Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
south TEXAS
GETS ONE new
CONGRESSMAN
Starr, Cameron And
Hidalgo Stay In
18th Dist.
SENATE FIGHT
On Bill Is d,
House Vote WaS
90 to 81

AUSTIN. May 22-(P-The house
today voted 10 accept the free con-
ference report on the congressional
redistricting bill. Debate on the
report was short and while sew
eral expressed disapproval with the
arrangement OF the counties they
voted To adopt III The vote was 90
70 81.
The impellinE motive for MANY
OF the favorable votes vas that
few willing 20 leave the state un-
redistricted which would force the
election Of three congressmen-at-
large. Texas being entitled 70 q
instead OF i3 congressman under
the 1890 census.
Under the report. South Texas
will receive one new district and
West Texas and the Panhandle
the other two districts.
The bitter fight on the report
III the senate was predicted.
The report did not place two
incumbents in the same district.
The suggested redistricting fol-
lows:
First: Bowie. Cas-, Marion. Up
shur. Camp. Morris. Red River.
Titus, Franklin. Hopkins. Delta,
and Lamar.
Second: NacoEdoches. Shelby. san
Augustine. Sabine. Angelina. Tyler.
Jasper, Newton, Hardin. Orange
and Jefferson.
Third. van Zandt, Smith. Gregg.
Harrison. Henderson. Cherokee.
Rusk and Pamela.
Fourth. Grayson. Fannin. Collin,
Hunt. Rockwall. Rains. kaufman
and Wood.
Fifth. Dallas.
Sixth Ellis. Hill. Navarro, Lime
stone, Freestone. Anderson and
Leon.
Seventh. Robertson. BraKos,
Grimes. Madison. Houston. walker.
Trinity. Polk. san Jacinto. Mont
gomery. Liberty. Chambers and
Galveston
Eighth: Harris.
Ninth: Fayetfe. Bastrop. Austin,
Colorado. Lavaca. De Witt. Vic
toria. Jackson. Wharton. Fort Bend.
Calhoun. Matagorda and Brazoria.
Tenth. Caldwell. Hayes. Travis.
Williamson. Milan, Lee. Burleson
and washington.
Eleventh. Eraln. Hood. Somer-
ven. Hamilton. Bosuue. Coryell.
McClennan. Bell and Falls.
Twelfth: Johnson, Parker and
Tarrant.
Thirteenth. Denton. Cooke. Mon
tague Jack. CLAW. Young. Archer.
wichita. Throckmorton. Baylor
and Wilbarger.
Fourteenth. Bcxar.
18th District
Fifteenth. Uvalde. Medina. "a
vala. FRO. Dimmit. In Sale. webb.
Duvall. Zapata. Jim HnrE. Starr,
Hidalgo, Cameron and Brooks.
Sixteenth. iii Paso. HudsDeth.
C~ulbcrscn. Reeves. jeff Davis. Pre-
sidi0, Brewster. Pccos. Terrell. Gro
ckett. Loving. Winkler. Ward. Ector,
Crane. Midland. Upton. Howard,
GlasscOck. and Regain.
Seventeenth. Fisher. Jones,
Shackelford. stephens. Palo Pinto,
Mitchell, Nolan. TAYLOR, Callahan,
Eastland. Brown and C0manche.
Eighteenth. Dallam. Sherman,
Hansfurd. Ochiltrec. Lipscomb,
Hartley Moore. Hutchinson. Rob-
crts. HemDhill. Oldham. Potter,
Carson. GRAY. Wheeler. Deaf Smith,
Randall. Armstrong. D0nlcy. Col
linSWorth. Farmer. Castro. SWiSher.
Briscoe. Hall. ChildreSs. Hardeman
and Foard.
Nineteenth. Bailey. Lamb. Hale,
FLOYD. Motley. Cottlf. Cochran.
Hockey. Lubbock. Crosby. Dickens,
King. Knox. Yoakum. Terry. Lynn,
Cara. Kent. St0newali. Haskell,
Gaines, Dawson. Borden. Scurry,
Andrews and Martin.
Twentieth. Sterling. Coke. Run
nels. Coleman. Irinn, Tom Green
CnnchO. McCullOch. San Saba,
Mills LampasaS. Schleicher. Men
ard. Mason. Llano. Burnet. Sutton
Kimbie. Gillespie. Blanco Val
Verde. Edwards. Real. Kerr. Ken
dali. Bandera. Kinney and Maver-
lex.
other Valley Counties
Twentv-firSt Comal. Guadalure,
Gonzales, Wilson. Rarnns. AtascnEa.
NcMullen- Live Oak Bee. Goliad.
RefuFio. Arkansas. san Patririo-
Jim wells, Nueces. Kleberg. Ken
redy and Willacy.