The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-09
PASSED BY THE House
The Burleigh Bill Receives a Ma
jority of Sixty-three.
Substituted for the Hopkins Reap
pOrtionment Measure. Which Was
Reported by II Majority of the Gem
sus Comrnittce-Incrcu the Mem
bership of the House to 3S1.

The Burleigh ReapportioHment bill was
passed by the House of Representatives
! yesterday afternoon by vote Of 165 to
102. This bill which was reported by
minority of the Committee on the Census,
| Mcssrs. Burleigh, Russell, Heatwole,
| Crumpacker, Griffith and Wilson of South
| Carolina, provides that after the Sd. day
Of March, 1903. the House of Representa-
tives shall be composed OF 3S6 members,
as follows: Alabama 9; Arkansas. Z; Cali
| fornia, s.; Colorado, 3; Connecticut, ;;
| Delaware, /; Florida, 3; Geoxgia. il;
| Idaho, /; Illinois. 25; Indiana, 10; Iowa,
Ii; Kansas. s; Kentucky, IL; Louisiana.
I; Maine. 4; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts,
IA; Michigan, u; Minnesota, 81 Missis-
sippi s; Missouri 10; Montana, /; Ne
| braska, 6; Nevada, /; New Hampshire, 2;
| New Jersey, 10; New York, 37 North
| Carolina, 10; North Dakota. ,; Ohio. q;
| Oregon, 2; Pennsylvania, 80; Rhode ISL
and, 2: South Carolina Z; South Dakota
2; Tennessee. 10; Texas, 16; Utah, /;
Vermont. 2; Virginia 10; Washington, 8;
West Virginia, .; Wisconsin, IL; Nyo-
ming l.
Under this the gain viii be, one, Arkan-
sas. California. Colorado, Connecticut,
Florida. louisiana Massachusetts. Mis-
sissippi Missouri North Carolina, North
Dakota Washington West Virginia. Wis
consin; two, Minnesota, New Jersey
Pennsylvania; three, Illinois. New York,
/ Texas.
The ratio adopted il one Representative
for every 1874 1872 of population. A Repre-
sentative is allowed for major fractions
in the cases of Nebraska and Virginia.
| The Hopkins bill. reported by major
ity of the Census Committee, proposed to
preserve the present membership of the
House-251-and was based upon tables
submitted by the Director of the Census
upon ratio of one Representative for
every POS S6S of population. Under that
bill there would have been loss of one
Representative each to Indiana. Kansas,
kentucky. Maine. Nebraska. Ohio, South
Carolina. and Virginia ard gain of Rep
resentatives each to Illinois, Louisiana,
| Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and
West Virginia. Texas would have gained
two One Of the inequalities OF the bill.
/ which gave rise to considerable opposition.
was that majority fractions were provided
for by representation in the case of all
the States excepting Florida. Colorado ard
/ North Dakota.
The Vote.
The vote on the Burleigh bill which was
a substitute for the Hopkins bill, was:
! Ayes: Adams, Aldrich Alexander, Allen OF
! Kentucky. Allen of Mississippi. Allen OF Maine,
/ Atwater. Bailey Of Kansas. Barham, Bell. Bell
4 amy, Benton, Bingham, Boreing. Bouten OF
I Illinois. BoweTsock. BrOmWell. Brundidge. Burke
of Teas Burkett, Burleigh, Burleson Ca,derhead,
| Caldwell Capron. Catchings, Clark OF Missouri,
! Cochran OF Missouri cochrane Of New York.
/ Cooper of Texas. Cowherd, Cromer. Crowley
I Crumpacker Curtis, Cushman, Davey, DAY.
4 idson Davis DeArmond, De(;raffen-
reid, Denny. Dinsinore, Dougherty. Dris-
coll. Eddy. Elliott Eseh, FqTis. h lin
/ CASTOR, Gilbert. Gill, Gillet Of New York, Gra-
/ ham, Green Of Pennsy lyania, Greene OF Massa-
! chusetts Griffith. Grout, Hay, Hemenway, Henry
kins. Jett. Johnston. Jones Of Virginia Jones Of
1 Washington, Kahn Kerr of Maryland. Kleberg,
/ Knox Lamb Landis, Lsnham, Lassiter, Latimer,
! Levy. Little. Littlefeld. Lloyd. Long. Mccall.
Metcalf Miller, Minor, Moody OF Massachusetts,
/ Moody Of Oregon. Morgan. Morrell, Morris, Nap
( hen Needham. Norton OF South Carolina, o Grady,
Otey. 0verstreet. Pearson Pearre, Phillips Polk,
/ Quarles. Ray OF New York, Reeder, Rhea Of Ken
tucky Rhea Of virginia; Ridgely Rixey, Robb,
| Roberts. Robinson Of Indiana, Rucker. Russell.
ShuckelforJ Shafrcsh, ShAtsuc Shaw, Sheppard,
sibley slayden Small. Smith Of Kentucky, South
ard Spalding Sparkman. ,perry, Spight. Sprag1if,
! steele Stevens OF Minnesota. Stewart OF New
/ York stokes Su,zer. Sutherland Talbert. TayIer
! Thropp, Tompkins yandiver. Nreeland Wads'
/ worth, Waters, Wheeler, White James r. VII
.
+ sissippi. Wilson OF South Carolina, Wright,
/ Young. Zcnor.-I65.
Noe: Acheson, Adamson Babcock. Ball. Bar
! her Bartboldt Bartlett Bishop. Breazeaie Breu-
| ner, Broussard Brownlow Burnett, Burton, Clay
! ton OF Alabama Conner. Cooper OF Wisconsin.
/ Corliss. Dalzell, samuel Davenport. Stanley
/ Davenport, Emerson, fitzgerald Of Massachusetts,
! Fitzgerald Of New York, Fleming, fOrdney.
| Gaines Gardner Of Michigan Gardner Of New
/ Jersey. Gillett OF Massachusetts,, Glynn OF New
Z York Gordon, Graf, Grggs Gro-Ecnor. Grow,
! Hall. Hamilton, Haugen. Hedge. Henry Of Con
nccticut Hepburn. Hopkins, Howard, Eerr Of
/ Ohio ketcham. King. hltchin, hluttz, Lacey,
J Lester Lewis Littauer. Livingston, Loud. louden
; slayer. Lowering, Iybrand. NcAeor, Mcclellan;
! Mcdowell Maddox. May Meekison, Meyers OF
| Louisiana Mondell Moon, Mudd Muller, Norton
/ OF Ohio, Packer OF Pennsylvania, Parker of New
! Jersey, Ransden. Richardson of Alabama. Rich
| ardsnn Of Tennessee. RodenbUrg, Rupert, Ryan
| of New York Ryan Of Pennsylvania Srudder.
| Sheldon, Sherman. Showalter. Sims. Samuel W.
| Smith William Alden Smith. Snodgrass. siaTk,
Stewart Of New Jersey Taylor OF Alabama, Thomas
| Of Iowa Tongue Turner Underhill Underwood,
| Van Voorhis Wachter Weaver, Weeks, Wilson
of Idaho Wilson OF New York, Woods.-l02.
Mr.. Hopkins. at 1910. called up the Re
| apportionment bill reported by the ma
| iority of the Census Committee, and yield
| ed the floor for one hour to Mr.. Dalzell-
The gentleman from Pennsylvania deliy
| cred it was generally thought, the best
| speech made in behalf OF the Hopkins bill.
that had already been covered by other
advocates of the passage OF that measure.
| He cOntended that the present mem
| bership OF the House is large
enough; that any increase in that
membership would tend to retard
| the transaction OF public business
| and cause the House to drift farther
away from the ideal of a deliberative
body. He read at length from Alexander
Hamilton to sustain his contention, lay
ing it down as general proposition that
| the larger a legislative body becomes the
| more apt is il to permit itself to be
| swayed by passion rather than to be con-
| trollcd by reason. He quoted from Ham
iIton that the larger the number OF Rep
resentatiyes the smaller would be the
number Of men who would control and d.
rect the proceedings of the House.
Mr. Dalzer insisted that liberties Of the
people could be as truly and as intelli-
! gently Eafeguarded by 3j7 members as
by 3S7 He charged that the House was
already noisy, turbulent and at times in
capable Of control. The time had already
arrived when the individuality OF a mem
Der counted for little or nothing One Of
| the theories OF Congress is. he said, that
| Representatives Of the people come to
| Washington TO confer with each other
and yet in the period Of two years the
members could not become acquainted
with each other.
At this point Mr.. Moody OF Massa-
chusetts. interrupted TO say that the Hall
Of the House could be made more Commo-
dious and could accommodate an in
creased membership by the removal of the
| desks This would also take away the
temptation OF members to write letters.
| panars and hooks and hold cpnguIta-