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WAsntaoroN, Jan ~, - The repub'
t,con national committee met OF Will
roinoton this morning. All the states
territories and the distiic. Of Column
l,ia were represented. Marshall Jewell
presided. and submitted the resignation Of
Dorsey as secretary, which was accepted.
Jobn A. Martin, OF Kansas, was then unnn-
;noualv elected secretary. On motion Of
SENATOR Logan. the thanks of the commit
Toe were rendered to George w. Hooker,
The assistant secretary, tor the able and ct
ticiept manner In which he discharged the
dmties of that office. The chairman ther
mittee appointed year ago to present
a plan for the choice of delegate to the
asxt national republican convention
William y. Chandler, chairman Of the
s,oc;of committee, said that t the
n,eetine last night it had been decided to
suhmit to the committee number reso-
buttons. to be voted on seriatum Thew
were printed this morning. He discus
thom at length. He believed 1t
t Sn,ter TO run the risk of having
! 400 delegates than to reduce the number
i'Serotor Logan moved n suhsfitu for all
az Now pr1positione that the hasis of rem
sartation shall remain ne IT has hecn, Int
ha snbsonupntlv modified the motion, max
INC II that the basis OF renresentnt'ons shall
ba two delegates for each senator, two dele
oatea for each representative in cong two
delegates Tor each territory and two delegate
CO. Tho District of Columbia Fnos, oI
;v;soons;n. moved to amend the substitute
w, str;t,;no ont the words 1.-TWO delegates
cSr eoch senator - I.acev. of Michinon
inronosed that the hody consist of four dele.
ppates at large from each state. two from
Zach congressional district. and an add
t;onsl district delegate for each congres
s;onsj district in which the lost republican
candidate for president received n plurality
~ the votes cast with the
ooorrties COMPRISING such dis.
,.;ct and also two delegates from each
tarritorv and from the District ~ Column
Ma Washburn, of Minnesota, thought
The republican PARTY was not in a condition
inst now to make radical mistake or any
;nnovation. He was therefore much in
cl,ned to vote for Senator Logan's PROPOSE.
Senator Logan's substitute. Rrnrels, nj
Iowa. suggested the unfairness and impol'
icv in giving to Kentucky the same
nower and influence in the national
ronnhlican convention as IN Michigan
az louisiana. Kentucky would certainly
not elect republican presidential elector
while Michigan and Iowa would probably
do 40. and would certainly do so fthe will
of tho majority of the republican voters ot
the country was carried out. The states
largely republican should have greater in
anence than democratic states in determin.
40 the candidates and policy Of the repuh
loan marty. Hewlett, of Kentucky, said
anvthing which had tendency to dis
cnnraoe the republicans of Kentucky and
sucb states ought to he avoided. Fillev
Of Missouri, agreed with Washhurn
. II b s,,lo
tions still the republicans of Missouri were
entirely willing to give to repuhlica" states
II at cast the republican electoral votes ar
ennitahle control Of the nominations The
question was. how to ret at It. Valentine
Of Nehraska expressed the opinion that p
charge Of She republican convention had
not given 70 the committee any authority
rvoosortation After further d'scus
--ero withdrawn FIVE, NJ Marie, replied
tn tho objections against large conventions
The sorrows Of Pennsylvania had come
Frou1 4, email conventions Whore n state
or 4 ~, b population V0minated q gov.
ernor nv q convention Of 80 mon. there
yrss sDre 70 he trouhie, { Pennsylvania
Ind convention of2 '0Aunn nobody would
own thof convention Or Comp'a'nn that II
wa owned Str0heGh, Of Ala
hsn9 favored IorRns substitute. II
tgo,F6 noe he wi7e, 90 Lincoln said
In swan horses " rrNgSing a streon. II
hev IL ,pd it IN thia crisis, thew mioht find
tbe sfrr1m Witch tb0v were crostino the
,etvx Pierce. o. Rhode Ts'ard. also f.
vorea IT,. H holi'lei within the next
iva wears the Local troubles which h"d
oneratnI against the repuhl'caPs in Tho
late elections would have rassod away. II
-enuhIicans stood right together they had
az fair chance of carving the next prasi-
DENTAL election as they have had in the last
twentv-oight years.
After further discussion. Martin. of Kan.
sas. offered resolution tn Vt There shall he
an additional representation in the next
national republican convention. hosed
either on the repubican vote for president
or the republican members for CONGRESS-
Chandler made sneech, in which he said
fine nuestinn nf deraat or success in the
next presidential election depends on
whether the national rennhlican
convention would assemble under the
old rntton borough system, NJ
whether that system should he reformed
The trouble Of allowing the democrats To-
calitv influence in republican nominations
had LONG been recognized. and YVES growing.
Logan thought his own proposition reason
able, and did not think those m which u
was substitute we're reasonable. II
this committee were opposed IN
the old system it could saw
SO. Hicks. If Florida, protested
against the south being gosded bv the de.
nrivation If its influence IN the republican
gan's substitute, he being Satisfied the old
system was wrong. unjust and outrageous.
Logan asserted that the objection N the
proposed change was that IL disfran
chised republicans OF states and dis
tricts where the republicans were in
the minority. and that was not ( "
or politic. II Kentucky had 10000 repuh-
lican votes and Maine had 100000 republi.
can votes. Kentucky would have under the
proposed plan, four delegates in the ma
tional republican convention, and Maine
would have twenty. That was unjust. and
that wa. why be was against II. Valentine,
OF Nebraska, suggested whether n would
not be better 10 wipe out the senatorial rep.
resentation entirely and contine
it To congressional districts. ALLOW
i ing G sDa Gsles saSop a delegate sSs dS r
every 500 votes given in the district for
James A. Garfield. He favored that pla1
or the continuance Of the present plan and
be didn't care which would be adopted. 10.
gan offered 10 withdraw his substi.
tute, but washburn, Of Minnesota. appealed
to him not TO do so. as be thought there
was more danger in makinga change than
in goi-g on under the old plan. Logan
stated his motive was to allow the Sc N
favor Of change 10 see whether they
could present anything which
would meet the approval Of the committee;
Sc not, then he would renew bis substitute
Lacey. Of Michigan, offered the following
resolution:
Resolved. That The number Of delegates
TO the national convention Of 1884 be in
creased. and that said increase be 20 dis
tribnied as 10 he bssed on the republican
vote for president in 1880, or 50 as 10 IN
crease the representatives Of states or dis
fricfs showing republican pluralities N
the presidential election Of 1880. without
decreasing the ratio Of delegates assigned =
any state or district under the lest eall
New. Of Indiana, opposed any cbsnees. and
renewed Senator Iogan's motion retaining
tha eristino u1sn Of reureserfaiiOr. A