The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-12
CONGRESS TO
BE LARGER
No Office Holder Willing to Lose
His Job Under New Census
RCappOrtiOnment

! Washington, Jan. 6.--Thc member
snip OF the house Of representatives
would be increased 10 4S3 under a
bill which will be reported tomorrow
, by Chairman Siegcl Of the census
, committee to fix the reappOrtiOnment
tor the next ten years under the 1920
census. The bill would mean an in
crease of As over the present mem
bcrsh!p Of 435. No state would lose
any representations.
At the same time Representative
S.c"cl will introduce an amendment
to limit tn" size of future houses to
500 members
Adoption of the reapportionmcnt
mv>9>rc would result in an increase
in the ;o.al vote of the electoral col
| llcge TO 519, making $50 necessary fer
ithc election of a president and vice
president OF the United States.
California would make the largest
gain of new members-five--und
the bill bringing its total to 16. Mich
iS2n. New York, Ohio and Pennsyl-
Vania would gain four each; Illinois
and Texas three; tIassachusetts, New
Jersey and North Carolina, two each,
while Alabama, Arkansas, Connect
llcut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon,
south Carolina, Tennessee. Virginia.
Washington, West Virgini;. and Wis
consin would gain one each.
No action was taken by the COM
imittee on the demand OF Representa-
tive Tinkham, Republican, Massachu
sCtts. for the application Of the 18th
! D m end Of
sentatiOn to those states in which oc-
cur alleged disfranchisements on ac-
count of suffrage qualifications, prin-
cipally illitoracy test and poll tax re-
quirCments, The basis of representa-
tion is fixed in the committee bill at
one member for each 218,979 inhabi-
tants, as compared TO 211,S77, as at
/ present.
! Members were said to have been
Ipractically unanimous i'm support of
the bill after an effort to fix the
membership at 4O6 had failed.
The basis for representation was
fixed at one member for every 21S.-
| 979 inhabitants. Under this Eill the
states would gain as follows:
| Alabama, l; Arkansas /; Califor-
MIA, >; Connecticut, ]; Georgia, !: Illi-
nois. 8; Maryland. |; Massachusetts,
?: Michigan, 4: Mir nCsota, l. New
Jerseys - New Mexico. |: New York,
a: North Carolina, =; Ohio, 4; Okla
honra. |; Oregon. /; Pennsylvania. 4;
South Carolina l; Tennessee, i;
Texas 3; Virginia, /; Washington. / ::
! West Virginia, l, and Wisconsin, /.
No states would lose any represen.
tation.
Under the committees bill the
states would have representation as
! follows: Albania, IL; Arizona, !; Ar
kansas, s: California. 16; Colorado, 4 :;
Connecticut, &; Delaware. /; Florida,
4; Georgia, 13; Idaho. ,; Illinois, 80:
Indiana, l3; Iowa, Il; Kansas, S:
Kentucky. IL; Louisiana, s.; Maine, 4 /;
MARYLAND. I; Massachusetts IS; Mich
igan, IT; Minnesota, II; Mississippi s /;
| Missouri 1G; Montana. 2; Nebraska
8; Nevada !; New Hampshire 2; New
Jersey, IA; New McNico. .: New York,
a; North Carolina. -; North Dakota,
3; Ohio. PC; oklahoma, 8; Oregon, 4;
Pennsylvania, 40; Rhode Island, 8;
South Carolina, s; South Dakota, 3;
Tennessee. II: Texas, 21; Utah. 2:
cNrmont. ,; Virginia IL: Washing
ton, 6; West Virginia. :; Wisconsin,
-; Wyoming, /.
The bill provides that in case Of
any increase in the number of repre-
ScntatVeS in any state such addi-
tlonal representatives shall be elect
ed at large until the state legisla-
lures pass redistrictins laws.