. Review of reviews and world's work. condone inequal-ity of representation in the case of original mem-bers of the Union like Delaware, for example ;but what possible reason can there be for creatingnew States out of the national domain and givingtheir citizens a representation in the NationalGovernment ten times or a hundred times greaterthan those citizens enjoy who live in the olderStates ? It would have been far better, when thequestion of admitting Utah was decided affirma-tively in 1896, to have annexed Utah to New Mexico and Arizona are to be admitted,it would be better to br
. Review of reviews and world's work. condone inequal-ity of representation in the case of original mem-bers of the Union like Delaware, for example ;but what possible reason can there be for creatingnew States out of the national domain and givingtheir citizens a representation in the NationalGovernment ten times or a hundred times greaterthan those citizens enjoy who live in the olderStates ? It would have been far better, when thequestion of admitting Utah was decided affirma-tively in 1896, to have annexed Utah to New Mexico and Arizona are to be admitted,it would be better to bring them in as one together, they have not more thanthe average population of one Congressionaldistrict. Why, then, should they have four seatsin the United States Senate ? There would benothing contrary to the Federal Constitution ina plan by which, while having representation inWashington as one State, they should carry ontheir internal administration in two districts,keeping two capitals. Even little Rhode Island. The stars on this diagram indicate the westward movement of the center ofpopulation by decades from 1790 to 1900. (The Chicago Times-Herald erected a monu-ment east of Columbus, Indiana, ten years ago, and now locates the new center justwest of that town.) THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 653 and little Connecticut, until lately, held legisla-tive sessions alternately—in the one State atHartford and New Haven, and in the other atProvidence and Newport, It is important to preserve the averageEquilibrium of representative character of the Unitedthe Senate, g^^tes Senate ; and it is the part ofconservatism to prevent any further exaggerationof inequalities, so as to destroy all semblance ofequilibrium. As long as the system works fairlywell, the country will submit to it with goodgrace. But in matters that affect the generalprosperity as vitally as the silver question, forexample, it assumes a wonderful forbearance toexpect that the people of the two Sta
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