New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-03
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.


REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
WORK IN THE TWO HOUSES.
There is an increasing sentiment among ne
publicans in favor of large Natlonai Conven-
tions, and it is probable that the Cnanuler-
Mcpherson plan of representation VIII po
modified. 1t is believed that the Senate
Civil Service bill will be passed oy
the House, without essential changes
In the Senate, General Logan continued ms
argument against the Fitz John Porter BILL
THE House passed several bills of some import
orce Reports were received from the Mississippi
River Commission and from the Naval
Advisory Board; the latter recommends that
the four unfinished monitors be completed.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION.
A SENTIMENT GROWING IN FAVOR OF LARGE
CONVENTION.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
WAsHNGTON JAN 2.-The recent visit OF John
NJ Forbes, of Boston, a member of the sub
committee on the plan of calling the next Ma
tional Republican Convention. stimulated discus
sion among many prominent Republicans here'wtn
important results. The first of these will probably
he the abandonment Of the Forbes plan, even by
its author. Its distinctive feature was Ihat
each State should be given only two deeSates-at-
large equal TO the number OF Senators, aud one
delegate for each Congressional district with
additional representation for Republican districts
of ,snrse Ii seems to be generally believed now
tba, this reduction of the size of delegations would
cnuse SO much dissatisfaction that the plan must be
abandoned
1t ls moro important to note that Mr..
Chandler seems about ready TO abandon
some of the leading features OF what mas oeen
known as the Chandler-McPh Pherson plan. One OF
these was that the additional representation OF the
Republican districts should be based upon eiiher
the existing or the preceding Congress inns seems
10 have been Ell tirely misunderstood by some OF
the leading Republican papers. what IL contem-
plated was that if a Congressional district had
Republican Representative the XLVllth Con-
eress or if II had one in the XLVllth Congress, or
n It had one in both Congresses, 1t should have
one additional delegate in the National Convention.
The plan seemed to come as near to uniformity ana
justice as any that could be devised
Bnt Mr. Chandler and Mr.. Fo bes and others out
side of the committee who have joined III the dis
cussions seem to have come TO the conclusion tha'
il is not wholly practic tble One reason probably
"a that the new convention must necessarily be
based Oh the Congressional apportiontmehi, land
nasmuch as the XLvIIth Congress is based the old
apportionment, some confusing questions might
arise The plan towards which Messrs. Chandler
and Forbes are now tending, Is to give each State
four delegates large and two delegates for each
CONGRESSIONAL district, now then to give three
additional delegates-at-large for each Repubhcan
Senator IN the then existing Congress, and three
additional district delegates for each Republican
Representative in the then existing Congress-the
delegates atarge be chosen at State convention
called ON not less than fifteen days notice. and from
amonth to SIX weeks before the National Conveu-
tion the districts to have the option of choosing
tieir delegates at home convention OF at the State
Convention. provided that if by the time the State
Convention meets the Republicans of district shall
not have elected delegates, the delegates TO the
State Convention from that district shall do it the
Territories and the District of Columbia to have
two delegates each, as now.
This plan would result in large convention,
though the fact that the Republican representation
will be diminished in the XLVIlIth Congress will
make 1t smaller than might be supposed at a hrst
glauce. 1t would stand as follows: Delegates-at-
large-double the whole number of Senators, 1872 ;
district deegates-double the whole number Of
REPRESENTATIVES $50; three additional delegates
at-large for each Republican Senator IN
the XLVIIIth Congress- 1l4 three addi-
tional district delegates for each Republican
Representative, 500 Territories and the District
OF Columbia IS. Total 1924, OF 53S more than
the Chicago Convention. New-fork State would
have la delegates
STATES or districts additional representation In a
greater ratio than one delegate for each Republic
Senator or Representative Inc PROPOSED ID;
hp0H IN which ;H' Re RepubIcsn President can be
elected In 1854 is by allo ing the States which
must elect him to nominate him and that the ates
which will have electoral votes TO give must there
fore have a clear prepOndeIance of strength IN the
convention The subject Is becoming OF pressing
Importance as the National Committee meets in TWO
weeks.