Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-19
REAPPORT|ONMENT
BILL IS DOOMED
LEADERS DECLARE
HOUSE ADJOURNED AFTER DIS
GUSHING QUESTION FOR FIVE
HOURS.
NOTHING Is To Be GAINED
People Are Not ~ Much CoBcermcd
With Number ri Representative
AZ They Are With Efficiency
And Ability.
ny Associated Press.


WASHINGTON. Jan. is.--After five
hours II argument and oratory. tho
house. like Jury not required 10 bs
locked up. went home tonight 10 deliber.
ate over the proposal 10 Increase its
membership from as 20 is5.
Such storm 81 protest was raised. 10
the bill. however. that house leaders
predict the verdict tomorrow would be
against the increase and for an amend.
ment holding SEATS TO the present total.
The debate touched ON every possible
point, although Representative Clark.
former dcmocntic leader declared Il wns
not different from that heard after ev.
cry decennIal census for the lnat half
rcntury.
Rising Ia speak In oppoaiti0n to tho
hill. representative Esch republican.
WISCONSIN, who failed of reelection last
year after continuous service of 81
wears. WIS greeted by demonstration
10y republicans and democrats alike Mr..
Esch declared the house could not justl.
~ 's action IN nddlng ~ ihe men,her.
Shin dmry tp sivr ore sat ln Maine
ana another n Mssourl
/ ~ hy can't thus house have he cOuf.
nre In ~ly u viii not do that2" he ask.
cd. The people ~ your state are not
~ much concerned with the number of
representatives M they nre with tho
! "a . 81. -
not too difficult, 10 remember the time
when Maine. with four members. had
more Influence here than New York
with its thirty"
Nearly everybody had chance 10 On.
press his views. Representative Mon.
iaguc. democrat. Virginia. broke into
the discussion An iis early stage 10 do
clare that u was shockingiy obvious 10
Tho honsc. as n was 10 the country, that
the house was too blk now TO legislaie
effectively. Representative Clark. who
goes uut of office In March. endorsed
the Increase. bu, announced he would
flght for n constitutional amendment
which would hold the total 10 600 for al
time.
Representative Mondeli. of Wyoming,
the republican leader. joined with those
! opposing an increase In membership
declaring that ''if this body Ia 20 remain
Whist the fathers intended. deiiberative
BODY. !, must he kept reasonably small"
Some members even from states
which stand To- lose representation op.
posed the bin and insisted ON the amend.
mcnt proposed by Representative Bar.
bour. republican. California. whlch
would keep the total as II stands 20.
day This was particularly true of
Mississippi, SLATED 90 lose seat. three
of its representatives--Sls -Slsson, Humph.
reys and Stephcnson-fighting for tho
smaller number.
There was. however n plea from Rep
'"nia,ivc Aswell. democrat. Louisiana
, hose state would lose one member.
that representation should not he cut
down ~ a time when women were start.
inE Ia vote. aud warning By Repre-
sentative Sims. democrat. Tennessee,
that II was easier for hig interests "a
control n small body than a big body.
Takins NJ the latter statement Mr. 6ls.
snn s,id all the world knew how bl.,
cities were hoSscd. anG that tho charge
never had been made that there was
Such a being as the boss Of village.
After the debate had ended for the
day and the house had adjourned. n
movement was started by members of
soiue ~ The states that would lose un-
der IN" I,arbu'r amendment 20 present
. molten tomorrow 90 strike out the
cnacting cinnse ~ the pending bill.
Senators Fletcher. democrat. Florida.
and Norris, republican. Nebraska. tried
unsucccssfully Ia force action on civ'l
nppointecs The latter voted with the
democrats to compel the senate to
proceed with business IN executive
session" for the purpose of confirming
the commissioner of patents aud hls
assistants. white senator Fletcher In
ttuduccd resolution calling upon ths
postmaster general for the names ne
all DX soryir. men. ar their widows,
who have been named Tor postoffice
appointments The resolution was re-
icrrcd ~ the committee on p0stoffice
'''d pest ruads after heated discus
sion.
senator Luslgc explained that there
Wcr" undoubtedly q great many "de-
serving eases ~ a non.politicai chas.
scier" aud requested senator Norris
To- wal, until these could he segregated
frorn the thousands OF nominations of
~ rls'cs 5 nator Norris said to-