The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31

Ohio, for example. had shown but l5,se5
people before her admission; Illinois but
66,162 at the census after her admission 4;
Iowa but 43,112 at the preceding census.
The fallacy Of this argument ought TO be
| pointed out. The true standard Is not a
fixed number Of people, whether 10000 or
10000 or 100000, but q number bearing
suitable proportion TO that Of existing
States. Hence the ratio for a Representa-
tive In Congress, fixed according 10 the
nearest census, IL a good standard TO be
looked at. Taking that measure. Terrific
ries such as Nevada, Idaho. and Wyoming
were. and as Arizona Is. stand condemned;
while. on the other hand, Ohio. Illinois,
Iowa, and, In fact. every State admitted
during our first half century and more. will
be found to have conformed to the stand
ard. 1t IL only In later years that the old
principle has been abandoned.
The Representative apportionment OF 1890
was $1,000. Vermont, the first State adj
mitted. had 81, AS people at that census, and
Kentucky. the second State. had 1861
The nearest census for Tennessee, the third
State admitted. was 1900: but she had S5,69l
at the 1870 census. and 105, Goa under the
following one. The Representative appor-
tlonment for the 1900 census was $1,000. and
Ohio had shown 1896 people. In 1910
the apportionment went up to 5000.
but Louisiana had 76.55e people. Indiana
was admitted In 1916 and the 1920 CEN
sus, under which the apportionment was
10000, gave her 147.17s people. The same
census gave Mississippi and Alabama, adj
mitted In 1917 and 1919 respectively, 75. 44s
and 127.901 people. while even Illinois. also
mr. nj h. - 4
@.lG2. Maine had 29s. 26s during the census
year when she camein. Missouri. admitted
In 1921. had had 6G.557 the year before.
The census OF 1880 had 47.7OO for q Repre-
sentative apportlonment. and that OF 1870
yielded 7O.6sO. Arkansas admitted In 1886.
and Michigan. In 1887 had In the 1910 census
VISA and 2l2,267 people respectively. Here
we come on our first possible exception, that
OF Florida. which. admitted in 1915, had had
but A,477 people. and about half OF Thorn
colored. in 1910, and had also but S7.4t5 at
the following. or 1850. census. The calcula-
ton for her. however. Is rather close one. |
Texas, admitted later in tho same year,
showed 2l2.592 by the 1850 census, when tho |
apportionment had risen to 93,423; while |
Iowa and Wisconsin. admitted still later.
showed 1924 and 9o5.90 respectively.
1t is clear, therefore. what the carly prac. |
tice In this respect was. But In later we ars
another rule has been creeping in, at first.
however. as the rare exception. Such an
was the case Of Oregon. which has
since grown up finely. while in 1864 came
the typical peterborough State. Nevada.
which In 1860 had had only 6.s57 people,
while the Representative apportionment
was 1871. 3S1. and in 1870 reached A.. 49l people.
Nebraska followed her I'm 1867, and la 1870
showed but 122. 1893 inhabitants.
But nowadays we see what was at first
never allowed at ALL and afterward only in
rare exception. actually becoming the rule.
wyoming and Idaho were admitted in 1870
With population that year OF CO, 7Oj and
4.3S5 respectively although the appurtion-
nent under the 1880 census had been l5I,-
~. while under the 1890 census It has be-
'ome l79,001. Montana, also. had I'm 1889
,een admitted on population which
n 1890 reached only 1872. $50. Now
he House has passed bill to admit
arizona. which had but 5O.C2l people at the
asst census, and n like step is under con-
for New Mexico. with ljJ.j09 in
800. which is certainly better than Mon
ana's admission record. or than Wyoming's
nd Idaho's combined.
Why not adopt n wiser course Why not
mite Arizona and New Mexico. thus insur-
ny proper population for admitting the
wo rs single State? Utah. with her 2J7 .OOj :
eople at the last census, has a sound claim
D admission on the population basis. but ,
no occasion should be seized To unto her d
18th Nevada, which. with population of :
'.76i at the last census. is rcproach 10
ur political system. q
Let this modern practice OF creating g
tates from weak aud thinly populated "
come to an end. In place Of +
admissions. let wise combina- Il
ons be tho rule. so that strength and
'lidity may DO given both TO the new
.ates and to the Union as a whole.