Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-01
STATE POPULATION
PUT AT 8,6a,O(l)
Total, Soon to Be Announced,
Would Give Pennsylvania
Five More congressmen
THREE MORE FOR PHILA.


washington. Oct. ylyania'
new CENSUS total. to be announced with
IN . few days. will show q state popu
hfSon Of approximately $3.50. 900 per
z SONS, compared with 1906. III IN 1910
omrisfs here declare The 1870 figure.
Win represent an increase Of more than
million. or between 13 aud IA per
cent during the last ten years. not
withstandinE consistent losses in agri
cultural counties typical of the entire
nation.
This total exceeds earlier estimataa
snd Is based on the tabulstion Of sixty %
four Of the sixty seven counties in the
state for which complete figures are
svaiisble. With Adams. Cambria and
Cumberland counties missing. the state
total nov stands at S,427 $50 Their
combined population in 1910 was 2J4. @
\ g29. and the 1920 returns are not -
pectedSto show material changes. Adams
and Cumberland counties arc likely 70
show a slight loss and Cambria county
gain. which will oT-"t II IL they run
tfne 20 form.
II ~ already apparent that it, popu
istion strides during the decade will
eptitle the state 10 forty one repre-.
eeptatives In Congress. al increase of
nye over the present House member
ship. On the present basis Of appOr
tfonment. which under existing law ~.
lows one cOngre .Inan to each 2l1 .Dp
ef population "or nIn jor portion there
2f.' the Pennsylyanin Legislature in
January will therefor face the task of
redistricting the state 10 provide berth,
Tor the five prospective additions t1 the
delegation and the four representatives
st-iarge now without districts
Philadelphia TO Get Three More
In the absence Of any change in tho
federal appointment, I'hladnlphia
VIII be entitled Ia three additional dis
strict rtprPaontativr- and Allegheny
county. Pittsburgh. to two. giving tho
two counties nine and six congressman
respectively. instead "f six and four a
az present
Any logical r"R~rau geT1pn: Of con
gressional boundaries bY the Lrgisla.
ttire would give Western Pcnnsvlyania
counties outside Of Allegheny two more
representative. and Eastern Penn 81.
yania counties outsid" oF Philadelphia
Two additions 10 their pre- rnt rcpresrr-
'tation. This division would creatn four
new districts in the western half of the
state. and five in the eastern half. ns.
eurBing all were placed ands that there
were no left overs" to continue scrv-
ing NJ representatives, mt large These
nine added 10 the thirty two districts
Into whirh Pennsylvania y now Divided
would make the forty one places 10
which the state IL now entitled.
In the eastern half of the state. Iu-
zerne county. with q populati"n Of 391 . d.
O01. according TO the 1920 census. i9
entitled 10 two congressman instead II
one. The RrrkS-L"high district rnuil
also be split md on" r"pr"s"ntntiv" as.
signed TO zach county. M their rrsppc-
tive populations are 2UO.SJi and liS. -
10. Delaware and Chester cDuntio-
with respective populations Of l73 OS /
and 115.12O could likewise be- Scpar
ated on the basis Of the new r"n.nH re-.
turns.
Wrstmoreland TO Have One
In Western Prnnsylyania. VEST
rnorelnnd county. now distrrtrI with
Butler, - entitled to n r1ngr"V. .inan "
its own, and the Greene Fny"ttr- Som
erset aud Washington Beaver Law
renee districts rould b" r"dIstriCtrd to
give these six counties thrc" members
! Instead of the two they hav" now.
There IN strong possibility that
when Congress rrcOnveneS in December
Il will raise the basis "f hppOrtIDnmeut
20 keep the House roll near it's present
total Of I3J, rather than increasing it,.
Should the appOrti"nment remain un-
changed the new census would incrra ="
the membership Of IN" lower branch 0f
Congress. already unwi"lhy for tA"
transaction Of business. 10 800 or more"
Objections 10 any reduction in tn"
House membership com" chiefly from
states which have lost population.
The salary list for n congress Of coo
members--500 odd in III" House and
ninety six In the Senate c- would be 81,
roo 900 n year In addition, each mem
: bef receives $1,000 annually for Secrc-
tarial and clerk hire. and twenty cents
mile for travelling 10 and from his dis
trict at the beginning and end Of eaCh
session of Congress. There s also
stationery allowance Of S125 per year,
perauisites in the form Of free govern
ment documents for distribution. bound
comics Of the Congressional Record AMI
Official publications, garden seed and
sundry other items that all add 10 III"
expense Of maintaining a member in
J Washington.
Bitter Fight in 1910
When the 1910 census total was made
public, a bitter fight was made 10 keep
the membership whore il vas nt that
time. This fight failed. aud subsequently,
forty two additional members took their
seats.
The growth in size Of the House Of
ReDrespDta tIyeg In recorded ma fDllnVa