The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-09
HOUSE GAINS MEMBERS
Under This Bill North Carolina Gets
Ten Representatives.
ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, TEXAS THREE EACH
Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Gain
Two Each. Several Other States Get One
Additional Representative. HOUSES
Membership Increased to 1856.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. S.-By a vote of 165
to 102 the House today accepted the re-
apportionment plan proposed by the Bur-
leigh Bill. which increases the member
ship of the House during the next decade
from 357. the present membership, and
the membership proposed by the Commit
tee or Hopkins Bill, to 1856. The passage
of the bill was largely brought about by
the influence Of Senator'S from several
of the larger Northern States, who threw
| the weight of their influence in the scale
in favor of the larger membership. When
it became apparent that these factors
were at work against his BILL Mr.. Hop
kins attempted to compromise by giving
| an additional representation each to
North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but
| his adversaries refused to compromise
after complete victory was assured. The
| Crumpacker recommendation to recon-
NIT the bill for the ascertaining of what
( States abridged the right to vote to an
extent which would entail reduced repre-
| sentation, was defeated, 1870 to ITO. There
| was no roll call on the vote, but number
of Republicans voted with the Democrats.
Under the bill as passed today no state
loses representation and the following
make gains
Illinois, New York and Texas, three
each; Minnesota, New Jersey and Penn
| sylvania, two each; Arkansas, California,
| Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri,
| North Car0Iipa North Dalynta Nacbinp-
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin, one
each.
The bill provides that whenever new
State is admitted the representative as
signed to it shall be in addition to the
number .rovided in the bill. 1t also adds
provision, never hitherto incorporated
| in e-apportionment bill, to the effect
| that Congressional districts in addition
| to being Contiguous, shall also be
compact" States which are allowed adj
ditional representatives by the bill shall,
by it's terms, elect them at large until
the Legislature shall redistrict the State.
Mr.. Dalzell (Pa.) spoke first. He denied
the affirmation that under the rules this
was an efficient House; on the contrary
it was an inefficient House, The records
showed it. He argued that the House
|
administration.
Abiding in the course of his speech TO
| the French Chamber of Deputies Mr..
Dalzell characterized it as disgraceful as
a parliamentary body and said if there
was any one more so on the face of the
| earth, he would like 10 know where it is.
| The Chamber could be adjourned at any
| time by the speaker ringing a bell and
f0x.
| years ii had been adjourned in that man
| ner in order to avert possible bloodshed
| on the floor of the Chamber.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio). declared that if
the Burleigh Bill became law. it turned
over 25 per cent of the power of the
Fifty-eighth Congress to the cities of this
country and stripped the rural districts
OF their power.
| Mr. Otey (Va) enlivened the debate
with characteristic speech
Mr. Gaines (Tenn), and Mr.. Jones
| (Va), also spoke. Mr.. Hopkins closed
the general debate with a speech in
| which he sought to meet and answer the
| criticisms of the opponents of his bill.
He closed with an eloquent appeal to
members to vote not for what might be
! best for their own districts or States but
| for the best interests of the whole coun-
| try.
The bill was then read for amendments
| under the five minute rule. Mr.. Burleigh
| (Mane) offered the first section of his
| bill making the total membership, OF the
| House, $50 members rs a substitute for
| The first section of the Hopkins Bill
Mr.. Spaldings On. d. offered the amend
ment to increase the membership provid
ed for in the Hopkins Bill from 357 to $50,
| and assigning the three additional repre-
sentatives to North Dakota Colorado and
Florida.
Mr.. Wilson IS ca a member of the
| Committee on Census, opposed the amend
ment. which he said was in effect COM
promise proposition that would destroy
he system upon which the Hopkins Bill
was based.
FIERY SPUTTER FROM WHITE.
Mr.. White IN c., the only colored
man in the House, created something OF
a sensation by a fiery speech of five min
utes denouncing the traducers of his race.
He had tried to obtain an opportunity to
be heard during the general debate, he
said, but it had been denied him. He
was. he said, the representative of one
eighth of the population of the country. of
race that had been grossly misrepre-
sented and maligned by three members
of the House during the pending debate.
lie was glad, however that the idle and