The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-13
STAR OF EMPIRE HALTS.
New York SUM

New York SUM-
It has long been the notion of many
voters in the east that through the
movement Of population westward the
seat of political power would be re-
moved to. if not beyond, the Missis-
sippi and twenty years ago, in ad-
vance of the federal census of 1885, a
plan was seriously considered by many
Sanguine western persons to agitate for
the removal of the national capital TO
St. Louis On the ground that that city
is much nearer the geographical center
of the country than Washington. This
years census was expected by some
people to make an especially great al
teTatiOn in the representation of states.
The census figures show, however,
that any eastern fear of enlarged west
eru DreDOnderance is unnecessary. The
west has gained much in wealth and
population, but the east has been gain
ing, too, and when the present electoral
college is reconstructed on the basis
Of the recent census, it is little likely
to give any one part of the country
larger proportionate representation
than the present one.
There are this year AT electors, and
| if the basis Of representation for con-
gressmen, now $4,000, is increased. as
| it is probable that it viii be, to 1886, 600
the total number of electors will be Az,
irrespective Of those accorded to any
present territory admitted as state.
If the number OF states remains as it
is at present, the three states which
viii make the largest gains in electoral
representation will he New York, Texas
and Illinois. New York will be increased
from thiTty-six electors to thirty-nine
Texas from fifteen to eighteen, and lii
nois from twenty-four to TWEEN
ty-seven, gain of three each.
These three states are in different
- -
the enlarged representation Of any of
them viii be drawn rather from states
in the west than from states in the
east.
Thus Nebraska. which now has eight
electors, will, on the basis of the cen
Sus, have only seven, Kansas. which
4 has ten at present, will only have nine
and Idaho, oregon, Wyoming, South
Dakota, Nevada and Montana will re-
tain their present representation. Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana
VIII retain their present representation
without an increase. So will Iowa,
Michigan and Maryland.
California and Mississippi will gain
one elector each. Minnesota will gain
two. Colorado, one; Connecticut one;
Florida, one; Louisiana, one; Massa-
chusetts, one; Missouri, one; North
Carolina, one West Virginia one.
Washington, one; ard Wisconsin, one
a very general distribution on geo
graphical lines OF the increased repre-
sentatiOn through the growth of popu-
!atiOn. Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina viii retain their present mem
| bershtp. Maine and Virginia will lose
one each; arkansas will gain one
In all this there is absolutely nothing
to indicate any enlarged representation
for any part of the country beyond
what it is now, and those Who have
been of the opinion that New York's
supremacy was seriously challenged by
the new census find the error of their
prophecy in the fact that no state will
gain larger representation in the next
electoral college than New York. while
the three states which are politically
tributary to New York all gain, too
New Jersey, two electors; PennsyI-
yania, two, and Connecticut, one