Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-10
HOUSE MEMBERSHIP
WILL BE INCREASED
The Bur|eigh Reapportionment Bill
Passes House by Vote Of
1865 to 1902.
ADDITIONAL 20 REPRESENTATIVES
In the West Mi~ncsota, Missouri, NORTH
Dakota. Washington aud Wisconsin
Are Afrected-No State Loses
Congressman.
ADDITIONAL 90 REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, Jan. 1O.-By vote of165
to 102 the house yesterday afternoon
adopted the reapportionnlent plan pro-
posed by the I3urieigh bill, which in
creases the membership OF the house
during the next decade from S57, the
present membership and the members
ship proposed by the committee on
census in the Hopkins bill, to 1856. The
result was largely brought about by
the influence of certain senators from
several of the larger northern states,
Who threw the weight of their influence
in the scale in favor of the larger MEM
bership. When it became apparent
that these factors We're at work against
his bill Mr.. Hopkins attempted to COM
promise by giving an additional repre-
sentative each to North Dakota, Colo
RADIO and Florida, but his adversalies
refused to compromise after victory
was assured.
The CrumpaclSer proposition to re-
commit the bill for the purpose of as
pertaining what states abridged the
vote to an extent which would entail
reduced representation was defeated,
$50 to ITO. There was no roll call on
this vote, but number of republicans
voted with the democrats. Under the
hill as passed yesterday no state loses
q representative, and the following
make gains:
Illinois, New York and Texas, each;
Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, 9 each, and Arkansas, Califor-
mia, Colorado. Connecticut, Florida,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina, North Dako-
TIA, Washington, West Virginia and
Wisconsin, l each. The bill provides
that whenever new state is admitted
the representative assigned to it shall
be in addition to the number provided
in the bill. 1t also adopts a proyi-
sion never hitherto Incorporated in a
reapportionment bill, in effect that
congressional districts, in addition to
being contiguous shall also be com
pact" states which are allowed addi-
tional representatives by the bill shall
by its terms elect them at large until
the Legislature shall redistrict the state
Mr.. White of North Carolina, tho
only colored man in the house, created
something of sensation by fiery
speech of five minutes denouncing the
traducers of his race. He was. he
said the representative of one-eightll
of the population of the country, of q
race that had been grossly misrepre-
sented and maligned by three members
of the house during the pending de-
bate. He was glad, however, thai
the idle and slanderous words hat
come from young men against whom
| the statute of youth" could be plead
| ed. MIR. White said he would take oc
| casion a little later to defend the mel
| of his race, who We're no less Ameri
can citizens than those of white ski
| and Caucasian blood.
| A bill was passed to pay for thu
mileage of messengers who shall brint
| the electoral votes for the severa
states to Washington at the rate of 2
| cents per mile.
Speaker Henderson presided over tn
house. having recovered from his re
cent illness.