The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-02-10
FEDERAL BRANCH OF CONGRESS
DECIDES IN FAVOR or IN.
CREASED MEMBERSHIP.
MONTANA GAINS ONE
crumpacker Bill, Providing 433 Repre-.
sentatives After March 3, 1918, Is
Passed by Votes of Democrats and
Republicans Who Refused to Be
Bound by Caucus.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Thc dem
oerats OF the house, aided by ii few
republicans who declined to be bound
by the party caucus. today won their
fight for an increased representation
In the lower branch of congress under
the census of 1910.
They voted down the republican
caucus bill To maintain the member
ship at 391. as mt present, and then
passed the original crumpaeker bill
fixing the membership at 43s on and
after March ,, 1918. Ii Arizona and
New Mexico should be admitted to
statehood. they win be given one rep
resentative each. bringing to total to
i35. Todays action of the house
must be ratified by the senate. The
house leaders believe the senate will
follow the wishes or the lower branch
Under the eapportlonment plan, no
state loses member. The following
states gaining the number indicated:
States Which Gain.
Alabama, /: California. g. Colorado.
I: Florida, II Georgia, 1: Idaho, 4:
Illinois, ?: Louisiana, 1; Massachu-
setts, ?; Michigan. /; Minnesota. Il:
Montana. J. New Jersey, ? New York.
o; North Dakota, |; Ohio, 1: Okla
homa, 3: Oregon, I; Pennsylvania, ii:
Rhode Island. Il; South Dakota, Il:
Texas. 2: Utah. !; Washington, q;
West Virginia. /.
hours on the bill An amendment Of
fered BY Representative Bennett OF
New York and designed to cut down
southern representation. was voted
down by 154 to 80.
Representative Crumpacker OF In
diana, chairman of the committee
Oh census and author OF several bills
to reduce the representation from
states In the south, voted against the
Bennett amendment The democrats
lost but one decision In the, fight. a
committee amendment In the bill pro-
yidng that states should be re-
districted by the legislatures, was
voted down on an appeal from the
republican members of the Missouri
delegation. They held the states
should be permitted to redistriei
themselves In their own way.
| The advocates of a membership oi
39i fought for their cause to the last
minute. Before the final vote was
taken Representative Campbell o.
Kansas moved the recommitment o
the 433 bill with instructions to thu
committee of the whole house TO re
IN a inp ar
members The motion lost by a yot'
of i3l to ILL.,
This reflected tho sentiment of TN
members SO deelsiyely that the vot'
by which the bill was passed was de
cided In the affirmative Without
division or a roll call.
Representative crumpacker of In
diana. author of the 433 bill. Whiel
was unanimously reported from tn
census committee and after~ard re
jected by the republican caucus
began the debate by urging the neees
slty of action at this session and ex
planning the difference between tn
two propositions before the house.
Representative Campbell Of Kansa
spoke In behalf of his bill, approve
by the republican caucus, for the re-
tention of the present membership 9
391. He said he personally Woul
prefer To have the number reduce
rather than increased. Mr.. Campbe
said that every increase In the mem
bership OF the house had been made
crafty the ambition of states an
members rather than to put into prae
tice any ideas about the formation
a representative body. When II
house had 65 members, Mr., catnpbe
contended. II was more etteehA