Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-18
PREPARING FOR ga.
Meeting Of the Republican Ma
tiOnal Committee at
Washington.
Tbs Plan Of Representation in
the Cot vention Practi-
DAILY Unchanged.
The Campaign TO be Fought on
Prot oti N and the Rights
IF L Dor.
Tho Republican National Conn
mtttes.

rho Republican National Conn
mtttee.
Special Dispatch to The BBn.
WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE re-.
publican national committee mel at
the Arlington this morning. All thu
states, territories and tn ID stric. Of
Columbia were represented. Msrshall
Jewell presided. He submitted the
~refigna,ion If Dorsey as secretary and
it was accepted. John A M lrtin of
kunsas was unanimously oil. cd sec.
Rotary.
Senator Logan moved as a substi.
tute for all new propositions hat the
basis Of representation shall rem lin as
1t has heretofore been, but subse-
~quently modified his motion, making
1t "That the basis tf represeu'a,ton
shall be two delegates for each pa
tor, two delegates for each representa-
ton In congress-. two delegates for
each territory and two delegates for
the District of Columbia" After
long debate and the rel sction of nu.
merous resolutions, Substitutes and
amendments, Logan's substitute was
agreed upon. TIE original motion was
adopted--yeas %, nays 10. The mat
ter now stands, that the basis of rep
resentstivc be TWO delegates for esch
senator and two for each member Ct
congress, and two delegates for each
territory and for the District of Co
lumbia.
Toe committee then took a recess
till half.past seven.
At the evening session Lodge
{ Mass moved to reconsider the vote
adopting L,gan's substitute. Az he
had not voted with the maj GRITTY his
right to move TO reconsider was not
recognized. The frat six propositions
having been disposed of by the adop.
ton OF the substitute, the seventh was
taken up as follows: "Shall state
delegates be elected at the popular
delegate state convention2" 1t was
DECIDED in the affirmative without de-
bate, and was also made to apply to
territories and the districts of G !um.
bia. The remaining propositions
+ were then amended.
, Valentine (Neb moyed to recon-
nit all propositions toa subcommittee
with instructions to ( ,rmulatea method
and rule. Agreed to.
:, Chandler then off red the following
! resolution which was adopted without
I discussion:
RESOLVED, That the call of the next
, republican national convention shall
I be 30 broad and liberal as to invite
. cooperation (sithout imposing any
= other test of fsaity) Of ali oft 'zsns
I who are In favor of elevating and
. digniiying the American laborer, pro-
teoting and extending home indus
tries, giving free popular education to
the masses of the people; securing free
suffrage and honestcounting Of ballots,
and effeotually protecting all human
n rights In every section OF our common
country, and who are willing to sup
port the nominees of the convention.
A short recess was taken to give
, tho sub .comnittee time to formulate
proposition and rule.
On resssembling this evening,
Chandler IN. Ii }, from the sub-com-
mittee, reported the following:
l The republican national convention
of 1884 shall consist of four delegates
. at large from each state and two dele
gates from the congressional districts.
The delegates at large shall BIO chosen
by popular delegate state convention,
called on not less than twenty days
Published notice, and held not Less
than thirty nor more than sixty days
; before the the time for the meeting Of
the national convention. Republicans
of the various congressional districts
Il shall have the option of electing their
delegates at separate popular delegate
conventions, called on similar notice,
and held in districts at any time within
fifteen days next prior to the meeting
Q of state conventions, or by sub divis'
ions Of state conventions into distrio'
conventions. Such delegates shall b,
q chosen by the latter method, if mo-
elected previous to the meeting q
n state conventions. All district dele
q gates shall be accredited by the { tficer
of such district conventions. Tw,
o delegates shall be allowed from eacl
t 'rritory and from the District o
Columbia, similarly chosen. Notices
Q Of contests may be given to the ma
tional committee, scoompanie,
Q by full printed statements q
q the grounds OF contest, which shal
d also DO made public; and preference
n in order Of hearing and determinin,
q contests shall be given by the conven
ton, according to the dates of recep
ton Of such notices and statement
@ by the national committee. The re
It port was adopted without further die
cussion.
y Ga motion of Mr. Martin Kan i
8 WIS ordered that the meeting of tn
d committee, at which the time ant
place for holdir the next Republican
national convention are to bs fixed
3. DO set for on the % n of D,cembe
J. next at Washington.