Show THE LATEST BLUE BOOK Bow the Different States are Represented Repre-sented In Washington Washington Ja 15In accordance I with e provision of the last appropriation appropria-tion bill the latest blue book containing contain-ing a list a peon holding positions I In the various departments give also te vous gve aso the states from which they came Houck of Tennessee h made up a table therefrom showing the number employed from the various states and the number such states are entitled t in proportion to the population a shown by the census of 1S90 It shows that the east and the states near theca the-ca Ital have more than their just proportion portion while the west and south fall sbt of their share Houck suggests tLdt the civil service commission make no more certificates from the states having a overplus of officeholders and ma thfeir number be speedily reduced re-duced I Is likely that an amendment will b inserted in the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill directing direct-ing that the appointment of offices be equalized according to population In the following taken from the tables the first figures show the number of officeholders from the states mentioned I mention-ed and the second the number to I vhlch they are entitled on the population popula-tion basis Arizona 8 14 California 181 1 Idaho 1 l 2 Ionta ii 31 Neva ll1 11 New rlexico 18 3 Oregon 34 75 Utah 34 49 17149 Washington 124 8 yom1pg 111 The table further shows that the stt s of Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Fentucy Louisiana Mississippi Missis-sippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia com bined have 2545 persons in office or about 800 less than the district of Co lumbia alone New York state alone has 1576 and is entitled to only 1425 |