The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
G. 0. p. LEADERS
LOSE IN CAUCUS
Continued from PAGE One.

forcing members who were reelected to
Join them soon in exile
When it Is taken into consideration
that the motion in favor Of a House of
ss1 members was adopted by a vote of 70
to s.. it will be observed that the lame
ducks held the whip hand. as all of
them stood by this proposal. and it was
their votes that pulled it through.
Losing Ones Angry.
AS the lame ducks, who will not be
directly affected by the legislation, car
ried the night, the members from States
which would lose representation under
the terms Of the bill approved are mad.
fighting mad, and they will carry the
battle to the floor of the House.
The result will be that the apportion-
ment legislation will fail unless a COM
bination is effected between a majority
Of the Republicans and the main body
of the Democrats. Just what the Demo-
Gratis will do in the matter remains to be
determined.
One of the sharpest debates of the eau
Gus was proviked by a resolution intro
duced by Representative Bennett of New
York. II provided that the Committee
on the Census should be instructed to
conformity with the spirit of the four
teenth amendment to the Constitution.
This resolution. in effect. provided that
IN apportioning representation in Con-
gress, consideration should be given to
the laws OF the States which disfranchise
male citizens for any reason except for
participation in crime or rebellion.
This proposition was aimed primarily
at the South. where State enactments
have tended to eliminate the negro as a
factor In elections. The Bennett resolu-
ton was supported by some Of those
present mainly for the reason that it
appeared to AFFORD means whereby ac-
ton on an appOrtionment bill could be
deferred for another year On the show
down, however. the measure was beaten
by vote of y to As.
Beaten on First Vote.
Representative Campbell. of Kansas. Of
fered the resolution providing a House of
39l members. 1t was beaten on the first
vote. The debate was carried along on
other proposals. one providing for a
House of 397 members and another provid-
ing for a House Of 4o2 members. Mr..
Campbell finally made motion for the
reconsideration of the vote by which his
original motion was defeated.
The leaders and the lame ducks rallied
to its support. and the Campbell PROPOSE
ton went through. Thereupon regulars
and insurgents set up a wall. at least
twenty of them. nearly all from States
that would lose representation under the
Campbell plan. informing those present
that they stood in the light of .bolters,"
as they would fight the caucus bill to the
last ditch.
Fourteen Would Lose.
The unit OF representation incorporated
in the bill adopted last night is 2s4.52
persons. Under the terms of this bill
eleven States would gain representation.
and fourteen States would lose represen-
tation without increasing or diminishing
the size of the House.
The States that would gain are those
that increased materially in population
during the past decade. while those that
would lose are the States where popula-
ton has remained stationary or sharply
declined. Here are the States that would
gain in representation:
Montana. New Jersey. Oklahoma. Ore
gon. Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. one
each: California. New York, and Wash
ington. two each.
States that would lose are: Illinois, In
diana, Kansas. kentucky, Maine, Ne
braska. North Carolina. Ohio. South
Carolina, Tennessee. and Virginia. one
each; Iowa and Missouri. two each.