Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-25
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
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 l Washington. D. C.. Nov.s zz1- Will 1 | Connecticut gain an, additional men- | Der of Congress under the 1920 census | It is quite likely to do so. for If the | house decides to increase it's member | ship rather than increase the appoE- | tionment to each existing district ac- l cording to the increase in population, | Connecticut will get an additional com tgressional district. according to present 1 estimates. r Other New England states affected tby change of basis of representation would be Maine by the loss of one district, thus reducing hsr. member ship to Is; Vermont by the loss of
 one of her two districts, reducing her Emembership to one thus making her ] 1.-the running mate of little Delaware
 (which is now the only state with a
 I;single member of congress. Apparent | Fly New Hampshire and Rhode Island
 f9%ould not be affected by the change
 1 as congressional forecasters fail to
 Intention them in their estimates It is sEfarther stated that should thes mem
 tbership of the house be Increased the
 change will bring in 3S republicans. 2
 1demoerats and 1S counted as doubtful,
 so the probable voting strength of each. 2 party would not be materially affect ed. = I What effect the 1920 census will have T on the representation in congress Is T being agitated here now It is ex- st pected the census win show an in si crease bringing dD the population of , the United States to fully E0,000 eco | and if so either the membership of tue house must be increased or the basis of apportionnient changed. It is esti- [ mated the house which now numbers 435 would be raised .to 505 should the ? first method be adopted and if the :, second is adopted many states will be given additional congressional districts rand others will lose part of wiiat they f now have through their inability to $ aeep the required standard of an in l creased number of persons to each dis Q trict. After every census occurring
 once in ten yearss congress takes up /, Etl1e matter and decides what HTethed lshall be adopted to meet the needs of
 that increased population. Every since tF1790 Uncle San's rapid growth has : sheen. a cause of worry to congress each e time a census has been taken. for. it e,i is at it's wits, end how best to meet z the situation Only once. however, has t congress chosen to change the basis . of representation and that was ilI 1S40 e Every other time it has chosen the 1t easier way and increased the member s II O1 lHeE uddo0- III V lJU lIS btASAS ofof representation was 37,96S hut ster |, I.by. step it increased until the 1910 cen ' sus put it at .21f, 430 as an average. II It has frequently. been charged -fagainst enlarged membership that ef-
 lficiency would suffer and the work bt
 embarrassed by the struggles of ssf 5. many members to meet the specific ; needs of their districts. Moreover tho large and unwieldfv Legislative body fss1yRI hns on asdd dad Axyf fAa1o of l-i less than a million dollars q year s, s,Ecountin9 salaries, clerk hire, mileag, nj and other legitimate expenses of tht ar added members.
 l. Should the, increase be made and !; t jump te -5e5 members be taken as are !, suit of the 1920 census the nationA ,r house of representatives, wauld- .eIel
 then be much smaller than that 0 ,n foreign governments: The : Britisl 93s, house of commons has roc: Little Bel ty gium with a population of less than 8, is COG. coo has fa6: Frances chamber c Il deputies numbers 6G2 Italy gives ,si irepresez1tative to each 71,006 peopi aft while Switzerland with a populatio ~ of less than four million has 1SS rep iH tresentatives or one te- every 20 600 per 1s sons. So the United States can elim hel high and yet not reach the top, rank: to as at present sine aISots one representa- is tive to about 9t1,430 people.
 as The matter is. not yet up for dis ' cussion but the sentiment as 5rivate I ly. expressed by members of congres m would lead to- the. conclusion that th n house mbershipt will be increase of on the present basis of representatio lth rather than 1o5 of many of the pre- he sent allotmeuts to. states.
 e. In refutation. of the criticism mad ,w against the board of vocational edu nm cation which w;as- erga nized to care fG
 "a the rehabilitation of disabled soldier N A. G. Field, information agent of th; ds organization has written Gongressma he Tilscn giving a,-iist, of more than st ndt Connecticut men already enieving tf nd benefit of the law and he adds eeae rd of these men. whose names appear ,ot the list have, been. surveyed adrnitte n to training aiId are drawing from sl 'ui to $t50 a month and actually gettir lr1n the benefits intended for them"
 : In tie list are the following No lat Ewich men:
 as as Frank S. ceskey.s Rochester Mea ,a tnstitute: John $ Knight. stol - School; Meck1 Tarnowskf gridgepe me Trade School: =. ws Who shall own Mt, Vernon, is aga .% brought to the attention of eongres -ne The historic home of George Wasl |! ington has passed through a nHInb : of hands since -hiss death and is nc . owned by the Mt. Vernon Assaci : >1 tion but which. .eahrges an adrnissi sh fee and -alsofkeeps the grounds clos ; or during Sundays and holidays. wfli su- prevent thousands of every day wer ; Eers from visiting the shrine. The tor 2 Eof Washington Is within, the encfosi E in so Americans desiring to visit t hat tomb of the founder of the repub | mnst pay. g5 cent fee while at t HaS tonbs of Grant. Lincoln and the tom
 F. Eof foreign heroes no fees are chars :; and they are accessible to all vfsito cen The question of ownership of Mt. V n, $ non is not d new one So the outcol ion Eof the present agitation@ is not sas
 forecasted. : 'tty7s 5f te8"
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