The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
Mr.. Hopkins Annoyed.

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| leigh bill Illinois gains three additional
members, while she gains only one add
tional member BY the bill that was re
| ported by the committee.
Mr. Littlefeld-I did not make any such
suggestion. l did not make any such inti
maticn. l simply stated that the fact haJ
| Illinois gained one probably accentuated
the patriotism of the gentleman from IL
linois and left him where he could sup
port this report with more nonehalance
than otherwise. l did not say it was i'm
properly given her. 1t is obvious enough
that the basis does not give it to her. SO
far as that is concerned. The gentleman
might have decreased this House. and l
will SHOW him before | get through IN mis-
own figures and method OF computation
that if he had served Illinois as in his bill
he has served Others. he would decrease
Illinois instead of giving her an
increase, and / viii demonstrate
that when l reach the analysis
Now. mark you. | say / viii demonstrate
it when | reach the analysis and / give
the gentleman the privilege then Of rising
if he sees fit and becoming further dis
turbed and further annoyed.
SIR. HOpkins-There has heen no dis
turbance and no annoyance.
Mr. Littieheld at this point was allowed
to proceed at some length with his argu-
ment against the bill, several times pour
ing vitriol upon the author and tantaliz-
ing him into making Interruptions and
then pounding him for having made the
Interruptions.
The disturbances on the floor and IN the
galleries became so great that Mr.. Dali
zeli was again trying to command order.
The Chair called attention to the rule
which provides that the gentleman on the
floor cannot be interrupted without tie
consent of the other and also to the lule
that members cannot address each other
by the second person.
The gentleman has already interrup ed
me about twenty-five times in violation of
the rule" observed Mr.. LittleHeld as he
was about to resume.
And the gentleman from Maine has
violated the rule with reference TO the
second person about fifty times" eXelaim-
cd Mr.. Hopkins.
The gentleman Is becoming exceeding
ly technical and sensitive" retorJad Mr..
Llttlefeld. 4 will refer TO him later i'll
The third person. and later still ! antici-
pate that he will nave shrurk sufficiently
TO permit Inc TO refer him in the fourth
or fifth person, and perhaps in he end l
can eliminate him altogether" Laughter
anu dpliah1tl
Mr. LittleGeld concluded his address at
> o'clock.
Mr.. Shattac followed MIR. Littlefeld, fay-
oring reappOrJionment under the Mandate
OF the Fourteenth Amendment of the Con
stituticn
Mr.. KIutz spoke in favor ot the Hopkins
bill.
Taking as a text the views OF Mr.. Crum-
packer a member Of the Committee on
Census fayoring reduction of Jne repre-
sentation of those Southern States that
have restricted the right OF suffrage, Mr..
Fox defended the constitution Of Missis-
sirpi and the conditions resulting from
its adoption In no STATE. h. asserted was
the right OF suffrage exercised by regis
tered legal voters more freely and with
fewer tramInels than H. his State
Mr.. Sutherland repudiated the assertions
made yesterday By Mr.. Hopkins that Ne
braska had lost 4 member in Congress be
cause OF the dominance Gf Organism and
Populism in that STATE for the past ten
years. EXtcndine that same argument 10
Ohio, which lost a representative under
the Hopkins bill would nut gantlcrala.
he asked. say it was due 20 inau OF
McKinleyism? tI-auEhtcr.I
Mr.. Miers spoke in favor Of tn, Bur
leigh bill. Mr.. Olmstcad and Nj Linney
supported he CrumpaCl.er bin