El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-18

WILL BENEFIT
BY 1920CENSUS

santa Ee, n n. Nov 1s--Appor-
tionmentg which VIII be made BY the
coming legislature viii be more tav-
orab1e 10 the Republicans than that
urovided IN the constitution for the
population changes since 1910 as ven
az county divisions since then VII
work favorahly 70 the counlles Wnlca
went Republican on November 2,
counting Bernalillo as Republican
county since Il gave majority 70
Harding although its legislative rep
resentative this time viii sit with
TIE is-- counties Of. Chaves, Eddy.
Roosevelt. Quay and Curry, each Of
which elect one state senator VIII
under the new apportionmenE lose
that privilege and they are All Demo
each senator viii Be 5000. although
Il is obviously impossible 70 make
exact division.
According 10 the new census. the
following counties W0uld be likely
their boundaries. Bernailllo san
Miguel, Colfax, Dona Ana Grant. NC
Kinley, Nora. Rio Arriba- santa F'e,
Socorro, Union. Valencia and Taos,
making Il senator's out OF "a on whom
the Republicans count as certaintles.
Roosevelt to Curry and Lea 20 Eddy,
making three senators that viii be
Democratic These fractional couu--
ties are all Republican as follows
with population surplus to be added
to the population surplus Of another
county or 70 some smaller county 10
make 1900 population: san Miguel,
1857 which viii probably be added TO
Guadalupe; ColfaL. $3.50; Grant, 6939
which viii probably be added 20 Hi
added TO San juan Union 1880 which
viii probably be added 70 Quay and
ColfaLs Dona Ana 1O46 which viii
probably swing Luna; santa Fe 30.
which may be added to Torrance and
sandoval. leaving Lincoln Otero,
Sierra and Socorro for shoestring
Senate Republican.
This will mean at least six more
Republicans and possibly seven. so
publicans and four Democrats. Or 81 I
Bernalllo county should change
again: Republicans Is and Demo I
Gratis s. For the house apportionment l
there Is greater opportunity for as
suring a Republican tWo-thirds ma
jority even in adverse years. for the /
same shift in population and changes I
in county lines operate advantageous I
" for the Republicans even without l
resort to a gerrymander.
Population Figures.
Political leaders have found It in I
teresting to figure out combinations, /
but how badly the Democrats are /
handicapped Is evident from the fol- /
lowing population figures for. 1920; /
Bernalillo, 29,S55: san Miguel, o. I
86T; Grant, 1888; ColfaL, 21.550; Rio /
Arriba, 10 .552: Union, 1850; Dona /
ana, 16,046; Santa Fe. 15.030s Nc ]
kinley. 1875; Socorro, 1905: VAL I
encias 1875; Taos, 12,7I5i Luna, r. /
200 Chaves. 12,10fs Mora. 1885; i
Curry. 1926; Quay, 10.444s Torrance.
1881; Eddy. 9116; Sandoval. SS63; san 4
Juan, 8333: Guadalupe. 8O16; Otero,
1902; Lincoln, 1923; Roosevelt, 654s; i
Sierra, 1920 Hidalgo. 1888: Lea. 35E5: /
and DeBaca, 1856. Such counties as I
Mckinley, Bernalillo, Sandoval. Santa /
tes Rio Arriba. and San Juan as well ]
IS Valencia get the benefit OF a large !
indian population which does not vote i
but IS included IN the census figures.
which the constitution prescribes as /
the basis for appOrdonment- II the !
actual number Of votes cast could be !
taken as a basis, the result would be
quite different although the Repubn-
cans would still have the advantage