New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-15
REPUBLICAN LEADERS.
GATHERING OF THE STATE COMMITTEE.

KATHERINE OF THE STATE CoM"ii Ike
A SHORT. HARMONIOUS SESSION IN PROSPECT
VIEWS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS.
IT,. Rsnublicau State Committee will meet at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel a. noon S ststs
H6nIv few Of the thirty-two members were IN the
c,ay last night though several OF them were az
Coney Island % oI District Of this
n,,v leaves a vacancy the committee. lac
reapportionment of the State into Congresslonai
d;sricts will make number of changes III the COM
,nttee after the next convention ana s siso
add another member, making the eomini .;en
consist of thirty-lour IN all. NO ac.ion
viii be taken that subject to-day, love- bowe'e y
resolutions OF respect to the memory OF Pierre v:
Van WICK who was for many years ~ i Ia ~ "
the committee, will be adopted, and caii LOT .nu
convention issued but IT is not believed lnaI any
other business will be transacted AZ MI, no
that a lew Of the members OF the coinml,tee WI, 10
absent, though they may be represenoeu ~ te az
Several of the members OF the COMMITTEES "a ~
messed the opinion yesterday that the cohYehtrr1n
would be called to meet at Richheld opfings, I'D %
hotskesgsIs Of t thSs tBe Convention Vs called
there and have agreed to bmd wlgwam iV VI
the uss of the convention Circulars ana W rho
that effect have been SEM 10 al have neaged them
selves 70 vote Tor Rchfeld Springs IL coulu nGe
ha learned Yesterday that any enorU nau oeeh .
TO influence the COMMITTEES ~ &c have rxoressed
o. ,ntent,on to vote for Rlchheld springs ssiu
that IN case the convention was hoC oaiou t II
they would favor Saratoga. ny M, raised 70
Mt Saratoga is the only oDJecllon I aiseu 90
thot Mace though one Of the memoers Oh
The committee said yesterday that he thou i,s
H. ,o,vent,on GU ght to he held III new piace luIs
- 10 order 10 cut loose from the ASSOCIATIONS ol
}he ast canvass lie SAID that ihe people oL sara
foga had promised on several occas IoS 10 fo 90 be
tbonVht n would be well To GllOW tne poop,,e u
E,rhfisld Springs to see wha. they coulu 40 n!cn
t,d sayings is tn rty-sIx miles by rall from Cuci
noi. 81, fi,aisxare Lackawanna and Western Kali
rnaJ' and about fifteen miles by steaInDoat ana
stage froia Cope stown. The lnadequaey vi tne
telegraph facilities Is SAID TO be one VpJec'1h 70
tLaf MACE Buffalo and Rochester Lave been
mentioned, but there IS no prospect
OF the convention being Se. soid yes.
fer1av that they would advocate September IL as
good time for the convention Another ihrnioer
said that he would favor any date eariei tnan oop,
tember 49, as that would give plenty Oh unle ~
which TO conduct the canvass. AS the Dehocha'ic
state Committee does not meet until August 20, ~
Is not thought that tho Democratic Convenuoh VIII
~ noad Letnre the latter part OF September. III Is
nrolable now ever, that the hepuOiicah ConVohSS
ton will be called not later IMAM tue miuuio VI
September. ~ e .ort;o,;r,, tba s+a,a
for delegates according to the vote Of last year. ln-
ouiry Yesterday revealed the TACT tat the committees
has no power 10 do So A reapportlOnnent OF de!e-
oates was made 1850. the basis OF the vote Tor
Goyernor in 1879, but 1t was afterward learned
that the committee had MADE mlsIake; Az lne
eonvention held IN Syracuse, July 3, 1868, II was
decided that the apporuonment should De made
upon the Republican vote cast for PRESIDENT IN
1868 and every four years aIiei, vi u"Sis vi Vno
delegate TO each Assembly district, and one add
tlonal delegate for every 800 Republican votes OF
fracronal part oil 800 votes more than 700 poled
IN suoh district. There was reapporlonmeht IN
1881 on that basis and there Will be no Change hls
year The convention will consist OF 496 delegates,
ut which this city will furnish 40.
some of the Democratic newspapers have been
aiscssine am alleged scheme to have the four dele
,,.SNal"arge from this State to the National Con-
vention elected this year in order to save the ne
cess,ty of calling IA convention next spring. This
80, ,vas tne subiect of laughter by some members
" tha STATE COMMITTEE Yesterday from the fact that
The regulations adopted by the National Committee
renn,re ali delegates TO be elected to the National
Conyentiou within sixty days oil the time or hold
Ghe following is list of the members of the State
Committed