Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1901 — Mr. Crumpacker’s Bills. [ARTICLE]

Mr. Crumpacker’s Bills.

In the flood of bills introduced in the house Tuesday Mr. Crnmpacker, of Indiana, had one to make Pprto Rico a part of the United State sand to extend the laws of the United States to that island. Mr. Crumpaeker, who has been one of the most persistent advocates of the proposed rednetion of representation of southern states, also has a bill he will introduce this week. It proposes to amend the apportionment act of last session so as to reduce the number of representatives in congress from southern states. An arbitrary rednetion will be fixed, but it will be based upon calculation, made on the census figures, which show the number of colored voters in the states and the election returns from the Btates.