The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-16
GREAT CHANGE BY
 REAPPORT|ONMENT Members of House Will Be
 Raised to 433 EFFECT OF THE CHANGE New Electoral College Will Consist of 531 Members and National Con- ventions Will Have a Large
 Increase of Delegates
EFFECT OF THE CHANGE

Washington, January 15.-(Special.)- With reapportionment bill of 4S5-ths includes Arizona and New Mexico as states, their admittance next winter be- ing fully expected-the electoral college would consist of 5s1 votes. 266 being neces- sary to elect the next President and Vice President of the United States. Sim ilarly the next democratic national COIL vention would have 1886 delegates and two-thirds, 724. would name the next dem- ocratic presidential nominee. The 1s1: republican convention would have 107. | delegates. majority of 537 naming tn, republican candidate.
 The effect Of the congressional reappor tionment upon the electoral college ant national conventions is of the utmost i'm portance now that it seems probable thai the 433 bill will pass.
 Under the Crumpacker plan, which is intended to add the fewest possible num- Der of members to the House of Repre- sentatives without reducing the present representation of any state, the member ship of the House after March g. 1915 would be 433 exclusive of Arizon and New Mexico. or 435 including them. This is AZ more members than the present House of 391 men contains, or A additional seats when Arizona and New Mexico become full fledged states.
 Votes in Electoral College
 The number of votes in the electoral col 1ege, which elects President and Vice President was 4S3. It Is based on the ag- gregate representation of the states iu both branches of Congress, 92 senators and 391 representatives for the 46 states Tv.-f Tyt- Il. necessary to elect was 242-a majority With the membership of the House irl- creased as proposed by the Crumpacker bil which has been unanimously report ed from the House census committee, the size of the electoral college would be in- creased to 531. With >the admission of Arizona and New Mexico there will be 4S states entitled to 96 senators, to which for electoral purposes, there must be add. ed the House membership proposed by the Crumpacker bill. The majority neces- sary for choice of President in 1912 under this plan would be 266-or "A more than was necessary to elect President Taft
 Even more important in a way is the effect of the proposed reapportionment plan upon the great national conventions These conventions, generally speaking are twice the size of the electoral col lege
 Delegates to Conventions
 Expressed more exactly each of the na- tional conventions is entitled to two dele gates for each member of Congress and four delegates for the senatorial represen- tation of each state. In the republican conventions 1t has been the practice to al- low each territory two seats. The demo- cratic national conventions allow each territory six seats.
 There were 1G06 seats in the demo- 1rot tf, rnv,ff of in territories of Alaska. Arizona, Hawaii New Mexico, Porto Rico and the District of Columbia, each having six votes. If the Crumpacker plan is adopted by Con- gross the representation in the next dem- ocratic national convention would be Delegates from 4S states, 1062; delegates from four territories, "A; total in conven- ton, 1O86; two-thirds to nominate, 724.
 In the republican national convention in 1912 as based on the Crumpacker bill the representation would be: Delegates from 4S states, 1062; delegates from five territories, 10; total in convention, 1072 majority for choice. 537 In the repub- Iican convention, Alaska, the District oi Columbia, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Porto Rico would each have two dele gates. The relative status of the demo- cratic convention of 1908 and that of 191s works out as follows: Two-thirds needed for choice, 1912 724; two-thrds needed for choice, 1908. 671; more votes required for choice in 1912 as compared with 1908, 53
 For the republican conventions the com- parison is: Majority needed for choice 1912, 537; majority needed for choice 1908 l91: more votes required for choice in 191i as compared with 1909. 46.