The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-18
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CENSUS RETURss7 ARE LIKETS
q 10 SHOW SLIGHT INCREasE a
IN REPRESENTATION. Ess
"a sTERN STATES
ttfafne and New Hampshire Lose
While Hiabs,ua VIII Gain
.sone.

lsfaine and New Hamnshirc Lose
| While Alabs,as VIII Gain;
1 II ], 9 !,as,
SWaihinE toH, u. 4 d, - while many
l reflections have been made that un::
| der the teapportio nment which will
follow the completion OF the tabala.
ton OF the eensrs OF 1910 the south
i would lose some O. ongf esslnen, the
returns 60 far made public do rot
bear ont these predictions.
In fact, the FIRST state on the alpha;
betical list labama--a t southern
Estate. will probably gain member
Of the house, while Maine and New;
HAMPSHIRE show up among those
when IN all probability will lose a
member OF congress each Nor wifi
The reduction In Maine be made be-
cause the state Is considered Hence.
forth o. democratic stale, but because
its population has not kept pace In the
last ten years with the population 81
other states, and the superintendent
win be made strictly upon a popula:
,stton basis. ~ Is & sssl
Each state z after sbelng potiaedl lby
act Of congress how many congress-
men It rs entitled TO under the APP,
portionment following the thirteenth
census, may district itself as 1T sees
ft y Congress hass.potliing to do with
that spaa fof the aiiaifs But congress
alone has the right to tapportlo on 10
the states the number OF congressman
|! towslch each is entitled IN the ski ~
third congress. 4 u
The house OF representatives con:
sists OF 3sl members. Under the first
apportionment the number was 65
Since that time the number has IN.
creased aftertbe taking OF each census,
partly through the admission Of new
states and partly through increased
representation following increased
population, TIL the membership now
is s3s1 Z y. i Y. ~ Z
Complaint has been made in recent
years that the house has become I'M
wieldy on eccoun. Of It's size: that
the hall Of the house Of representa-
uyes Is $oyercrowded and that the
number Of members should not be
materially increased So potent are
these arguments that; 1t seems to those
acquainted ~ith;sconditions here that
the superintendent under the current
census will not materially increase
The number Of members. The chances
are that the number 81 me,nbe under
!, the next appoft ionment will not he
In escesEf OF 400 v H ss'.
The census bureau estimates the
total population Of the United states
under the 4 $40 census at so % 90 DOT
II there are 400 congressman in a
population off 80. 100, 300 1T sis a
show that there will be congress.
man TO every 225. 900 OF population.
The ratio under the last census was
one congressman to about 100000
people, n i; :
Complete figures OF eighteen ssa.es
4haveStbeen officially announced by
the census bureau, which Is more
than one-th,rd Of the total number
and the changes Misrepresentation In.
congress, indicated by these fgllres.
do not show that any one section will
gain orsl lose more than any other
section. ,.a,!. " I &, n
& Taking the populations as given
out SO far BY the census bureau and
dividing them by 225, 900, lit 8will be
seen that Alabama would under this
method be entitled$to ten congress.
! men me- one: more than at present; yArl:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has none now
Z, 70 g 4 one + Connecticut to iye the
same as at present; Florida to three
as / At present Indiana q to twelve, n
3 4, sof oney from the present nun
Def; Iowa to Itch. a decrease Of one;
Kansas to eight. as at present.
Maine 10 three. d decrease Of ior,l:
Massachusetts to{fifteen gain 81
one; Michigan to twelve, til e sa me-, Il
now; Missouri to fifteen Instead o.
sixteen as at present; New Ham.
shire to but one instead OF two as al
present; New Mexico 10 one new
member; New York to forty-one, .
gain Of four: Ohio TO twenty.one. al
at present.; Rhode Island to two, al
at present, and Vernon. 10 4: wo, tile
SAME as now. II ~ I,
n. Whether the figures on the state,
mot yet reported will show any fur.
9ther increase in southern states can,
not be told now. 1t may be thai
some southern states as we'll al
some northern ones Will fall to. shos
sufficient increase IN population, to re.
tain their present number Of on.
,gressnlen under an Increased ratis?
Of MISREPRESENTATION But certainly,
from the s;list5salready reported, iaiG
may be seen that tho Increase or de-
crease in representation can scarce
Nv e.tcalled sectional.
! s.Es III. More Human Z Nature. y
Gropchly-7 BY denying myself three
10 cent cigars daily for the s pasll
tyent5 years 4 figure that rs hay,
d, "a a n 4 an 81 ~ IlffE