Show REDUCES SOUTH'S ORATORS SENATOR PLATT WOULD HAVE FEWER CONGRESSMEN Introduces s a u Bill BUI Which Re Reduces uces the that Representation atlon of Southern States That r at Have Disfranchised the Negro Vote te f Senator Platt Patt of ot New NeV York Newt York ork has in in in- traduced a bill bill prepared under tinder t. t the the e direction Uon of ot the committee on national l affairs of ot the of-the the Republican club of ot the city of NeWYork having as Its purpose purpose pur pur- pose pos the th-e reduction of at the representation tion in congress of southern states that have disfranchised the negro vote The Tho mens measure measure re If enacted In its present present pres pres- ent form would lessen the membership membership member member- l ship in congress by nineteen acc accordIng accordIng accord accord- Ing to the estimate that has been II made le leby by the e Republican club which il organ organ- organized organ organized it f The bill and an explanatory state statement ment Issued by Senator Platt were were referred re referred to the committee on the census The bill provides provid es fo for the he reduction of representation in the house of f retire as follows Alabama ma from nine to Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas seven to six Florida three to two Georgia eleven to eight to-eight eight Louisa ant seven to five Mississippi 1 eight tO 10 six North Carolina ten to eight South Carolina Carolina seven to five Tennessee Tennes Tennes- Texas sixteen to fifteen fifteen I Iteen see ten to nine Ine teen Virginia ten to eight The statement says This bill is framed on on n the lowest limitation possible p possible pos pos- s- s sible and tr treats ats as excluded from the suffrage only the male negro citizens over 21 years of at age classed by the Twelfth census as illiterate under the 1900 census tables published since the appointment act of ot January 16 1901 |