The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-01-10
FAVOR AN INCREASE
House Passes Burleigh Substitute
Reapportionment Bill.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Speaker Hem
| derson, who has been confined to his
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 (Pa.) took the floor and delivered
a speech of an hour in support of the
Hopkins bill.
Mr.. Dalzel denied the affirmation
that under the rules this was an eff
cient house; on the contrary, it was an
inefficient house. The records showed
it. He argued at length in opposition
TO an increase in the membership of
the house and produced records of its
business to demonstrate his deelara-
ton that the house, even at its 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 ineficiency in the administra-
ton of the business of the house was
due in part TO its size.
Mr.. Grosvenor (O.) declared he
would vote for a 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 Ffty-eighth con-
gress to the cities of this country and
stripped the rural districts of their
power.
Substitute Measure Passed.
After the debate closed a 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 a vote Of
165 to 102.
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 I'm the Senate.
Washington, Jan. "a sharp tilt
occurred in the senate Tuesday after
o 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:
Il decline to answer any further
questions"
81 am perfectly aware" said Senator
P~ettigrew, "of the speakers inability
to answer any question intelligently."
"Oh! What does he mean" retorted
Mr.. Hawley, "by a low-down insult like
that?"
More than the usual amount of rou-
tine business was transacted by the
senate at the opening session, about
half an hour being devoted to the in
trduction of memorials and bills.
The senate then resumed considera-
ton of the army reorganization bill.
An amendment offered by Senator
Bate (Tenn) was adopted authorizing
the secretary of war to appoint 100 ad-
ditional hospital stewards in the reg
ular army, hospital stewards for six
months in the volunteer army during
the Spanish wal being given prefer
ence.
To Investigate Army Canteen.
Washington, Jan. 9. - 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.
Omnibus 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 5 1,OO0,-
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 a strong
showing for statehood for the terri
tory. The committee took no action.
Constitutional Amendment.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Mr. Henry C.
Smith (Mich.) on Tuesday proposed
the following amendment to the con
stitution:
The house of representatives shall be
cOmDOSn1 Of member chosen avapy san