Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
FAVOR AN INCREASE
House Passes Burleigh Substitute
Reapportionment Bill.
GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP WILL BE %.
Sharp Tilt In the Senate between Sem
atOrs Hawlcy and Pettigrev Over
Army Canteen ReOrsanixa-
ton Bill Discussed.

room by illness for several days, called
the house to order Tuesday. After
some routine business had been trans
acted, the debate upon the reappor-
tionment bill was resumed. Mr.. Dali
zell (Fa.) took the floor and delivered
a speech of an hour in support of the
Hopkins bill.
Mr.. Dalzell denied the affirmation
chat under the rules this was an eff
-4ient house; on the contrary, it was an
inefiieient house. The records-showed
it. He argued at leagthi III opposition
to an increase in the membership of
the house and produced records of its
business to demonstrate his declara-
ton that the house, even at it's present
size, is inefficient in administration.
Mr.. Bingham Pa.) expressed his OPP
position to the Hopkins bill and his ia
vor of the Burleigh bill. He declared
that the inefficiency in the administra-
tion of the business of the house was
due in part TO it's size.
Mr.. Grosvenor CO., declared he
would vote for smaller rather than a
larger house. If the Burleigh bill be-
came a law it turned over 25 per cent.
of the power of the Fifty eighth con-
gress to the cities of this country and
stripped the rural districts of their
power.
Substitute Measure Passed.
After the debate closed vote was
taken and the Burleigh substitute bill
fixing the total number of representa-
tives at 1856 instead of 357, as in the
Hopkins bill. was adopted by vote of
165 TO 1G2.
Under this bill the gains are as fol-
lows: Arkansas. California. Colorado.
Connecticut. Florida. louisiana. Mas
sachusetts, Mississippi. Missouri, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Washington.
West Virginia and Wisconsin gain one
representative each: Minnesota, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania gain two; IL
linois, New York and Texas gain three.
Sharp Talk in the Senate.
Washington, Jan. "a sharp tilt
occurred in the senate Tuesday after
noon. Senator Pettigrew was ques-
tioning Senator Hawley regarding the
canteen in the army. Many questions
had been asked and the replies given
when Senator Hawley said:
II decline to answer any further
questions
II am perfectly aware" said Senator
Pettigrew, ''of the speakers inability
to answer any question intelligently."
"Oh! What does he mean" retorted
Mr.. Hawley, "by low-down insult like
that?"
More than the usual amount of rou-
senate at the opening session, about
half an hour being devoted to the in
trduction of memorials, and bills.
The senate then resumed considera-
tion of the army reorganization bill.
An amendment offered by Senator
Bate (Tenn) was adopted authorizing
the secretary of war to appoint 100 adj
ditional hospital stewards in the reg
ular army, hospital stewards for six
months in the volunteer army during
the Spanish war being given prefer
ence.
To Investigate Army Cnnteen.
Washington, Jan. o. = The senate
committee on military affairs has
agreed to accept in modified form the
amendment to the army bill suggest
ed Monday by Senator Hoar for the
appointment of a commission to in
vestigate the effect of the army can
teen.
Omnibua Claim Bill.
Washington, Jan. 9. = The house
committee on war claims reported ia
vorably an omnibus claim bill embody-
ing the finding of the court of claims
under the Bowman and Tucker acts,
The claims aggregate about $1,000.
900.
Statehood for Arizona.
Washington, Jan. Gov. Murphy
and Delegate Wilson, of Arizona, were
heard by the house committee on ter
ritories in favor of the bill for the
admission of Arizona as a state Dele
gate Wilson used the figures of the
present census and made strong
showing for statehood for the terri
tory. The committee took no action
Constitutional Amendment.
Washington. Jan. o.-Mr Henry G,
Smith (Mich) on Tuesday proposed
the following amendment to the con-
stitution:
The house of representatives shall be
composed of members chosen every Sec
ond year by the people of the several
states, and the electors in each state shall
have the qualifications hereafter pre-
scribed by act of congress- which quail
fications shall be uniform in all the states
of the United States
shot Himself.
Denver, Jan. 9.-~Robert Lawrence, a
young dentist. shot himself in the head
while lying on couch beside his
wife. Death resulted instantly. The
Doctors suicide is attributed lie des-
pondency and despair over the illness
of his wife.
Appointed Consul.
San Francisco, Jan. 81. F. Las
trete, merchant of this city, has re-
ceived cablegram from Managua an.
nonucing his appointment as Nicara.
guam consul at this port, vice c. A
Laoays.
Wyoming Legislature Meets.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 9.-The sixth
state legislature convened at noon
Tuesday.
PardOned.
Marysville, No., Jan. 9.-Caleb g
Jesse, convicted last February Of
shooting and killing Frank Griffin