The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-11-08
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A.m>efoN, nov. 3.-t..
aside. the most important event uu''"h
the past week has been the announcement
Of u.o Census totals of the United STATES
and for the several States, for on 'he''
will he based the representation o. VIC
sto,es in Congress and in the e'ecto'"
college during the coming ten years -
course the determination OF the 'o'"'
rpmber Of Congressman depends en'if'!
-. coucress which NAV make il whatever
il nleases. There ia, however some '''
on to suppose that tbers will no q" 800
ton Of about thirty members 10 '"e
House. as this is The least number PosS--
bile that will not require the representa-
ton of any State TO he cut down. 1t ms
number is adopted, the total IN inc hou'e
will lie 3s7 and the total electoral 'o'e
will be Al, necessary to choice zoo "
tho increase of thirty, the New England
States will get two, the east SEVEN the
middle west eight, the far west three anu
the south ten. This phenominal increase
in the south was not expected and VIII
certainly cause renewal of the efforts 10
emf down the representation Of that Sec
tion IN accordance with the number OF ne
gro voters assumed to have been disquali-
fed under illteracy clauses. AS the re-
publicans have full control Of all branch
es Of the Government at present. there
will, in all probability, be o'''er
ecbt hefore this matter is finally decided.
The Membership Of the House may he
increased further by the addition OF one
two or three States. Oklahoma IS lhe
most promising aspirant for Sta'ehoou'
According to the Census returns Ohia"o-
ma has 3gS .245 inhabitants, which wou'o
entitle if to two Members Of Congress II
If were admitted, and, as it Is customary
TO admit States when they have more peo-
pie than necessary for Congressional
district. it is safe TO assume that oKlaho-
ma i'll svon be granted Statehood II
has a larger population than Delaware
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North DaNo'''
Utah. Vermont or Wyoming and almost as
large as Rhode Island or Oregon. In iac''
the population of Montana, Nevada anu
Wyoming combined is exceeded by that ol
Oklahoma, and while these three states
have three Members in the House and SIX
Senators. Oklahoma has no representa-
lion in either Chamber, except delegate
in tbe House. who has no vote. New NICK
leo has nearly as many residents as a Con
pressional district-l93,7 7-and may h'
allowed TO enter the Union, while Arzon'
is climbing upward with l22,2l2 lnhahi
tan,s. All three may he admitted beior'
the election of 1904, and if so, the folio"
, ing electoral college will consist oil II
votes, with pa necessary to elect
Washington is filling up again rapid.
from the return VI
have been absent on the stump or wiz
went home to vote for the Republican can
didates. OF course all these employees
while away telling the people how to vote
draw full pay from the government an
were carried without murmur on the pa
rolls. The employees thus enjoying tn
! lavish bounty that enabled them to d
away from their desks while they playe
q politics, point for excuse to Uoverno
Roosevelt, of New York, who was ava
= from his State for several months, yC
l continued to draw his pay. They argu
< that if the Governor of State can DO thes
things, surely Federal bureau chief liza
the same privilege-especially when he
canvassing in the interest OF the Admll
istration supporting him. Among IL
e Federal Office holders who were out
town working in the campaign were Ios
master-General Smith, Fourth Assistai