The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-08
C1THINTRLLAG GEM . q.
THE NEW RULES.

IT,. o,.ouIvotIou IN d Government of the Re-
pubIIcan PARTY OF fPhIlndelphia-fhe Commit
tee on Revision.
Tbis afternoon the convention to revise the
rules for the government of the Republi an
marty will meet in the County Court House
at half-past o'clock. The committee OF
fifteen, consisting of Messrs. Joseph A. Bonham,
Chairman, Eleventh wa-d; William CaIhoun,
First: William G. Besseievers. second Joseph
T. Pratt. Third John Suormer, : vsnthi
Alexander 2. Colesberry Eighth; Wllliam B.
Mann, Twelfth; Thomas Cochran, 1hlrt9enth;
Charles b. Barrett Fifteenth; Samuel +. Gwin-
ner. Eighteenth: William Rittenhouse, Nine
teenth; P. A. b. Wdener Twentieth; Louis
Wagner. Twenty-second; s. Haworth, Twenty
fourth; and Christian Kneass, Tweaty-seventh,
whose duty il was TO draft the new rules, will
present their report. we thus epltomlze IT. -
Rules l. H. III and IV provide for the orga 1izaton
of ward associations the election and government OF
the City Executive and ward executive committees.
hule v. Section l. relating to city conventions,
to every general city convention, whether called oy
the City Executive Committee or provided Tor by
the rules, one representative from each division.
There shall be a separate convention for each city
and county office, and one for all judicial nomi-
Section provides that each division within the
proper Congressional Senatorial, Representative,
or Survey district shall be entitled to send one re-
preventative to each Congressional, Senatorial, Re
preventative, or Surveyors Convention.
Section provides tnat each division In the ward
shall elect one delegate TO convention 10 noulnaIe
iluien and school directors. and one delegate
to convention TO nominate aldermen asseSsOrs,
and conslables.
Section T. relating to the meeting of conventions,
provides that the City Executive Committee shall
elect ny ballot one member OF the City Executive
ormttee TO organize each OF the said conventions
3or nominating candidates for city and county
otllces one member to organize the Judicial Con-
ventiOn, and one member TO organize each conven-
ton to nominate Senators and COngressmen VIII en-.
ever said conventions are to be held, and shall ap-
point some reputable citizens VINO shall reside in
the legislative district to organize the conventions
for nominating candidates for the Legislature. And
no member so elected shall be member of either
of the said conventions (Ths will do away with
the confusion and disorder which usually attended
the organization of recent conventions.) When the
convention is permanently organized the person
so elected shall retire. The permanent organlza-
ton shall remain in secret session, admitting onlJ
newspaper reporters OF their discretion.
The remaining sections of the rule relate TO the
duties OF the officers, the manner OF making nomt
nations, etc. provide for the places OF meeting, and
state the law regarding contested seates.
Rule vi provides for the registry or voters,
Rule VII lays down the regulations for the holding
OF primary elections.
Rules VIII, TX, X, XI, relating to the failure o.
conventions to comply with the regulations, th'
holding OF State and National Conventions, anC
alterations and amendments, do not differ mate
rally from those in use last year.