The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-08
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House Opposes Cutting Down
Dixie's Representation.
RESOLUTION rs DEFEATED.
Democrats Fight Its Considerations and
Succeed by Vote of 81 to 83--Army Re-
organization Bill, Displaces Ship subsidy
Measure In Senate.
Washington, Jan, e.-The radical ele-
ment among the house Republicans
who favor cutting down the represen-
tation f1om the southern states in
which the franchise is abridged suf-
fered defeat yesterday because a num-
Der of their colleagues refused to act
with them. The issue was precipitat-
ed quite unexpectedly. The leaders
had decreed that the reapportionment
bill should be taken up, but before it
could be called Olmstead (Pa) offered
as matter of privilege resolution
reciting the alleged abridgement Of
the suffrage in Louisiana, Mississippi.
South Carolina, North Carolina and
directing the committee on census to
investigate and report the facts to the
house in order that a constitutional
basis of representation should be es-
tablished for those states. The resolu-
tol To
surprise even to several of the Repub-
lican leaders. The leaders on the
Democratic side sought in vain to head
off the resolution with points of order,
but the speaker ruled against them.
They then began a filibuster, openly
ayowing that they would fight every
proposition looking to the reduction
of representation from the southern
states to the bitter end. Several OF
the Republicans We're secretly in SYM
pathy with them and quietly paired
with the absent Democrats, leaving
their absent colleagues impaired. AS
a result, when question of considera-
ton was raised against the resolution,
it was defeated, 81 to SO. The vote
was strict party one Two Repub-
licans, Lands Qnd.) and Mann Ills.),
answered present but did not vote.
The story of the defeat is found in the
absentees on both sides, who were
impaired. Thirty two Republicans
We're absent and impaired, against 16
of the opposition.
The situation with reference to the
apportionment bill is generally COM
plicated. as result of the injection Of
the Olmstead resolution. Chairman
Hopkins, however, is confident of vic
tory for his bill. He thinks the Ohm
stead resolution may pass in a full
house, and Investigation be made, but
the matter end there. Irrespective OF
the fate of the resolution, however,
he will press the reapportionment bill
and thinks it will pass on Monday.
Army Bill Displaces Subsidy Measure.
Washington, jan 4 Without q
murmur Of dissent and without word
Of comment, the senate yesterday dis
placed the shipping subsidy Bit ffOm
it's privileged position as unfinished
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army reorganization bill. Since the
second day of the present session the
shipping bill had been the unfinished
business, with the understanding that
it should not interfere with the con-
sideration of the army reorganization
bill or lof appropriation bills. During
the discussion of the army measure,
the opposition senators indicated that
their line of attack upon the bill would
be against the formation of a large,
permanent standing army. There was
INDICATION that this opposition would
not be offered to measure to provide
an adequate force to maintain the au-
thority OF the United States in the
Philippines. Beyond this point. yes
terday's proceedings developed moth
ing