Arizona republican., 1898-12-17

little doubt that New York will have
 total population Of 100000 in 1900,
 or more than 40 per cent moro than l the total population Of the United States ih 1860. MinnesCila had pop ulatiOn Of 1,300 ,0G0 under the national
 census O. 1390. It had 2 population of l 1, 500,G00 by the state census Of 1895. and .he state seems likely to have l, 1 0,900, CT i,he same as New Jersey, when the national census of 1900 is taken.
 The United States is practically the only country in the world of which all the civic divisions show gains year af- | ter year and decade after decade. These gains, it is true, are remarkably small in a few of the New England states, notably thosa on CT near the Canadian boTd Tder-M2ine, New Hampshire and Vermont. But Maine is increasing in population slowly but steadily, and it has fallen behind in only one census
 since 1870. when the inhabitants were fewer by 1900 than in 1860, a decrease,
 however, which was due entirely to
 losses in the. civil war. New Hamp-
 shire, for t. same cause and in the
 same census, fell behind in the census
 of 1870, departing from it's rule of a
 steady increase in every census since
 the first taken in 179C. Vermont had
 314,O00 inhabitaEts in 1850; it had 332,-
 GOO in 1890, forty years later The gain
 from year to year is almos. infinitssi-
 nal, but there is some. It has never fallen behind, and there is no present
 reason to suppose that Vermont will
 show less population in 1900 U h in 1890; probably i. will show mGr&
 In some Of the other st8tes theH will
 be almost sensational increases. Ne
 bT2ska had 450.000 population in 1880; il had 1,G50,V00 in 1g90 The vote of the state, which was 87, 900 in 1880, was 224,000 in 1e96. Kansas increased4f4 d4f40v,- coo in population from 1880 toA9 and like increase until 1900 " bring ID the total population ini year to 1,S00G00. From p4eseI ations about that cctal will be lasiOn Of each of the states Of IpFS@S Cali fCrnia, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina. Tenne5- see, Virginia and Wisconsin. New York will probably eXcced seven Of them; Pennsylvania will reach and may ex- ceed six; Illinois and Ohio will not be far from 5,000 0G0 each, with lllinos somewhat ahead. Up to 1890 Ohio ex. ceeded Illinois in population, but since 1890 a great increase in the population Of Chicago and vicinity seems likely to keep the state well in advance In Ohio there has been marked increase in Cleveland, but it is not observaBle in some Of the other cities and somesof the interior counties. One sl-ate which seems likely to show 8 large increase in population is Texas. Colorado and the mountain states will show very large increases, and also Oregon and n the south, Georgia and West Virginia, and in the lake regions are expected 10 do likewise
 Tn the matter of appcrtionment, Of course, it is not solely the population which controls, for each state has two electors, irrespective Of population, to correspond to it's United States sena- tors, ard accordingly there will be ninety electors following the next cen sus, regardless of the membership of the house of representatives, now 357. That membership may he increased CT decreased, according to the will of con gross, but 3 senatorial representati0 ba decreased by any lawful pro- cess. Should, therefore, the membership of jhe house remain as it is, the gains in representation, 1t may he assumed, will he limited to minor CnCs in the states Of the west