Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-09

THE recent debates in the House Of
Representatives on the subject of the
Census bill indicate considerable in
terest as to the effect on the represent
alton Of the States. A Washington
correspondent of the New York World
has the following on this subject:
at is known that the growth ofthe
West has been so much more rapid
than that of the New England ana
Middle States, that theapportionment
under the next census cannot fail to
reduce very considerably the power of
the Eastern States, and TO augment
I propOrtiOnately the power of the West.
The New England politicians have
been particularly attentive 20 this
question, which concerns many of
them personally, and some time ago
the Boston Journal, which is specially
their organ, advocated in an elaborate
article the increase of the number of
the House Of Representatives from 243
to 800 members. By this means the
West would receive the addition to
which she IS entitled, and even a
larger numser of members than she
could expect, assuming the present
total number Of members TO be
retained, while New England
would be able to retain her
present number OF members. The
proportions Of political power between
New England and the Union would,
however, be changed, and must be
changed, unless the new census be
tempered with; but the convenience
to the New England politicians In
avoiding conflicts among themselves, |
and in preserving their present dis
tricts, are obvious at a glance. In adj
ditiOn TO this plan TO escape the
trouble, the Eastern members have
favored a pOstpOnemenU of the appOr-
uOHment until after the census shall
have been officially reported to Con-
gress. If this plan be adopted, and it
Is the customary mode, the next
House of Representative viii be
elected upon the present appOrtiOn-
ment. The West, however, conscious
Of its strength, wants 10 realize at
once all its advantages, and Western
members insist that the Secretary of
the Interior shall make the appor-
uOnment in season for the next Con-
gresslOnai elections. The question
was debated in the House of Repre-
Sentatives when Mr.. Garheld's census
bill was taken up, and finally the
question Of aPPOrtiOnment wa left to
be provided Tor in a separate bill.
The questions, what shall be the
number Of the House, and when the
new appOrtiOnment of representation
shall take effect, may therefore be ex-
pec5ed to come up at an early day, and
VIII. doubtless lead 10 q very sharp
sectional conflict in both branches Oft
Congress.
In the meantime 1t IS important to
consider how tine States and sections
viii be affected by the next census. in
order to ascertain this, the following
Of the population Of each one
Of the States has been prepared in one
Of the executive departments by one
Of the most careful statisticians, who
has given special attention TO the sta
tistics Of population:
Alabama, l.125.O00; Arkansas, 500. 600;
California, 10000; Connecticut. 500. 600;
Delaware. 800, 900: Georgia. 1850. 600; Flor
ida, 100, COS; Illinois, $780, 600; Indiana,
LIS, 0OO; Iowa, l,25O,O9O; Kansas, 500, O00;
Kentucky, l,5ol000; Louisiana, 100, 000;
Maine, $50, COOS: Maryland, 100000; Mas
sachUsetts, l,Z5O,000; Michigan, l,250. 900:
Minnesota, 100000; Mississippi, $780, 900;
Missouri, I,750,0U0; Nebraska, 100000; Ne
vada. $1,000; New Hampshire, $40. coo; :
New jersey. $4,000: New York, 4.SU0, 600:
North Carolina, L,UUg.O 600: Ohio. 5000 O0: 5
Oregon, 100000; pennsylvania, 1900, 900; ]
Rhode Island, 100000; South Carolina,
$4,000; Tennessee, 100000; Texas, $780, ,
boo; Vermont, $4,000; Virginia, $780, !
BOO; West Virginia, 100000; Wisconsin, =
,250,o 600. Total, i0,2jo,000.
For the purposes of this inquiry It'll I
assumed that the next House Of Rep ,
resentatIveS shall remain about the I
same as now. This would, Of course, ,
make a large ratio of representation :
necessary. For a House Of 243 men, {
Ders the ratio Of representation would :
be a population Of l66,322, and the {
rule adopted has been to give each ,
State the number she would have by f,
this ratio, and also an additional MEM I
Der when the fraction over exceeds 7
Jne-half the ratio. :
On this basis Maine would have |
Eve members-the same number it !
has now. New Hampshire now has ;
three, and by the new census will
have but two. Vermont also would ]
lose one representative, Massachusetts .
Rhode Island one, Connecticut i
one, New York four. Pennsylvania
three, Ohio one, and North Carolina j
)ne. Illinois, on the contrary, would
gain two, Michigan two, Wisconsin :
5wo, Minnesota one, Iowa two, Kan !
two, Missouri two, California two, c
south Carolina one, Georgia one, Ala !
sama one, Texas one, and Tennessee I
,ne. The representation Of New Jer-
would remain as it is, and also {
hat Of Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, {
oregon, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, Lou {
siana, Arkansas, Kentucky. To re- l
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