Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-26

taxed are omitted from the eRumera-
ton, but the uperlntenueDt or The
census is authorized TO employ special
agents or other means TO MAKE an
enumeration Of ali Indians net taxed,
with such information As 10 their con-
dition as may be oblsins bic. The COM
pensaliOn OF enumeTatOTs Is as follows
except in uIstEics where the wOIh -
rendered difficult by reason OF density
or sparsity Oh SETTLE ment: Two csnLs
for each nylug luLaOIIant, two ceBts
for each dea d reported, ten cents Tor
each farm and fifteen cents for
each esta0Ilsi. luenI of productive IN
duslTy enumeFated and returned. The
sUbuS i5iOBs 70 which this rate OF com
peusauOn shall apply are designated
Dy the peTIntenueuL OF the CELSIUS AT
least cue month ia advance OF
the enumeration, anu the com pen
sation OF any enumeTGtOr Ia any dis
trict essc of me Rocky Mountains sha J
not exceed 81 every Working day, aud
in auy ClsIrICt west of the Rocky
Mountains shall NOS exceed % every
day. Inc bill Teylses the seized
ule OF inc existing law. For instance,
IL strikes Oat the Item III Regard 10 sia ; (
population, which Was IUIMtily Is"
quITeu by reason OF the ezistehco oI
slavery, The original House bill " -
amenusd by tie Senate go as 10 re-
quIre statistics III regard 20 Eailfo&d
companies and other corporations"
The Washington Post has been
figuring on the probable effect the
next- census report will have upon
Congressional delegations.
There will be numerous changes.
The present ratio of district repre-
sentation is about 135.000-one
representative for that population.
1t is estimated by the Post that in
1880 the population Of the United
States will reach 100000, which
with the same number of Repre-.
sentatiYes, will make the ratio about
$4,000. On this basis there will
be gain in twenty-six States of
sixty-fOur members which will have
to be balanced by relative losses.
in the others.
The Constitution upon these esti-
mates, proceeds to figure up Dem
ocratic gain in Congress growing
out Of the next census, and stretches
its facts to bolster up that conclus-
ion as follows;
The six New England States are
at present represented by twenty
eight CongFegsmen. OF these, Massa-
chusetts viii be the only one which
viii. sIoW gain, Eer delegation being
Incl sased from eleven to twelve. Tie
OJheT states viii PROBABLY lose heavily.
The three Middle States now nave
members among them.
After the appointment they Will have
New York gaining tive,
Psnusy lvanIa TOUR aud New Jersey
one.
THE sixteen Southern States las
hey are al present In properly C.assed)
eeIid one hundred ANA SIX CUDgrGss- |
men 10 Washington. They vii gaIn
nineteen members ly the Te-sppor-
tiOnmeLt, but their losses may ever |
balances ihis. Maryland, Virginia, |
Wesl Virginia, Georgia, Atauama,
Mississippi, kentucky anu tennessee
will increase their delegations Oy one, |
Arkansas by two wHlle Missouri ana |
Texas will TejoiCe III All addition OF
four each. Or the other S-u-bern |
States, some will lose aud others re-
maia IA Statu quo.
The thirteen Western S ates have, /
under be present distribution, ninety /
tW o a. snbeTs. Under the new regime |
they "iil be entitled to enc hundred |
ana twenty-twO. All these States, |
with me exception OF the rotten Dor |
0ugh5 OF Nevada anu Colorado, gain /
IN Il presentations. Michigan viii have |
four members additional, az will also |
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and |
Kansas. Minnesota gains two; IDdi-
ana, three; California, three; Oregon,
one, and Nebraska, one.
We have neither the time nor
space now to analyze the Con8titu~
TONS claims, but the most casual
reader can see that its conclusion
are not altogether in accord with
what is generally supposed to be
acts.