The Parker post., 1911-12-02
GAIN IN DELEGATES
National Conventions Will Be
Larger Next Year.
Number Will Be Based on Reappor.
tionment of the House-Little
Effect on Presidential
Election.

Washington.-Now that a reappor.
tives on a basis of 433 members is as
sured the politicians are trying to fig
ure out what effect, If any, this in
crease in the number of representa-
tives will have on the presidential
election of next year. While the new
reapportionment will not become Ell
fective until March 4, 1913, that Is to
say, the house of representatives that
will come in on March 4, 1913, must
contain 433 members, the national
committees Of the two political par
ties will take the new apportionment
into account in fixing the number OF
delegates to the conventions next
year The electoral college of next
year will also be based on the new
appOrtionment.
Since under the rule followed by
the political parties, each state is al
lowed delegates to national conVen-
ton equal to twice the number of IT'S
senators and representatives the con-
ventions of next year will each con-
tain "a more delegates than they have
bad at any time during the last de-
cade States that are classified as
southern will be entitled to an in
crease of 66 delegates.
New York, for instance, will have
IL more delegates than ever before,
Pennsylvania an increase of four,
New Jersey an increase of four, Mas
sachusetts an increase OF" four, illinois
four more than in the past, and Cali
fornia an increase of six. AS the bill
makes no change in the number OF
representatives from Indiana the rep
resentation of that state in the con
vention will be the same as hereto
fore.
The politicians are not certain what
effect the reapportionment will have
On the presidential election. The cleo
toral college is now made up OF 1873
votes Under this apportionment the
person elected president had to re-
ceive 242 electoral votes. Under tie
new apportionm ent the electoral col
lege will be made up Of 525 votes, Of
which 263 will be a majority Of the
forty-two electoral votes that will be
added the southern states, including
Oklahoma, will furnish nine. These
are counted as certain for the Demo
Gratis. Of the SO electoral votes that
will be gained in the north, at least
18 are in the balance; that is to say
they may go to the Democrats or 10
the Republicans. The politicians dis
tribute these 18 votes as follows
California, 3; Colorado, l; Massachu-
setts, 2; Montana, l; New Jersey, 2;
New York, 6; Ohio, 1; West Virginia,
L, and South Dakota, 1.
The more the politicians study the
new appOrtionment the more inclined
they are to reach the decision that SO
far as the presidential election is con-
cerned neither party has gained any
particular advantage. 1t is assumed
that the Democrats in some of the
states that have gained representa-
tion in the house will lose no tine in
redistricting those states in IN ad-
vantageous way. 1t is understood
that the legislatures of New York and
Ohio will pass redistricting bills in
time to be OF service in the elections
of next year. The legislature of West
Virginia will also make haste to take
advantage of the opportunity to re6is-
trict that state.
The increase in the membership of
the house will mean an added ex-
pense to the country of approximate
ly 100000 a year The salaries of
the AZ new members will aggregate
$315,000. Each will have at least one
clerk at S1,500, which will add $4,000
to the total Mileage and other incl
dental expenses will still further in
crease the sum, bringing it to the
amount first named
Under this decennial reapportion-
ment there is to be no reduction in
the membership from any state The
average congressional district will
contain over $4,000 greater population
than at present. The average district
comprising 211.S77 under the new
plan