The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-11
TO CURB
THE SOUTH
A Plan TO Abridge Its
representation.
.FLUBRY IN THE HOUSE
A Result Of the Systematic Effort in
the South to Intimidate
Negroes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The radical
element among the House Republicans
VINO favor cutting down the represen-
tatlon from the southern states in
which franchise is abridged suffered
defeat today because a number of their
colleagues refused to act with them.
Inc issue was precipitated quite unex-
pectedly. The leaders had decreed that
the reapportionment bill should be
taken up today but before it could be
called Mr.. Olmstead of Pennsylvania
offered as matter of privilege a reso-
luton reclt1ng the alleged abridgement
OF the suffragesin Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI
pi, South Carolina and North Carolina
and directing the Committee on Census
TO investigate and reports the facts to
the House in order that a constitutions
al basis OF representation could be es-
tabllshed Tor those states. The resolu-
ton created sensation. 1t was a
surprise even to several of the Repub-
l1can leaders. The leaders of the Dem
cratic side sought in vain to head off
the resolution with points of order but
the speaker ruled against them They
began a hlibuster, avowing that they
would fight every proposition looking
to the reduction of representation from
the southern states to the bitter end.
Several of the Republicans were secret
ly in sympathy with them and their
Indifference to the fate of the Olmstead
resolution in the end gave the opposi-
ton the victory of todays Many of
them quietly paired with absence Demo-
Gratis, leaving their absent colleagues
impaired. AS result. when the ques-
ton of consideration was raised against
the resolution, it was defeated S1-S3.
The vote was a strict party one. Two
epublicans-Landis of Indiana and
Mann Of Illinois-answered present but
did not vote. The story of the defeat
is found in the absentees on both sides
who were impaired. Thirty-two Repub-
lcans were absent and impaired, |
against sixteen of the opposition. Those
absent and impaired We're:
epublicans-Boutelle, Maine; Bro
sius, Brown, Burkett, Calderhead,
Clark, New Hampshire; Dahle, Samuel
Dick, Fowler, Gardiner, |
New Jersey; Hawley, Hoffecker, Knox,
Loudenslader, McCleary, Met
calf, Miller, Mondell, Morgan, Needham, |
Often, Parker, Prince, Russell, Sho- |
walter, Smith, of Illinois; Sprague,
Stevens, Mann, Wadsworth and Wag-
ner.
Democrats = Barber, Pennsylvania;
Bradley, New York; Brewer, Caldwell |
Castor, Gayle, Glenn, Levy, |
May, Meekinson, Shepard, Stallings, |
of South Carolina and Zeigler. |
Silver publicans-Wilson of Idaho |
The situation with reference to the |
bill is greatly COM |
plicated as a 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 may be made |
but that the matter will end there.
irrespective of the fact of the resolu-
ton, however, he will press the reap
portionment bill and thinks it will pass
IN Monday. If possible he will displace |
private bill day tomorrow with his |
measure.