The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-05
FORBEs' PLAN ENDORSED
At washington, and IL will Probably be
Atopted by the Committee.


Adopted by the Committee.
WARRINGTON, January 4.-0ne result Of
the two dinners that Mr.. Forbes, OF Boston,
gave here a few days ago is substitute for
the Chandler-McPherson scheme Of repre-
sentation in Republican National Conyen'
tons which is quite likely to be adopted.
1t Is understood to meet the approval ol
MeAsrs. Chandler, McPherson, Forbes and
Martin, and that renders its adoption by
the National Committee almost a foregone
conclusion, as the gentlemen named com.
pose all but one ofthe Subcommittee. The
Chandler-McPherson plan, 1t will be re.
membered, contemplated a large
increase in the membership Of
the Convention by giving every. state
the representation 1t now has and adding
two delegates at large for every Republican
Senator and two district delegates for every
Republican, member OF either the Forty.
seventh or the Forty eighth Congress. The
difficulty in the way OF applying that plan
was the fact that between the Forty.sey-
.enth and Forty.eighth Congress there was
= reapportionment Of members, and there.
fore It would be hard oftentimes to decide
whether district had a member in either
OF the two Congresses named. The plan
now pretty well agreed on obyiates this
difficulty by ignoring the Forty.seyenth
Congress aud basing the appointment oi
extra delegates upon the number Of Repub.
licans in each House OF the Forty-eighth
Congress. As the elections last fall
were unfavorable TO tie Repub.
licans, this limitation OF additional
delegates to the membership OF the next
Congress. would not give the distinctly
Republican States that ascendency that II
is intended to give them. To remedy this
it is proposed to allow three instead Of two
additional delegates Tor each Republican
Senator or Representative. This is going TO
give the Republican States the nomination
Of the Presidential candidate. In the Chi.
cago convention it was very noticeable
that the strength OF the "old guard" lay
almost entirely in the States that could not
under any circumstances contribute one
vote in the ELECTORAL college to the election
Of the candidate. Members ofthe National
Committee have come to realize the fact
that even in the Republican States success
can not beceunted on as certainty:
THE CANDIDATE
must be acceptable to the Republicans in
the Republican States or he can not be
chosen. Two years ago Mr.. Conkling said
anybody, meaning any Republican, could
carry Michigan, but Democrat has just
carried it for the Governorship, and lead
ing Republicans recognize that Democrat
will carry it for the Presidency unless the
Republicans of Michigan are duly consid.
cred in the selection Of q candidate. In
the Chicago convention Georgia had ex-
actly. as much.to say in determining who
should be the Republican, candidate for
the Presidency as Michigan did. In a
convention organized as now proposed,
Michigan would cast forty.three votes, rs
she will have in the next Congress two Re.
publicans Senators and five Republican
Representatives, and Georgia will
cast twenty-five. Had this rule been in
force when the convention was held in
Chicago, Mr.. Blaine would have been nom-
luhttu luE tHts pieotuehey III buou ueht
less than thirty.six ballots. The whole
thing Is summed up in the estatement that,
in the opinionof the subcommittee Of the
national committee having this matter in
charge, the tail has wagged the dog long
enough. The proposed rule is that there
shall be two delegates at large for each
representative or territorial delegate, and
three extra delegates for each Republican
Senator or Representative in the Congress
existing at the time Of the convention.
The delegates at large are TO be elected by
State convention called on not less than
fifteen days published notice, and held
not less than twenty-five nor more than
iorty.1ye days before the national conyen-
ton. This last provision Is
AIMED AT PREMATURE CAMPAIGNS
like those in Pennsylvania and New York
in 1850, where the Grant men elected all
their delegates toithe National Convention
before people generally were aware that
anything was going on, the National Con
yention was then SO remote. District dele
gates are to be elected In similar district
conventions, or they may be selected by
the district representatives. at State conven'
tons. Assuming that the next Congress
will contain IS Republican Senators and
1872 Republican members Of the House, the
convention Of 1884 will consist Of l,90S
member Of whom $40 will be dis.
tributed as now, and 4SS will be
extra delegated allotted TO States and
districts where there are Republican ma
Jorities. Instead Of having A delegates,
Illinois would have IS provided she has
two Republican Senators after The 4th oi
pext March. New York will have dele
CATION OF III, instead Of IS. Even Kansas
will send delegation Of 10, for, as her
Congressional delegation Is entirely Repub'
lican, the new scheme would more than
double her representation in the ConYen.
ton. Virginia would have q delegation Of
10 II all Of Mr.. Mahone's band are counted
as lsepHbIicans,
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