/ tMr. LittlefeldJ would agree that Mr..
Hopkins answer should be stricken cut
But the distinguished gentleman from
Illinois may take what course he sees
proper"
Maine cannot shift the responsibility Up
on me.
Well. If the gentleman from Illinois
desires that his answer shall not stand
I shall not object 10 this. replied Nj
Littlefeld.
This was somewhat irritating 10 Mr.
Hopkins and Mr. Richardson and oilers
sought TO adjust the dispute, and it looked
for few moments as though another out
break between Mr.. LittIefeId and Mr.
Hopkins might ocuT. But in The end Mr.
Littlefald yielded and moved that Mr.
Hopkins reply might be expunsed from
the Record" This was ordered
Mr- Hopkins called up the majority Re
apportionment bill and an agreement . as
reached that general debate shall be
closed tomorrow al O'Clock, and that he
bill shall then be considered under the
iye-rninIte rule and for amendment and
that vote shall be taken before adjourn
ment tomorrow.
Air. KilelIn was the first speaker, sup
porting the Hopkins bill but opposing the
committee amendment. which seeks TO
give 10 Congress certain authority over
the States in the creation Of the election
districts. He would vote. he said, against
that amendement MIR Kitchiu then pro
oceded to the attack Of the CrumpacLer
bill, alleging that President Lincoln had
disapProved all propositions looking to
the enfranchisement Ct the negro. because
men knew. that the negro race is inferior
TO the white
Mr.. Kitchin took the position that IN
educational qualification such as existed
in North Cardiff. Connecticut. Massa-
chusetts. Utah. and Wyoming is not de-
rial of the right of suffrage. but simply
a qualification Of the right The Crum-
packer bill. he said. was bitterly parti-
san. In 1898 the average number Of votes
cast in each district in Nassachuset
was % coo. in Maine GOO in Rhode Isl
and 70, COO and in North Carolina St. 90G
And yet under the Crumpacker bill the
representation Of Massachusetts would be
increased and the representation OF North
Carolina decreased.
Mr, Kitchin drew the line between de-
NAL and qus 'ifcatiOn. To prescribe an
impossible condition was a denial, but to
prescIbe a condition. such as that man
shall read and write. is a condition which
any man may bring himself to fulfill and
is therefore only a qualification Mr.
Kitcbin attacked the speech of Mr. Lin
ney delivered on The floor Of the House
on Saturday, saying that It was filed with
partisan venom and misrepresentation.
The white spirit in North Carolina was
the same as the white spirit in Illinois and
Pennsylvania where negroes had recently
been Iynched-
M. Lacey followed in support Of the
Hopkins bill deprecaung an increase in !
the membership Of the House Under
present conditions. if the time of the
House during the short session should be
divided equally between me members. al
lowing the working day 10 be Of five
hours, It would give Just one hour to each
man he said the House IS already '.un-
wieldy, cumbersome, and burdensome-~
II - he number should be Increased il |
would never be reduced. He cited that
before the Spanish war the Capitol po- /
lice force was increased by twelve TO !
protect the national legislators from |
Spanish dynamiters, and the force had not |
been reduced. He thought II never would /
be
Mr.. Crumpacker took the floor at 1 |
O clock IN support Of the bill of which he |
is the author. In the beginning he said |
that the house was losing its independ- |
ence as a legislative body When an i'm /
pCrtaEt measure was brought up If the !
President approved and the Senate was I'M /
derstoOd to be agreeable, il could be pro- |
ceeGed with. otherwise not. As between |
the Hopkins and the BuTisigh bill. he pre- |
ferred the latter because it was q fairer /
and a better bill If the House had = |
membership Of 40e, under the rules, bust |
ness would be proceeded with just rs eX- !
rediCiously as al present The national !
legislatures Of certain European countries |
are much larger than The American Con
gT5ss- There was nothing cabalislic In |
the figures @57.
Mr.. Hopkins interrupted a one point /
10 cali attention to the majority tables
and Mr. Crumpacker replied. That IS
just what ! am doing. I am attacking the
integrity and fairness of your tables"
Entering upon a defence of his own
bill Mr.. Crumpacker proceeded with the
argument that has been gone over many
times before drawing his reasons from
The Fourteenth Amendment which he
said. was mandatory provision.
Mr.. Richardson Of Tennessee asked #
the Crumpacaer bill provided for a re
ductton of representation in all The
States which have adopted franchise re
strictiOns-
Mr.. Crumpacl-ar said he had provided
for reduction OF representation in those
states which had disfrauchiSed citizens
of the United States. These were North
Carolina, South Carolina. Louisiana. and
Mississippi. He had some doubt, he said
about Tennessee and Florida.