The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-24
CAPITOL NEWS LETTER

Washington, D. c., Feb. Ire
fusal by the Census Committee of the
House to report out an apportion-
ment bill by vote Of Ito 5, and one
Democratic member not voting, prob
ably strikes death blow to the hopes
of Governor Arthur M. Hyde for re
districting Missouri before the next
general election. The fact that four
Republican members joined with
like number of Democrats made the
vote conclusive and thus defeated the
desires of the other five Republicans,
one Of whom was Representative C. L.
Faust of Missouri.
1t was to obtain action on this bill
before adjournment of Congress- that
Governor Hyde made his recent trip
10 Washington and, together with DIR.
E. B. Clements, chairman of the Re
publican State Committee, called on
President Harding, National Chair
man Adams and other high officials
presumed to have influence with Con-
gress. Governor Hyde insisted that
unless this bill were passed and au-
thority given to redistrict the state by
a commission, without reference TO
the legislature, the Democrats of Mis-
souri, would invoke the referendum ON
redistricting bill passed last winter.
This, he commended, would suspend the
operation of that law and members
Of Congress would be forced to run
in the old districts, established ten
years ago during Democratic re-
gime and, it is understood, he plainly
told Republican leaders the result
would be anything but gratifying
from party standpoint. Further
more, it is an open secret that state
Republican leaders are apprehensive
of the Legislative election in Missouri
this fall and, if the Democrats win,
the opportunity to redistrict the state
from the Republican viewpoint would
be lost.
The only hope of reviving this bill
is to move that the Census committee
be discharged from further considera-
ton and that the measure be taken up
by the House in committee of the
whole. This, it is admitted, will be
difficult to pass.
A tabulation just issued by the Gen.
sus Bureau for Missouri shows that
of the 3,404,055 population in that
state, 3,225044 are white and 1901
are colored, which classification in
cludes negroes, Indians, Chinese and
Japanese. Moreover it is shown that
2,382,282 of the whites and 101, 7S4 Of
the colored were native to Missouri.
There are 1S6,835 whites and 800 col
ored foreign born.
Confirmation at an early date is am
ticipated for the two Missourians
named last week for high diplomatic
positions. They were Roy 7. Davis of
Columbia, appointed to Costa Rica,
and Fred NJ. bearing, formerly Of
Columbia, but recently serving as as
sistant Secretary of State, to be Min
lister to Portugal.
Missouri is not participating as
heavily in loans made through the
War Finance Corporation for relief
of financial distress among farmers
and stockmen as are other states IN
the great agricultural section. Dur
ing the last week the total of such
loans approved was but $4,000, while
loans in some other states such as
Iowa and Minnesota were fully ten
times that much.
Presidential postmasters for Mis-
souri, towns whose nominations were
transmitted to the Senate last week
we're: Estella Marquis, Schell City
Frank J. Black, Meadville; Julia Dur