Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-08
BILL GIVING EXTRA
CONGRESSMAN To
GEORGIA FAVORED
Census Committee Agrees to
Report SeigeI Measure In
creasing House Member
ship 48 to Total of 483


| census committee agreed Thursday to
| report to congress the Siegel bill
fixing the membership Of the house
at 4S3, an increase of 4S over the
present membership. 1t also rec
commended a constitutional amend
ment limiting the membership of fu-
| ture houses to 500.
The basis for representation was
fixed at one member for every 218,-
979 inhabitants. Under this bill the
states would gain as follows:
Alabama, one; Arkansas. one; Cali
fornia, five: Connecticut, one; Geor-
gia, one; Illinois, three; Maryland,
one; Massachusetts,, two: Michigan,
| four; Minnesota, one; New Jersey,
two; New Mexico, one; New York,
four; North Carolina, two; Ohio, four;
Oklahoma, one: Oregon. one; Penn
sylvania, four; South Carolina, one,
Tennessee, one; Texas, three; Virgin
la, one; Washington, one; West Vir-
GINA, one, and Wisconsin, one. No
state would lose any representation
Georgia Gets Thirteen
Under the committees bill the
states would have representation as
follows:
Alabama, II; Arizona, 1; Arkansas,
g.; California, 16: Colorado, 4; Con-
necticut, 6; Delaware, l; Florida. 4;
Georgia, 10; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 30; In
diana, 13; Iowa, Ii; Kansas, 8; Ken
lucky, IL; Louisiana, g.; Maine, 4;
Maryland, z; Massachusetts, 18;
Michigan. II: Minnesota, II; Missis-
sippi, 8; Missouri, 16; Montana, 2;
Nebraska. 6; Nevada. / New Hamp-
shire, 2; New Jersey, IA; New Mexico,
2; New York, At; North Carolina, ~;
North Dakota, 8; Ohio. 26: Oklahoma,
81; Oregon, 4: Pennsylvania, 40;
Rhode Island. 3; South Carolina, 8;
South Dakota, 8: Tennessee, IL;
Texas. 81; Utah. Q: Vermont, 2;
Virginia, IL; Washington, 6; West
Virginia, Z; Wisconsin. IL; Wyoming,
1.
The bill provides that in case of
any increase N the number of rep
resentatives in any state such addi-
tional representatives shall be elect
ed at large until the state legisla-
lures pass redistricting laws.
Tinham Heard Again
Representative Tinkham, Republic
an. Massachusetts,. was before the
committee again today urging appii-
cation of the fourteenth amendment
to those states in which alleged dis
reimbursement has taken place. He
read what he said was a published
report OF speech of Governor-elect
Hardwick. Of Georgia. in which Mr..
Hardwick was quoted as saying that
he would recommend to the legisla-
ture laws governing the enfranchise-
ment OF women similar to those re-
lating to the enfranchisement Of men
Representative Larsen. Democrat,
Georgia, said his state would give
Justice to the negro as it had always
done
Representative Blanton. Democrat.
Texas, appeared in support of his
bill which would reduce the member
ship of the house to 304.
Answering questions from Repre-
sentativse Aswell. Democrat. Louisi-
ana, Mr.. Tinkham said there were
between 5000 and 1000 negroes in
his district. He estimated the num-
Der of voters "disenfranchised" in
Massachusetts under the literary test
as between 4 and per cent.
Representative Crimson, Democrat,
North Carolina, reading from a copy
of the brief of J. l. Campbell. Repub-
lican. who is contesting the election
of r. l.. Doughten, Democrat, in
North Carolina, said that the Repub-
lican party in North Carolina had
taken practically the same position
on the question Of negroes participant
ing in elections as the Democratic
party and had discouraged them in
the interest Of Tranquility between
the races.
Some of the committee members
said there was no support for the de-
mand of Representative Tinkham,
Republican, Massachusetts, that there
be a reduction in the representation
of those states which prevent from
voting persons who fail to qualify
on account of educational tests or
poll tax payment requirements.
Decisions Are Read
Decisions of the supreme court
were read on this point which were
said 20 have satisfied the committee
members that the states had the
right to prescribe such suffrage quail
ifications. Mr.. Tinkham had warned
the committee that if it failed to
act he would carry the matter to the
courts.