Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-03
WAY CLEARED
FOR STATEHOOD
Apportionment Bill Sent to
Conference by Senate
Without Debate
FREE lIs1 DISAGREEMENT
House Refuses to Concur in
Amendments Made by the
Upper Chamber.
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TODAY IN CONGRESS. =

y IOOAT IN CONGhESS.
y Senate met at noon.
= Passed congressional reap
= portionment bill, fixing House
\ membership at 433. Bill now
y goes to conference on an
s amendment to prevent gerry
s Wandering.
= Charles A. White, eX-Illinois
s legislator, cross-examined be-
% fore Lorimer committee.
s Republican leaders alarmed
X over possibility of passage of
= wool bill and Flood resolution
= over President Taft's veto, sent
s out hurry calls to all absentees
= at once.
s The Senate declined to take
= up the Newlands legislative
= program for votes on the phys
= ical valuation of railroads, fed
= eral control of railroad securi-
= ties and reform of banking
s laws. Adjourned at 1880 p.
N m. until noon tomorrow.
= House met at noon.
y Cotton tariff revision bill
= pending for vote today.
= Ways and means committee
s 1efused to accept Senate
\ amendments to Free List bill
y and recommended conference.
y Democratic Leader Under
y wood said that there is no doubt
= about conference agreement
y on free list bill.
s Chairman Remsen of Pure
= Food referee board said board
y would be glad if it was abolish
= ed.
y Republican Leader Mann, in
= a speech said Democratic
\ Leader Underwood was the
= whole thing and William J.
= Bryan without a defender in
= House yesterday.
THIS CLEARS WAY
y FOR STATEHOOD. ,
=. Washington, D. c., Aug. 3.-...
y The Senate today passed the
= amended House Congressional
y re-apportionment bill without
y a roll call.
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Free List Bill in Conference.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 9TH
House ways and means committee tt
lay refused to accept the Farmer
Free list tariff as amended by tn
Senate and instructed Chairman U1
lerwood to move that the House col
,ur and ask conference with tn
Senate.
Il have not the slightest doubt W.
:an come to an agreement on the bill
n conference" said Mr.. Underwood
Apportionment Bill Amended.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 3.-Th1
4mended House congressional reap
bill, providing that afte
March 80, 1913, the House of Repre-
shall consist of 433 mem
'ers, exclusive of Arizona and New
Iexico, an increase of AZ over thu
resent membership, was passed b.
he Senate today without roll call.
The bill now goes to conference
the two Houses for agree
nent as to the Senate amendments be
ore going to the president for mis- ap
roval.
Concession to House.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 3.-Tht
reapportionist bill, pro
iding a House of Representatives
membership Of 433, but with the
louise provisions amended as to safe
uard against ,"gerrymandering'' o.
congressional districts in the re-dis
ricting work which the states mus,
ndertake and to impose the same
methods on candidates
pr representatives-at-large as on th*
ubernatorial candidates was accept
d by the Senate today without revi
ion. The measure will become effec
I've in less than two years. Its pas
age was largely assured by a senti
1ent of concession to the House oi
IS right to regulate it's own organiza
ion affairs.
An amendment by Senator Root ol
lew York to retain the present House
was defeated.
Against Gerrymanderino.
The two amendments acopted were
ffered by Senator Burton Of Ohio
he one, to prevent gerrymandering
rovided that districts should be
composed Of contiguous and com
act locality and contain as nearly as
ractically an equal number of In
abitants." This carried by 80 to 3S
otes.
The other Burton amendment. adopt.
d without division, provided that can.
idates for representatives, or repre-.
entatives to be elected at large in any
tate, shall be nominated in the same
lannersas candidates for governor.
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