Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-15

How It is Proposed to Maintain Effective
Political Work From Ono Years End
to the Othor.
Times.
Of the seven members of the committee
appointed by the Democratic state CON-
mittee last July to prepare rules for the
maintenance OF better organization in the
party, only three fulfilled the appointment
of meeting at the Girard house, Philadel-
phia, last evening. These were Andrew II.
Dill, who is chairman Of the committee by
committee, w. U. Henscl, who was among
posed new rules, and J. p. Barr, of the
Pittsburgh Post. Tho absentees were
William A. Wallace, who had telegraphed
that he could not attend Samuel ]. RAN
dali, who was in New York to receive the
remains of his sister-in-law, who died re-
Gently in Europe BENJAMIN Whitman,
Who had said that it would be too incon-
venient for him to come all the way
from his home in Erie, and Thomas J.
Barger, who is On q visit in Monroe coun-
ty, and in ill health. There had been an
understanding, however, that such mem.
bers as might be present could discuss the
matter-informally if there should bo less
than a quorum present-and MessrS. Hen
sci, Dill and Barr acted accordingly.
Briefly summoned up, the idea is to sup.
ply the want of written rules and prevent
in the future such complaints as have
arisen from acting in accordance with dis
puted precedents. 1t is desired to secure
uniformity of practice in conventions
and the selection of chairman Of the
state committee as we'll as some changes
in the principle of representation in the
state convention and ON the state
committee The ideas of Messrs.
Hensel, Dill and Barr will bs sub
mitted at a meeting of the committee
prior to the assembling of the state com
mittee in Williamsport Oh the evening be-
fore the state convention. The purpose is
to have the new rules adopted by the con-
ventiOn. Abolition Of senatorial delegates
is recommended, rs every county can have
as many representative in the convention
as it has in the Legislature. The establish
menJ of headquarters with
4 paid secretary on hand all tho time, is
favored. There is some diversity Of OpilI-
ion as to how the state committee should
be constituted, but the prevailing idea ap-
pears to be that It should consist Of the
chairmen Of the county committees, insur-
ing harmony with tho local constituencies
and preventing abrupt and radical changes
in the composition of the body. The com
mittee thus constituted, it is thought,
should be allowed to elect It's own
chairman at some time, say in January,
when the. election would be least likely to
be affected by local conflicts. 1t is belev-
ed that by giving tho state committee au-
thority to provide for the temporary Organi-
zatiOn of the state convention, as all na.
tional committees do in national cOnven-
tions, considerable friction that often
disturbs preliminary proceedings can be
avoided. It is thought possible that
regulations can be made by which at
least the prima f,cie rights Of delegates
to participate in temporary Organiza-
tlOns may be determined in advance. One
of the main advantages foreseen in u per-
manent organization, such as the Office
holding Republicans can easily maintain
for their party, is the carrying on Of cffec
tive political work at times when the
minds of voters arc believed to be moro
readily influenced than during the heat of
campaigns.