The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-03
MAY Gain THREE
Speculation as to What Increase
Congressman There Will
BE GIVEN THIS STATE

BY the New Census, Which Is Now
Bein. Figured Cp.-The Incrca-e
in Our Population May Give Us
~ Many as Three New Members
OF Congress.
One Of the interesting and impc7-
,ant results Of the census OF 1910
will be the reapportionment Of re-
presentation in the national house
of representatives !; will be one
Of the duties o. the SiXtS-second con-
sress. 10 be elected next November.
TO pass law making new basis
OF representation in the lower house,
the figures OF the census OF 1910 be-
ing used in the apportionmeat- In
less the record Of 100 years is bvoa-
en-. the number Of representative n
congress will te increased. The
Washington correspondent OF The
State says:
OF course the population OF 'he
United States will be shown TO have
increased by several millions IN the
pas. ten years. Likewise the popu-
lation OF practically every State will
show increases. although It is ex-
pected that IL some Of the New Eng
land States there will be only very
slight increases. II not actual de-
creases. The present number Of re-
p-esenta;ives in congress is 3Si.
the basis Of representation being. as
! nearly as possible. one to every 1907
600 inhabitants The allotment OF
rep7eseEt tatives to each State Is fix
i ed BY federal Law. ard the Sta'cs
| themselves lay out their districts.
! endeavoring to arrange the districts
| so that each will include the re-
quirec number OF inhabitants.
The congressional! districts OF this
state. uader act o. the legislature
approved February 20. 1902 with
one or two amendments TO take care
of new counties formed since that
date). are as follows:
First: Charleston. Clarendon. Coi-
!eson and Dorchester: population.
1900. lss.:90.
Second: Aiken. Bambers. Barn
we'll. Beaufort. Edgeheld. Hampton
and Ssluda: population. 1900. 49,
i5oo.
Third: Abberille Anderson. New
berry. Greenwood. Oco.ee and Pick
ems: population 1900. 1e0.6s2.
Fourth. Greenrii!e. Laurens. I'm
ion and Spartanburs population.
1901. Isl 1893
Fifth: Cherokee. Chester. Ches'
terfeld. Fairfield. kershaw. Lancas-
ter and YORK: population. 1900.
Is0.Io2
Sixth: Darlington. Florence. Ecr-
~. Georgetown. Marion. Marlboro
and Williamsburg: population. 1900.
201.577
| Seventh: Lee. Lexington. Orange
burg. Richland and Sumter: popula-
ton. 1900. 1873. s3".
Total popua,ion Of South Carolina.
I.3+0.2ls.
| I, has been estimated in Washing
ION hy a South Caro!inian who pays
close attention 10 such things that
the population OF tie State will be
shown by the present census % be
! between l.S00.000 and 100000. Al
the lower OF these figures. II the
prssen. basis OF representation pre-
vailed. the State would be entitled
10 two additional! representatives.
while L the population OF the State
should I've 100000 or over. the
State would be entitled 20 three
additional members y: congress.
! An idea has gained cTr-e"ry in
E. Washington that tle p.s:s NJ repre-
sentati"n 70 be adopted in tie ap-
po-tionment G! members OF colSress
| for the rex, ten year is one 10 every
22O 900. or course. nobody knows
Just what basis will be adopted. and
vii! not know until the matter IS
I
decided by congress itself. But II
this guess proves 10 De correct.
population OF 100000. or gain
| oc 10000 in the past zen years.
would ent:tle South Carolina 20 ne
addit;nal representative in congress.
Oklahoma. the new state. whlcn
was entitled 10 Ave members OF coa-
:ress the very day she vas admitted
20 :he l':ion. is eXrecteu 20 show
up In ti,c census Of i9ie with such
| gains that she will be entitled TO Ave
! more men, hers The growth or the
State has been marvellous. Most II
/! these members will be Democrats.
In New York The population OF
New York city has so increased 1t
il IS propaoly that several new co..
sressmen will represent the city IN
the Six;y-,a:rd house AS New York
CITY is nearly always Democratic.
he new members frCm that town
vii probably adj 20 Tee number o!
Democrats IN the house IN the :eSt
c,ease IN me electoral college. ~hIcn
viii bc commensurate" with the III
crease II representatives. WI prob
ably hc a sai'. for the Republicans.
as the entire electoral ro;e is cast III
accordance with the !"Sllf IN the
who'll. STATE. and New York is nc
nialiv Republican
On the .y0.n00 basis. tie rum-
Der cf representatives IL congress
for the ne1t Zen years would DC
abou; 40. There has been some
talk O! ma1ins the basis so large tnat
the number would De reduced TO
$50. But surh an idea j. p-cposteT-
Gus. as i: would oe impossible 10