The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-01-27

OIcl-lly Declared 90 II ih- r-
rect sam Total rf,b, ~ a..-
ton ofthese URlled Staios.
COLLATION. Of Interesting Facts
and EIEures Drawn froul the
lfooIrs Of rhe Ccnsus-'rn-
hrera.

ioolrs Of the Ccnsus-An-
lxers.
! WASHINGTON, January II -Of
suggesting the printing in the Record
certain tables relative to the census
! Representative Cox submitted The
annexed facts and figures:
I The official agures of the whole
| population Of the United States Has
50152 SOC Deductiug the Terrific
rtcs and District of Columbia (7S3.
[ 2SI, tbe representative population
ot the United States was AZ. 800. .595
I Table "A" showed this population
/ lor the several States II also show
leo TIE number Of representatives Go
/ be assigned % each state on an even
ld.Sisiou-lh.s is, not touating s0y
| iracui0n or fes,lnum ana Il bowed,
| together with the rauos end irac-
4 lions resulting, The iaal number o,
members for each State, running
from the present number, 292, to 307
inclusive. This calculation was made
on the following plan: The nnal
number OF members (whatever was
a-recu on), from 292 to 307, was
used as divisor in obtaining thc
ratio Of representation to the whole
representative population This
ratio was applied successfully % The
/ population OF each State This pro
cess would yield Ia the aggregate a
humber less than the number Of rep
rcsentatiyes originally taken The
difference according to the best and
most equitable and recent practice,
should be made mp by assigning TO
the States having the largest fractions
the additional representatives., aud
whenever q sufficient number Of ad-
| IdiNonal Representatives had been as
signed, on account Of fractions, 90
make up the total number taken,
such assignments cease The first
table, IA" +" was based on this meth
cd. The second table, "B," was
more complete. II showed in the
arst column the present number Of
representatives under the census Of
1870 among the several States, and
10 the second column the FINAL rum
ber for each State under the census
o. 1850, on 4 basis OF 293, and in
other columns was shown that NUM-
ber resulting TO each State, with all
changes, from 293 20 307 inclusive.
From these columns the gentlemen
might see loss or gam over the p EN-
hership Of the present houao. and
under the census OF 1870 and that OF
1850 running from 293 to 3O7. Il
appeared Chat hy nm Increase on The
census of 1850, from 293 TO 297
Massachusetts, eaircd by an in
crease to 295 Louisiana uatued 1 1y
au inorease $50 Ttra r'vsuia Eia
yd br en increase to 297 Mar, la1J
gained / ; by an Increase to 29S n 70
York gained i; hy an increase 10 2J3
Alabama Coined !. When the total
number Of representatives was in
creased to 800, one of the most strik
| ing features in the table appeared
1t was a curious eccentrieiiy OF math
ematics that Alabama then lost the
representative she gained at 300,
and Texas and Illinois gained sonC
each AT 301 Alabama re gained the
representative 50 lost; by an in
crease to 302 Florida gained 1 by
an increase to 303 Ohio gained
! by an increase to 3O4 North Carroll
ma gained L by an increase to 80,
| Tennessee gained l by an increase
to 306 Pennsylvania gained 1 ; by ar
increase to 307 New York gained
another, making two gains over %,
| under the census Of 1880; bat sti
she, even then, was losing one from
! her present number, as fixed by O.,
apporhonment under the census %
llS10 Compared with the present
| number under the census Of 1870
each member could make his owl
calculation. There we're losses
There always will be losses during
lapse Of ten years. The larges
house before 1868 had been under th
census Of 1880 Massachusetts thci
had 20 members. She now has IL
New York had her own 80 until lh
humber was 307 Virginia at on
time had %, nov Sue has 9. No'
Hampshire once had 6, now she ha
3. II was no reproaeh The losse
we're comparative, and every sppor
tionment had witnessed such reduc
tions. Vermont and New Hampshir
might gain in population, but no
, relatively They must lose ia thi
apportionment, unless Congress
made the numbers inordinately large
But Of this all are to be the Judge
| on a scrutiny of the tables, Bo
high Congress must run the numb,
!, Of members so that no State coul
Hose, members could compute fC
themselves from the data to be priu
el. The motion to print the tab
was agreed to.
The pportionment bin introduce
by Representative Cox fixes the nun
Der Of representatives at SOL, al
apportions them among the States
u follows;
Alabama, s; Arkansas, 8 Califo
nia, 8 Colorado, / Connecticut,
J. Delaware, / Florida, l Georgia,
be illinois, 10; Indiana, IL; Iowa, j
!, !, Kansas, 6 Kentucky, 10; Louisiar
6: Maine, 4 Maryland, 6 Mass
chusetts, IL Michigan, 10; Mnn
sofa, 5; Mississippi, q; Nilsson
- l8: Nebraska, 3 Nevada, !; NJ
Hampshire, 2 New Jersey, Z; n
York, 81 North Carolina, 8; Oh
ll9; Oregon, / Pennsylvania, 9
Rhode Island, 2 South Carolina,
Tennessee. G Texas, 10; Vermo
q: Virginia, 9; West Yirginia,
and Wisconsin, 8 As compai
p With the present number Of memh
h this bin makes the following losl
and gains: Arkansas, Caaforn
Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, So,
Carolina and West Virginia gain
each Kansas gains 3 Texas,
Minnesota aud Nebraska gnin ca,
Pennsylvania. Ohio, New HampshI
Maine, Indiana, Tennessee, Flor
and Vermont lose each, aud n
York loses g