The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
TO REDUCE Size OF The HOUSE
Plans APRON IN M THE fON-
NITTEE ON LfBE tRf.
u Proposes to Iliil.i a chamber Ninin =
thamb-r Bs PartiiIonin% on HAN
40 o., al feet Members To st YIN
Raw, or chair, A. In iiis THEATRES

,suISGrnx. Dsc 10 Tho Iious"
Of E-pr"srntairyA ~. the largest l"SIsia-
tive rhanlh"r IN the world. VIII b" the
smallest II th. PLANS practically approved
hv ,h.. House Library Commits" 40
through Ia" Iipus" chamber. with its
,oo members. VIII b" smaller than the
Senar" chamber with its sa
Is, session members 81 the House
hv a majority vot" dacided that the
,.h,u,h.r wa~ entirely too big They
r..-..l a toll authorizing reduction
- ,l, chamber tn one third its present
size. wi'h benches such al are used In
ih.. English House 1T Commons instead
e the present individual swivel chairs
AMI ,l..~NS But after this had been done
there 49, a rhanGe in sentiment With
A rrAllurtioEIr"nt DendinS most mem
bars want.al - look ahead NOR" than
4 t-w wears and figure out how tn" H"us"
" uuli look under "A change IN the present
INIT system. Consequently nothing vas
iour during IN. short recess.
Now however. IL Is Proposed instead
Il making permanent changes ~ tn"
Hous. ot Representatives. I" buiid a
chamber wlrhrn chamber That IL,
10 construct partitions which. while
Iarr,,ul"nt If ne..i h". can bs removed
# the plan of reducing III" size OF the
Hnu,. chamh-r does not meet ~lth gem
oral approval.
Thcs. plans will lie brought to IN"
official attention of tn" House immediately
after thu. holidays with the expectation
that hey vail bc approved and that the
work OF alteration will be carried out in
ans lasafN1 .N.an
Adjournment ri the present session and
the conv.ning If tho House Tor the hi1y-
second 'uugr-sS
The present hail 1t tn" House 10 1873
feet lon: and " feet Wild" nd'r u" new
p!aus II will toe only al i,et IN length aud
~ feet m breadth In the present hall
,hrr,, 49, individual chairs for each mem
Ter In IN" PROPOSED hall there Wall -"
r,,y. nt chairs A. ~ he biz theatres. with
/, lftrl.. shelf in FROM upon which m-in-
b..r who - speaking IAN put ms notes ann
other pap"r~
In. rihr which il now proposed - eN-
,.,.rni To- NEE, with more favor than any
Of III. former rhans"- ~hch have been
aiv,, A. 81 II will not lnvOlE" any rtru'-
turll chanGe- in IN" main walls o, IN"
Cairtol and Il after trial the new House
j. found I" ~ unsatisfactory or 700 -rna!.
th. .ha,n'p"r c.,n be r. stored I" IT. present
-,l. hy hnock ,ug CSIt he partitions which
will practically make m" smaller NAH
+ hummer within "A chamber That ~ what
IN. Latest IlIn proposes to ereci par
f,ir,ons II subs, an,ial character within
Tho prcssn, chamber and Ia devote a
rnrt ION ~ 'h- present toor spac" q"
i,uncinE and.loak rooms. r"arrang--
I ,n.rl' 1T rh- -"atInS plan 81 th'' nous" u
: rc,,nr,t..d a., certain IN III" near future
h.,nus.. ri he belief that III" r"appor-
, cnm.n' - Congress districts IL "Nrectei
T. ru,rsa-. he membership
ii rh.. uIan now propu sod IL carried ont
,b. hall IA which sit the 'O members OF
m. U1rl-.. Will b" smaller than IN" cham
her iu which gather the %. soon to b" M.
I,,r,.J states Senators The Senat"
NhIl,, ,h. n-w hall of tn" Hous'', "a has
. ...,.n .tar.d. l. To ba only 80 feet long by
III ',-'t MID"
b nr., 81 thu. objections rais.Nd against
former plans for u smaller lous" was
,hn- pillars were "a br placed ia FROM Of
ali th.. galleries Under the new plan
rh.r. will he no pIllars except in front OF
b tn" press gallery. and the t""iIhg- Oh tne
nrv.uau.- men will b" sooth.d by the
Tlr, That Nh. press gallery will run the
,.ntIr.. length uf the Hou-.. and therefore
nv. them NOR" room than they have here
r.tnr.. .nlpvcd. lnasmuch a. the ceiling
vii u,f he. lowered. the other galleries
sn,l.. reduced in length in accordanc.
y,I'h tn" reduced length Of tn" sides VIII
Ia. wider and have. additional rows OF seats
+, accommodate. tn" same number nj
visitors a. now
H.. latest plans have been prepared
,trd.r tie. direction OF Elliott Moods.
.ril.riu,.ndeni IT IN" Capitol who thinks
.har tho changes contemplated can b-'
,....nrut,lI-h.t ~ tn" light months inter
,ruin. b"tw,."n This session and N. next.