The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-03

ne Hail paws CEsr.es J ArEer-
son s1gss7 per month and hs. 200.
has never been cen here.
Meanwhile TIRE EsTuhlican con
EreEE has been cClriuuiug tE rec
ord % s-TinR money for ere tlK
payers During the past Few Tears
I 81 has enacted three meas ares
uhich vii have a vide effect IN
This direction. ore Of -he most
. important n these g. the determina-
tiun On the part of fhe House 70
cut out ;he added expense q in
cressing is memberEhip from 435
az noE 20 468 as recommended By
Z the Census COmmittee IL accord
anoe with the time-honored custom
% each ten years Increasing the
memberFhip on the same numerical
. basis as the previous deeennial
period In 1911 the number of
people IN each district was 2ll.-.
sT7 So that IN the same pro-
portion % growth of population. In
1921 the committee fired the num-
Der Al Z1s.sss. II was pointed
out b. Representative Siegsl. chair
man % the Census Committee that
France has $50 members in its
popular assembly. that in the Brit
ish House Of Commons there are
7O7 members and that in italy
there are sos members. II was
figured BY the members Of the
Census Committee Who favored the
maj gOrity report that in the House
chamber and In the House Office
Building there Is nOw sufficient
room for the increase 20 4s3 mem
bers
Million a Year Saved
3 But a majority of Republicans
on the committee. Jed By Repre-
. sentative Fairfield. OF Indiana. and
majority Of Republicans on the
floor Of the House decided that the
added membership would cost more
money and that therefore the total
Of 43j should remain a. il is l.
was pointed out that the mileage
alone Of the additional mem Der ship
would cost $4,000 per year. that
the increase in members salaries
would be S3s0.0O0 per year. and
that Il would cost 24.OOO.0O0 to
duplicate the present House Office
Building in order 70 house them
Both majority and minority OF the
Census Committee agreed tha: the
clerk hire amount under the new
ARRANGEMENT would cost sI55, 900
year and that the total further
expense might run up to a million
dollars per annum And 30 II vas
decided TO give each member more
10 do during the next ten years
by increasing the size OF his con-
stituency. and during that time save
the tax payers something like Sl0.-
900. 900
Under the new Arrangement the
total number Of constituents each
member o. 10 serve will be 2f2.415.
This will be 23.4Z9 more than
would have been the case had 483
been decided upon as the proper
number Under this apportionment
, California will gain three new mem
. bers. Michigan. two: Ohio. two. and
Connecticut. New Jersey North
Carolina. Texas and Washington
one each.
+ Army T. Cut Down
Another act IN the direction oi
Z economy on the part OF congress
IS the reduction Of the army from
its present basis Of $4,000. where
{ ii has been kept by the arbitrary
/ action Of Secretary Baker. 10 q
! total OF $4,000. In one day both
houses voted TO compel the Secre-
tary TO stop all recruiting for the
p service until the total reaches the
r smaller total. General pefBhinl
, and Secretary Baker both stated
that sixteen months would be re-
b. quired TO bring the army down "a
such a figure The House vote
: on the question was almost unan.
imous. 285 tc 4. Republicans rid.
iculed the idea Of an immediate
danger TO the United States through
nation. and urged that with tn,
nucleus OF $4,000 in the army
20 the navy could hold Off any foreign
, power until a much greater land
force took the field.
10 Chairman Julius Kahn. OF tn,
House Committee on Military AT
fairs. who put through the drafi
law during the war when the Dem
e ocratic chairman Of the committee
: Representative Dent. opposed H. de
clared that the maintenance OF tn,
: 225,000 standing army desired b,
!. Secretary Baker would cause
r deficit OF $40, 0,000, 900 because hi
determination was against the vii
: of congress. composed of the rep
!. resentatives of the pepole. which
had appropriated for only 1000
4 Baker II at Fault
a Secretary Bakers action il
= maintaining an army OF 225,000 4
:. a contemptuous violation OF thu
will OF congress and reveals a spiri
Il Of pique in not having his wa.
4 when the committee brought in tn,
last bin," declared Representative
/, Frank Monde1l. majority leader o
/. the House. THE Secretary OF War
like everyone else who was in
4, formed at all on the subject. under
J. stood the will, intent and purpos
y, OF congress to limit the army L
o l75,0O0 men for the current year
Instead of abiding by and follow
ing that will and purpose, as ever
y, other Secretary OF War has don
ic since the foundation of the govern
rs ment. in a spirit OF wilfullness an
Il i'm defiance OF the will OF congress
K the secretary has at great expenR