Show 1 WILL LOSE CONGRESSMEN c Speculation Regarding the Apportionment Appor-tionment of Members I New York Oct 3L Tho announcement announce-ment of the population of the United States made by the Census bureau says n Washington special to the Times has started speculation about the effect on the apportionment for members of Congress The Increases or decreases In State representation depend on the fedling 1 a Congress which is yet to be elected I is quite certain however that several States will lose One of them Is Nebraska which h gained only 10000 vpbpulatlon2nothcr Is Maine which has gained only 30000 Nevada shows n faUns off In population but Nevada is safe for she has only one Congressman Congress-man now and cannot have l s The greatest gainer under the conservative con-servative estimate of nn increase of 2COCOO to each representative will be Pennsylvania which will gain three Congressmen bringing her number up to thirtyone New York would gain two reaching a total of thirtyeight Kentucky Maryland South Carolina and Virginia would each lose a Congressman Con-gressman which would not be offset by the galh of two In Texas Maine and Vermont would eabh lose a Congressman Congress-man thouh Massachusetts would gain one Illinois would gain one making her representation twentyfour Of the Other great middle States Indiana Ohio and Minnesota would each lose one while Michigan Iowa and WIsconsin Wiscon-sin wpulcnelther gain nor lose Nebraska Ne-braska would lose one and New Jersey would gain one These would be thQ only changes The apportionment would add eleven to the representation and subtract ten leaving a net gain of one oneThere There Is hardly any doubt that the new apportionment will not be made on I any basis less than 200000 I |