The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-26
Census Indicates There Will
Be No Reduction in the
Membership.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. &C.
While many predictions have been
made that under the reapport1onment
which Will follow the completion of
the tabulation OF the census of 1910,
the south would lose some Congress-
men, the. returns so far made public
do not bear out these predictions.
In fact. the first state on the all
phab ettcal list-Ala bamn-a southern
state. probably will gain member of
the House. while Maine. and New
Hampshire show up among those
which in all probability will lose a
member of Congress each. Nor Will
the reduction in Maine be made be-
cause the state is considered hence
forth a Democratic state, but because
Its. population has not kept pace in
the last ten years with the population
of other states, and the apportionment
will be made strictly upon a. popula-
ton basis.
Each state, after being notified by
let of Congress how many Congress
men it is entitled to under the appor-
comment following the thirteenth
'ensus, may district itself as it sees
It, Congress has nothing to do with
that part OF the affair. But Congress
alone has the right to apportion to
the states the number OF Congress-
men to which each is entitled in the
sixty third Congress.
The House of Representatives con-
sIsts now of 391 members. Under the
first apportionment the number was
G5. since that time the number has
Increased after the taking of each cen
sus, partly through the admission of
new states and partly through in
creased representation following in
creased population, till the member
ship is now 391.
Complaint has been made in recent
years that the House has become un-
wieIdIy on account of its size; that the
hall of the House of representatives
Of members should not be materially
Increased. So potent are these argu-
ments that it seems to those acquaint-
ed with conditions here that the APP
portionment under the current census
will not increase materially the num-
Der of members. The chances are
that the number or members under
the next apportionment will not be in
excess of four hundred.
The Census Bureau estimates the
total population of the United States
under the 1910 census at 10000, 900.
II there are 400 congressman in a
population OF 100000 It is a sim
pie matter of mathematics to show
that there will be one congressman to
every 10000 populations The ratio
under the last census was one con-
gresham to about 100000 people.
Complete figures on eighteen states
have been officially announced by tho
Census Bureau, which is more than
one third of the total number, and
the changes in representation in Con-
gress indicated by these figures, do
not show that any one section Will gain
or lose more than any other one sec
ton.
Talking the population as given out
so far by the Census Bureau and di-
vldInE them by 1926 900. it will he seen
that Alabama would under this meth
cd he entitled to 10 congressman; one
more than at present; Arizona, which
OF course has none now, to one; Con-
nectlcut to five: the same as at pres
ont; Delaware to one. the same as at
present: E'lorida to three, as at pres
ent; Indiana to IL, a loss OF one from
the present number: Iowa to 10, de-
crease of one; Kansas to eight. as at
present; Maine to three. a decrease of
one; Massn chusetts to l5, gain of
one; Michigan to 12, the same as now;
to rs, instead of 16 as at
New Hampshire to but one
instead of two as Mt present: New
Mexico to one new member; New York
to a., gain OF four; Ohio to 81, as at
Rhode Island to two. MS Mt
present, and Vermont to two. the