Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-07
CENSUS BILL, BACK
IN SENATE,CHANGED
House Passes Measure After
Stormy Session, Eliminating
Two Amendments.

The us-reapportionment bill wa
back in the Senate today. with onl
minor changes requiring adjustment
following passage late yesterday by tn
House after a stormy session, featured
by successful parliamentary maneuver
of party leaders for elimination of tn
'alien exclusion" and force bill
amendments. which they feared en-
dangered the reapportionment pro
visions of the legislation.
The bill provides for the taking o
the 1880 population count and reallot
1nsnt of the seats of the House among
the States on that basis. Passage with
out the two controverted amendments
was accomplished during the most tense
session of the House in several years
through an amendment by Representa-
tive Tilson of Connecticut, the Republi-
can leader. which struck out the two
and substituted for them the origina
language of the bill If it had not beer
adopted and the original amendments
had stood, the bill would have reached
the vote on final passage with pro-
vision that aliens should not be includ-
ed in the census figures on which House
reapportionment is to be based, and an
other to prevent the counting Of citizens
older than 81, who are not permitted to
vote. The former was opposed by Rep
reSentativeS of States having large
urban and industrial centers, and the
latter by members from the South.
Seventeen States Would Lose.
Under the terms Of the bill II states
will lose % Representatives and II
States will gain them on the basis OF
1880 population estimates. the new
allotment of seats to be made by the
director of the census if Congress should
fail to act.
on a basis of AIS House members and
using the estimated 1880 population, the
following States would lose:
Missouri, 5; Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky
and Mississippi, each; Alabama, Kan
sas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Nebraska, New York, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont and
Virginia, / each.
The following States would gain:
California 6; Michigan, 4 Ohio, 3;
New Jersey and Texas. each; Arizona
Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina,
Oklahoma and Washington, each.
The move b. leaders yesterday to
strike the controversial amendments
from the bill came as surprise after
they had failed Wednesday TO agree
upon a parliamentary method by which
this might be accomplished.
Tilson Offers Amendment.
When Mr.. Tilson offered the new
amendment, points Of order against 1t
were overruled, and the House then was
thrown into a demonstration in favor
of the alien proposal as Representative
Hoch, Republican, Kansas, assailed the
leaders for resorting to what he termed
strong arm" tactics and reoffered his
proposal to exclude aliens in the form
Of an amendment to the Tilson change.
The chairman held the Hoch proposal
was not permissible under the rules OF
the House, however, and an appeal from
The advocates Of reapportionment
came to the support Of the Tilson
amendment and it was adopted by
large vote.
Separate votes were demanded on
three different proposals and four roll
calls we're taken before the bill finally
was passed.
One caused to be retained in the bill
by 1s9 to 1873 vote provisions for count
of the unemployed. Then by vote OF
1e1 to 17s, the House voted to strike
the same provisions from another sec
ton of the measure, leaving the matter
for the conferees TO settle.
Another proposal to have all aliens
registered was struck out OF the meas
ure by q vote of 1875 to 1870, and a mo-
ton TO send the bill back to committee
was defeated by 253 TO l26. The vote
on final passage was 272 TO los.
Chindblom Makes Ruling.
In his ruling on the Koch amend
ment, which prevented vote on that
proposal, Representative Chindblom
Republican, Illinois, who was presid.
lal -
of Representative Tlnkhann, Republican,
to exclude disenfranchis-
ed citizens from the count.
The ruling prevented the House from
coming to vote a second time on
either Of the two proposals. Tlnkhan
was In readiness TO reoffer his amend
ment had the Hoch proposal been in
corporated In the measure second
time.
Afterward, Tinkham issued a state
himself from foul blow"
The charge Of Hoch that the leaders
were resorting to strong arm" tactics
brought Tilson TO his feet with an ex-
preston Of resentment and the chair
man ordered the Kansas member to
confne his remarks TO the matter under
discussion.
There were few changes in the bill
in It's ANAL form from that In which 1t
came from the Senate. One of the
changes would fix the time for taking
the census at May, 1890, instead Of No
vember. 1929. Another struck out the
civil service requirements contained In
the Senate bill.
On the Anal vote Of passage, there
vas little semblance of party lines. In
general, members voted for or against
the measure according TO whether their
state would gain or lose members uhdcr
q reapportionment of members. There
we're mustered for the bill 1913 Repuh-
licans and 70 Democrats. with 40 Re-
publicans and So Democrats balloting
against 1t.