Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-18

WASHINGTON, Jan. - Inc hepuOllcdu
national committee met at the Arlington
this morning, all the states, territories, and
District of Columbia represented. Mar
shall Jewell presided. He submitted the
resignation OF Dorsey as secretary. Ac-
copied. John A. Martin was unanimously
elected secretary. On motion of Senator
Logan the thanks of the committee were
unanimously rendered to Geo. W. Hooker,
assistant secretary, for the able and eff
cient manner in which he discharged the
duties of that Office. The chairman called
t)r rep.rt of the special committee ap-
pointed a year ago to present a plan for
the choice Of delegates TO the
next national Republican convention.
William E. Chandler, chairman of the
special committee, stated that at meeting
last night, it was decided that the lumber
of propositions to be voted Oh seratim
were those printed this morning. He dis
cussed the subject at length. He believed
it better to run the risk of having 1,400
delegates than to reduce the number.
Senator Logan moved as substitute for
all new propositions that he basis of rep
resentation shall remain as it has hereto
fore been, but subsequently modified his
motion, making it that the basis of repre-
sentation shall be two delegates for each
senator, two delegates for each representa-
tive 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.. Lacy, of Michigan, proposed that
the body consist of four delegates -at-large
from each state; two from each congress
sional district; one delegate for each con-
gressional district in which the
last Republican candidate for
president received plurality
of votes cast within the counties compos-
ing such district; also two delegates from
each territory and from the District of
Columbia.
Mr.. Washburn,o of Minnesota, thought the
Republican party was not in condition
just now to make any radical mistake or
any radical innovation. He was therefore
very much inclined to vote for Senator Lo-
gan's proposition.
Mr.. Mason, of West Virginia, favored
Senator Logan's substitute.
Mr.. Runnels, of Iowa, suggested the I'M
fairness and impolicy, giving to Kentucky
the same power and influence in the ma
tional Republican convention as to Michi-
gan or Iowa. Kentucky would certainly not
elect Republican presidential electors,
while Michigan or Iowa would probably do
so, would certainly do so if the Will of the
majority of Republican votes of this coun-
tr was carried out. The states largely Re-
pu ican should have greater influence than
De socratic states in determining the can
di&ttes and policy of the Republican
patty.
Mr.. Hawlett, of Kentucky, said any
thing which had tendency to discourage
the Republicans of Kentucky and such
states ought to be avoided.
Mr.. FiIley, of Missouri, agreed with Mr..
Washburn. This was not the time to go
into innovations. Still, the Republicans of
Missouri were entirely willing to give to
Republicans states that cast Republican
electoral votes the control of nominations.
The question was how TO get at at.
Mr.. Valentine, of Nebraska, expressed
the opinion that the Chicago Republican
convention had not given to the COM
mittee any authority to change the basis
of representation: and after some further
discussion the amendments to Logan's
substitute were Withdrawn.
Mr.. Frye, of Maine, replied to the OBJ
jection5 against large conventions. The
sorrows Of Pen sylvania come from her
small conventions, where the great state
of 100000 people nominated its governor
by conventions of 25O men. Surely
there was trouble. If Pennsylvania had
? convention of $500 men, nobody could
own that convention or complain that it
was owned.
Mr.. Strobach, of Alabama, favored the
Logan substitute. It would not be wise,as
Lincoln said, ito swap horses in crossing
stream" If they tried it in this crisis
they might find the stream which they
were crossing to be the Styx.
Mr.. Pierce, of Rhode Island, also favored
the Logan substitute. He believed that
within the next tvo years the great troubles
which had operated against the Republi-
cans in the late elections would have
passed away. IF Republicans stood right
together they had as fair probability of
carrying the next presidential election as
they had during the last eight years.
After further discussion Mr.. Martin, of
Kansas, offered resolution that there
shall be additional representation in the
next national Republican convention based
either on the Republican vote for president
Or on Republican members of congress.
Mr.. Chandler made a speech in which
he said that the question of defeat or sue
cess in the next presidential election de-
pended on whether the national Republi-
can convention would assemble under the
old rotten borough system, CT whether that
system should be reformed. The trouble
of all swing Democratic localities to influ-
ence Republican nominations had LONG
been recognized and been growing.
Mr.. Logan said that his own PROPOSE
ton was reasonable one and did not
think that the propositions for it was
a substitute were reasonable. If this
committee were opposed to the old system
it could say so.
Mr. Hicks, of Florida, protested against
the south being goaded by the deprivation
of its influence in the Republican national