The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-18

Other Foreign and Domestic News,
The Republican Executive Committee.
IT DROPS DORSEY AND DISCUSSES THE SIT.
UATIoN.
WARRINGTON, Jan. II. - The repub-
lican national committee met st Will
mington this morning. All the states,
territories and the district of Colum-
bia were represented. Marshall Jewell
presided, and submitted the resignation of
Dorsey as secretary, which was accepted
John A. Martin, OF Kansas, was then unan.
imously elected secretary. NOn motion of
Senator Logan, the thanks Is the commit.
tee were rendered to Georsx, w. Hooker,
the assistant secretary, for the Shle and ct.
ficient manner In which he discharged the
duties of that office. The chairman ther
called for the report of the special COM
Imittee appointed year ago to present
a plan for the choice of delegate to the
next national republican convention.
William n. Chandler, chairman of the
special committee, said, that at the
Nmeeting last night it had been decided to
ebmit to the committee number OF reso-
Lti0ns, to be voted on seiiatum. They
were printed this morning. He discussed
them al, length. He believed it
better to run the risk of having
!, 400 delegates, than to reduce the number.
Senator Logan moved substitute for all
the new propositions that the basis of rep
sentation shall remain rs 1t has been, but
he subsequently modified the motion, max.
ing II that the basis OF representation shall
be two delegates for each senator, two dele
gates for each representative in corgresstwo
delegates tor each territory and two delegates
for the District of Columbia Enos,. Of
Wisconsin, moved to amend the substitute
by striking out the words two delegates
for each senator" Lacey, of Michigan,
proposed that the body consist of four dele.
gates at large from each state. two from
each congressional district, aud an addi
tlonal district delegate for each congre,
sional district in which the last republican
candidate for president received a plurality
hol the votes cast within the
counties comprising such dis
rict, and also two delegates from each
| territory and from the District of Colum
hla. Washburn, Of Minnesota, thought
| the republican party was not in condition
Just now to make radical mistake or any
innovation. He was therefore much In
clined TO vote for Senator Logan's PROPOSE
4 llon. Mason, of West Virginia, favored
Senator Logans substitute. Runnels, o
Iowa, suggested the uniairness ana impol
icy in giving TO Kentucky the sam,
power and influence in the nationa
republican convention as to Michigan
or Louisiana. Kentucky would certainly
not elect republican presidential elector
while Michigan and Iowa would probably
do so, and would certainly do 50 the viii
of the majority of the republican voters o.
the country was cqrried out. The state
largely republican should have greater In
iluence than democratic states In determin
ing the candidates and policy of the repub
hcan party. Hewlett, of Kentucky, sui,
anything which had tendency to dis
COURAGE the republicans of Kentucky ant
such states ought to be avoided. Filley
OF Missouri, agreed with Washburn
This was not the time to go into innova
tions, still the republicans of NJ issouri wer,
entirely willing to give to republican state
that asst the republican electoral votes al
eo' .able control OF the nominations. Tn,
@ .stlon was, how to get at 1t. Valentine
"a Nebraska expressed the opinion that
charge OF the republican convention hat
not given to the committee any authort,
to change the basis of rep
resentation. After further discus
ware with d,awm Erua W tue suostltul'
IN The obiec,;ons aoains, Lace "v, aonn rtp,ie'
Tba sorrnws n1 p.nms,,,s ~, ~ eoiisgn.lons
from har small convan,ions ' vu,n nau oon,'
of 4 ooo ooo nornIa,;nn , wneaea s.a.
ernor by n copvention ~ Of "S'a.eu 95n men " Eov
was snre IN he tronhlo If panna,,, pm .nei'
had q convention Off 2,500men nobody woul,
own that convention or complain that /
was owned. Strobach, Of Ala
wonld not be wise 40 'f"' f;nonir "a
to swan horses in cross;,a ,n0U,m y s,,n sa'u
thew t,ied II in This crisis E "ssedn i;,,,s n
tbe stream whio,As,.,a ''v, Sor .ney n,gmt nht
"StvxT ri, IL Wy vyh vyho%e %e'q S.osSine 'nt
vored II Hp,spessliovad 'o u;,hsn ,s,nnu also IA
two ' v.ors liz iocal iJ'eu ,ronhia T,Imih we hex
operated against tho rennhi;cow. 'j, w ah. ,h,
late elections would have rassod ava 'I'
republicans stood right tocethsr thay h Nd
As fair chance of oarrving tba nav, yraai' nau
dental election 40 thav hayo 'he IuA. pres.
ltwenty.eight vears ""o' =" 'lo '"s
Amer Girrher discpss,o, Mor,,r ,sr,,
sas' offered n resolution ~ =, aharn u, Ma,, ~
nm addi,onai renrssen,o,ion % 'io'. in ,S suu,, .,
national rrnnblic,n convar,iar ~ '"e mex,
either on ,hr rennhIican 'fu vote sor .;an, Saseu
mr. Tho renuhlican n,sn,hess ~, ~. p'es,uen'
chandler made q srasch IN wn,1t ,yr tSohgress.
he nnes,inn of deioa, dVs'1, a. =" @ mm,en ne saio
neyt nresIJen,;ai a,so,,ar ~ 'uIeess % iii tne
Ybo,hpr ,hn na,,ann oI.vI ocpenus on
convan,ior wo,ia ""s,onai ass" rePuoiican
SHd''',y oIa ro,,on "'"'b horoSa sGhoie under the
nav % or,hot % srs, ou,oIsn system, OF
T'u rhe ,rorh,s , os stto .,te snou,u pc reformed
caIitv ininenne IN ,onp h,e uno uei,iorra,s To-