The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-07
FROM The NATIONS CAPITAL
From Our O,rn Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. s. 1000.
The election aside, the most i'm
portant event during the past week
has been the announcement of the
census totals for the United States and
for tho several States, for or thcse will
be based the representation of the
States in Congress aud in the electoral
college during the coming ten years.
OF course the determination of the
total number Of Cops ressmen depends
entirely on congress which may make
it whatever it pleases. There is, how
ever, some reason to sul pose that there
Will be an addition OF about thirty
members to the House, as this is the
least number possible that will not re-
quire the representation of any State
to be cnt down. If this number is
adopted, the total in the House will be
387 and the total electoral vote will be
At, necessary TO a choice $50. OF the
increase of thirty, the New England
States will get two, the east seven, the
middle west eight, the far west three
and the south ten. This phenomenal
increase in the South was not expected
and will certainly cause renewal of
the efforts to cut down the representa-
tion Of that section in accordance with
the number Of negro voters assumed to
have been disqualified under illiteracy
clauses. AS the Republicans have full
control of all branches of the govern
ment at present, there will in all proba-
bility be bitter fight before this mat
ter is finally decided.
The membership Of the House may
be increased further by the addition of
one, two or three States. Oklahoma is
the most promising aspirant for State
hood. According to the census returns
Oklahoma has 398,245 inhabitants,
which would entitle it to two members
Of Congress if it were admitted, and,
as it is customary to admit States when
they have more people than necessary
for q Congressional district, it is safe
to assume that Oklahoma will soon be
granted Statehood. 1t has q larger
population than Delaware, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,
Utah, Vermont or Wyoming and almost
as large as Rhode Island or Oregon.
In fact, the population Of Montana,
Nevada and Wyoming combined is ex-
cceded by that Of Oklahoma, and while
these three States have three members
in the House and six Senator's, Okla
homa has no representation in either
chamber, except delegate in the
House, who has no vote. New Mexico
has nearly as many residents as Con-
gressional district-1S' ,777-and may
be allowed to enter thu Union, while
Arizona is climbing upwa~d with 122,-
2t2 inhabitants. All three A.,ay be ad-
mitted before the election of 1904. and
if 80, the following electoral college
will consist Of 4S7 votes, with 244 neces-
sary to elect.
Westinghouse filling up again rapidly
from the return of go.ernment clerks
who have been absent on the stump or
vino went home to vote for the Repub-
ican candidates. OF course all these
employees, while away telling the peo-
pie how to vote, drew full pay from
the government, and we're carried with
out murmur on the pay rolls. The
employees thus enjoying the lavish
bounty that enables them to be awey
from their desks while they played
politics, point for excuse to Governor
Roosevelt, of New York, who was away
from his State for several months, vet
continued to draw his pay. They
argue that 1t the governor of State
can do these things, sEyely Federal
bureau chief has the same privilege
especially when he is canvassing in
the interest OF the administration sup
porting him. Among the Federal Office
holders who were out Of town working
eral Smith, Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow, Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden, Superin-
tendent Machen, OF the FREQ Delivery
Service; Auditor Castle. of the Postal
Department.; Secretary Gage, Assistant
Secretary Vanderlip, Comptroller
Tracewell, Treasurer Roberts. Comp
troller Dawes. Commissioner Powder
~, Director Roberts, Assistant Secre-
tary Meiklejohn, Solicitor General
It is probable that the Court of
Claims will soon take UP what is known
as the Shurtleff case, in which +. n.
Shurtleff brings suit against the gov
ernment for his salary as one of the
Board Of General Appraisers at Now
York. Mr.. Shurtlff says President
Harrison appointed Sim In 1890 without
his solicitation. He closed Zip his bust
ness on the Pacific Coast and came
East, expecting to keep the position
january II, 1893, he received a letter
from Secretary Gage requesting his
resignation. February he wrote to
the Secretary expressing his surprise,
and on February % he received a letter
removing him. Meanwhile James 8.
Sherman was named as his successor,
but he refused to qualify. Mr.. Shurt-
left continued to draw his salary, and
on May, 10th received another letter,
practically the same as the preceding
r. Fischer appeared at the office and
proceeded to take part in the apprais-
ers' functions. Mr. Shurtleff continued
to. go to the Office until November i,
when he retired, because his salary