The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-08-11
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
Washington, August 8, 1911.

Without division the Senate passed
the Congressional Reapportionment Bill
increasing the membership of the House
from the present figure of 3or to 433, thus
| insuring that no State will lose anv of its
present representation in the lower branch
because OF its stationary population or its
small gain in population during the last
decade, while manv States will secure in.
creased representation. Pennsylvania
gains four
Two important amendments offered TO
the bill by Senator Burton, of Ohio, were
adopted by the Senate. The bill in con-
sequence must now go to conference TO
adjust the differences between the meas
ure as it came from the House and as it
passed the Senate. The first of the Bur-
ton amendments, aimed at preventing
'gerrymanderlng, provides that States
entitled under the bill to increased repre-
sentation shall not be redistricted by their
Legislatures. but according to the law of
the States and that the districts shall be
composed of contiguous and compact
territory and contain as nearly as practi-
cable an equal number of inhabitants :"
The vote on this amendment was 80 to
| rs. The second Burton amendment pro-
or Representatives 10 be elected at large
in any State shall be nominated in the
same manner as candidates for Governor,
unless otherwise provided by the laws of
| the State
Amendments proposed by Senator Root
to retain the present House membership
of 3o1 and by Senator McCumber to in
crease 1t only to 4o5 were defeated on roll
calls. 1t is expected that the House will
accept in conference the Burton amend
ments and that the bill will be sent to the
President promptly and signed by him.
New York heads the list, with an in
crease of six members; Pennsylvania, four;
California and Oklahoma, three each; Illi-
nois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas
and Washington, two each, and Alabama,
Colorado. Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Lou.
isianna Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah and Wes
Virginia, one each.
The measure will take effect on dnd
after March 3, 1913. With the admission
of Arizona and New Mexico to Statehood
with one Representative each, the mem
bership under the present bill would adj
vance to ABS.
A stay in the deportation order against
Theodore Malkof, Russian political
refugee, now held at Ellis Island, was
granted by Secretary Nagel, of the De.
partment of Commerce and Labor, after
presentation OF the facts by Represen-
tative Berger, of Wisconsin, Socialist.
Malkoff reached New York as stowa.
way in the steamer Bierma. He is one
of the Russian revolutionists who captur.
| ed and held the steamer Potemkin in
1905. When discovered on the steamer
at New York he jumped overheard and
swan ashore, but was captured, returned
TO Ellis Island and ordered deported
The joint resolution providing for the
admission of New Mexico and Arizona as
States was made the unfinished business
by the Senate after the passage OF the Re.
apportionment Bill. Under the unanl-
nous consent agreement it will be voted
| on.
President Taft's dinner to Admiral
Togo at the White House, was one Of the
most notable affairs of the kind given in
Washington for long time. 1t was a
stag dinner, which in itself is unusual.
Vice President Sherman, Admiral George
Dewey, the Japanese Ambassador, the
members Of the Presidents Cabinet and
more than a score of other well-known
men attended.
Following the dinner came a reception
to which several thousand invitations had
been sent out. The reception was not of
the stag order and the famous Japanese
sea fighter had an opportunity to see
American girls dancing in the East room.
The reception was held indoors but the
terraces that extend east and west from
the mansion were also utilized