The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-20
HOUSE ADOPTS BILL LIMITING MEMBERS
 ID PRESENT TOTAL
Fight to Prevent Increase From 435 to 483 Won and Meas ure Ready for Senate
 Concurrence
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Washington, January 19.-At the end of the most turbulent session of the present Congress, the House late today adopted the reapportionment bill with an amendment limiting it's membership for the next 10 years to the present total of 4S5
 The fight to prevent increase to iSS was won several hours earlier, however. when the House sitting in committee of the whole, refused to postpone con- sideration of the whole question of re- districting, and then voted, 19S to I7, to keep the present maximum. It was after long parliamentary wrangling that the bill was brought before the House itself for a final showdown. The 4S5 amendment finally was agreed to by a vote of 2S7 to 76, and the measure made ready for Senate concurrence.
 Right at the start the effort was made literally to knock the bill in the head by striking out the enacting clause. It started a veritable row. dur ing which the House got it's feet tan gled in parliamentary tactics, from which it was lifted hack into an orderly run with difficulty.
 OTHER AMENDMENTS OFFERED
 After deciding to go ahead with the measure, Representative Barbour, re- publican, California, member of the cen sus committee, which reported It. man aged to make himself heard above the din by proposing the 435 maximum amendment. around which the battle was waged Other amendments were offered. one to cut the membership to 307, and another to raise it to 460. Both were voted down in roar of noes.
 After the real fight had been settled, Representative Tinkham, republican. Massachusetts came up with a proposal to reduce House seats in states where negroes are denied the right of fran chise, and the battle started afresh Representative Longworth, republican, Ohie raised a point of order against the Tinkham amendment, and after nearly two hours of debate the point was sustained,
 Representative Longworth was sus- tained in his point of order against the Tinkham amendment by Representa- tives Mondell, Wyoming republican leader, and Towner, republican, Iowa. and Garrett. democrat, Tennessee. Rep resentatives Mann, Mason and Madden. all republicans of Illinois, argued against tue point of order and for the Tinkham. anne ndment.g. t.4-ssa..j
 Representative Garrett said the rink ham amendment would render chaotic the provisions it pror osed to amend. and if adopted would throw the entire act into 'confusion and chaos
 With the exception of Representative Garrett. democrats took no part in the discussion, which was confined to the republican side, and which was brought to esd by Representative Campbell, republican of Kansas who was in the chair sustaining the point of order.
 Another wrangle developed over an amendment by Representative Barber to perfect the bill by providing the ma chinery for redistricting in the eleven states which will lose seats after March 4, 1923. The Barbour plan and many substitutes finally were defeated and the several states will be left to work out the problem in accordance with long established custom and law.
 As the bill stands the states which will lose representation in the House are Missouri. two seats, and Indiana Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana Maine. Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont. one each. These twelves seats will be shifted to eight states in this order: California. 3: Mich igan. ?; Ohio. ?, and Connecticut. New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and Washington, one each.