The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-18
The Proceedings in Detail.
| To the Western Associated Press.

The Proceedings in Detail.
To the Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Republican
national committee met at the Arlington
this morning. All the States, Territories and
District of Columbia were represented. Hon.
Marshall Jewell presided. He submitted the
was accepted. John A. Martin, Of Kansas,
was unanimously elected secretary.
On motion of Senator Logan, the thanks OF
the committee were unanimously rendered
George w. Hooker, assistant secretary, for
the able and efficient manner in which he
had discharged the duties of that office.
The chairman called for the report of the
special committee appointed one year ago to
present a plan for choice of delegates to the
next national Republican convention.
VIM. e. Chandler, chairman of the special
| committee, stated that at meeting last night
it had been decided to submit to the full
oornInittee a number Of propUS1tIons, 10 be
voted on seriatlm. LThey were printed in
this paper yesterday He discussed them at
| length, and said he believed it better to run
the risk of having 400 delegates than to re-
duce the number.
Senator Logan moved as substitute for
ell new propositions, that the basis of repre-
| sentstion shall remain as il has heretofore
been but subsequently, modified his motion
by makingit that the basis of representation
| shall be two delegates for each senator, two
| delegates for each representative in Congress
two delegates for each Territory, and two
| delegates for the District of Columbia.
| Mr.. Enos, of Wisconsin, moved to amend
the substitute by striking out the words
two delegates for each senator"
| Mr.. Lacey, of Michigan, proposed a body
| consisting of four delegates at large from
each State, two from each congress
ional district and an additional district del
| egate for each congressional district in which
the last Republican candidate for President
received a plurality of votes cast within the
counties composing such district; also, two
delegates from each Territory and the Dis
| trict of Columbia.
| Mr.. Washburn of Minnesota, thought the
Republican party was not in a condition, just
now, to make any radical mistake or any
| innovation, He was, therefore, very much
inclined to vote for Senator Logan's PROPOSE
| ton,
Mr.: Mason, of West Virginia, favored Sen
ator Logan's substitute.
Mr.. Runnels, of Iowa, suggested the un-
fairness and impolicy of giving to Kentucky
| the same power and influence in a national
Republican convention as Michigan or Iowa.
| Kentucky would certainly not elect Repub-
lican presidential electors, while Michigan
and Iowa would probably do so, and would
certainly do so if the will of the majority of
the Republican voters of the country was
carried out. States largely Republican
should have greater influence than Demo
cratic States in determining the candidates
and policy of the Republican party.
| Mr.. Hewlett of Kentucky said ANYTHING
| which had tendency to discourage the Re
publcans of Kentucky and similar States
ought to be avoided.
Mr.. Filley, of Missouri, agreed with Mr.
Washburn. This was not the time to go into
| innovations. Still, the Republicans of Mis-
souri, were entirely willing to give to the Re-
publican States that cast Republican cleo
toral votes an equitable control of the nomi-
nations. The question was how to get at it.
Mr. Valentine, of Nebraska, expressed the
opinion that the Chicago Republican con-
vention had not given to the committee any
authority to change the basis of representa-
ton.
THE AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN.
After some further discussion the amend
ment to Mr.. Logans substitute was with
drawn.
Mr. Frye, of Maine replied to the objec-
tions against large conventions. The sor-
rows of Pennsylvania had come from her
small conventions. Where a great State of
4, 900, 900 OF people nominated its Governors
by conventions of 250 men, there was sure to
be trouble. If Pennsylvania had a convention
of ., 500 men, nobody would own that con-
vention or complain that it was owned
Mr.. Stroback, of Alabama, favored Mr.
Logan's substitute. 1t would not be wise, as
Mr.. Lincoln, said, to "swap horses in cross
ing the stream" If they tried it in this
crisis, they might find the stream which they
were crossing was the Styx.
Mr.. Pierce of Rhode Island, also favored
Logans substitute, He believed that within
the next two years the local troubles which
had operated against the Republicans in the
! late elections would have passed away. If
| Republicans stood right together, they had as
dental election as they had had anytime in
the last eight years.
After further discussion, Mr., Martin, of
! Kansas, offered a resolution that there shall