The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-03
VIRGINIA TO LOSE
ONE CONGRESSMAN
I'h a t Is, if Hous E
Adopts Republican
Plan.
MEM BERSHIP
REMAINS 391
Action for Reapportionment IN
der Recent Census Will Be
Taken at This Session-Plan
to Cut South's Representa-
ton Is Defeated After
Lively Debate.

Washington. y. c., February "a
House membership of 39l. as at pres
ent. was the congressional reappor-
tionment plan agreed upon by the Re
publican caucus OF the House to-nigh;
This proposition. made by MIR Camp
bell. of Kansas. was first defeated sc
! to 81. but later Reconstructed and adopt
ed. 10 to 55.
I rhis action together with the de-
/ feat Of plan to Offset the negro dis
franchiscment in the South. urged BY
Messrs. Bonnet and Olcott. Of New
York, and opposed by MIR. Gaines, OF
West virginia, and others. occurred
during q lively three hours session OF
1.-THE caucus
Campbell PInn Approved.
Several propositions were pending
including the Campbell proposition
leaving the House as il stands to-day
q prop osit!on by Mr.. Elvins. OF Mis-
souri,, favorinG, 402 members q pro
position BY Mr.. STAFFORD. Of Wiscon-
SIM for 39I members, ami the Crum-
packer order of 433 members urged at
the outset by It's author. TIC Camp
| bell plan was first taken up and hnully
put through, the details Of carrying
out the scheme being left TO the Cen
sus Committee. which Will prepare the
way for action a this session Of Con :
gross.
the caucus developed into a stormy
one when the Bennett anti -disfranchisc-
lnent plan was proposed. The PROPOSE
ton directed the prepare ton OF a bill
10 carry out the second section OF the
fourteenth amendment to the Federal
Constitution so as to cut down the
representation of any State exactly &c
the extent that the negroes were dis
franchised by such state. This pro-
position was defeated after consider
able speech making, ~ TO is, the same
number Of Representatives voting
against IL as voted against considera-
ton Of reapportionment a. this ses-
sion, when the Vote was So 20 49,
About 100 Republican members of
the House attended the caucus to de-
eide upon the party policy as to con-
sressional reapportionment on the
basis of the latest census The first
bill considered was that reported by
Mr.. Crumpacker, of Indiana, chairman
Of the House Committee on Census, fix
Ing the House membership after March
8. 1913 at 433, on ratio of popula ton
TO representative OF 2ll,SIT as against
l34.lS2 at present This includes Ari-
IONA and New Mexico, and any new
States after tn date fixed would be
additional TO the 1873, which is the
lowest number that would prevent any
No State Would Lose.
Mr.. Crumpacker. explaining his bill.
showed show under the 433 plan no
State would lose member. New York
would gain six; Pennsylvania, four:
California and Oklahoma. three: Illi-
nois. Massachusetts. New Jersey. Texas
and Washington, two, and Ala bama, Col
orado. Florida. Georgia. Idaha. Louis
lana, Michigan. Minnesota. Montana,
North and South Dakota, Ohio. Oregon,
Utah, Rhode Island and West Virginia
one member each
With the increase OF population
shown by the new census, reapportion
ment so as to preserve the present
number OF representatives, 391 would
necessitate cutting the numerical rep
resentation from Missouri by two and
Illinois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas. Ken
lucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio,
Tennessee. Virginia and Wisconsin one
each
There has been an increase Of the
membership OF the House under every
census but one since the organization
of the government. and The increa ses
have averaged about so per cent OF
the proportion of increase in popula
ton.