The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-06

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WARRINGTON, Jan. S.-One Tesule
of two djnnen Forbes, o( Bo:eoo.
nave here . few days ego = sobstt-
tute foe TIE ChandDeF-0c PlDes1o0
seheme of Tepreoentatjo0 IN TIE Re.
puhlIcau national conventio0s, which
y quite likely 70 b adopted. It =
understood 70 meet the approval q
Chandlee, McPhsDoo, F6e6es Ard
Martin, and that reodeD i(s adOl.
ton By The national committee a.
most = foCego0e cooc30sjou, q the
eentIemen named oo0p0oo oil bot
one of The sub com3itteo. The.
Chandler-A cPhesDon plan coutem-' 4
mated . large increase in the mem
bessbip 0f tie convsnti0n. The diff
nculty In the way of applying the
pDan was the fact that between the
fosty-seventh and forty eighth con-
gresoes there was The reoppoettoo@
nsent Of memben, and therefore u
would be hard oltentimes to decide
whether tho diserict had . membof
In either Of The two CoagTssDe
named. The plan nov p.sety ~
agTeed On 0Ovia4eD this dte1coley ~
ienosing The Sostyseventh CooeFsos,
and haG3ng the appo1ntment a e1tt1
Delegates upon the number o. re
pobjjeans III each house of The loryS
eighth CoaGgoaa A. Tie e3ecttooqO
lsSt lhll wero unihvoeable 70 The Rev
pabllcans, this intimAtloa of add1-
tional de1exates 70 meanbagship -
the next CongTeso Wo06 MT give the,
diafinoflv Repubojool 9tateD thool
aseendancy it b jntendod to give
TO renedy this Il = proposed toa!lo1
three Instead of two additional deae;-
9ates lor eoch Republican Senator %
Topeeeentative. This b going 70 Giv4
Repobllcan states The nomiUatl0o q
the presidential candidate. In the
Chicar" convention It va very
lsUam. -s,.i.. tie strength Of the ''oso
guard" lay alnDoot entirely II
6tates that could not under any
any circumstances contribute one
vote In the electoral college to the
election cf the candidate. The
members Of the national committee
have come 70 realise the fact that
even in Republican State. success
cannot b counledas certainty. Ths
candidate must b aecepteb)e - Re.
publicans IN Republican States Or b.
cannot 30 chosen. In The Chlcage
convention Georgia bad exacNy =
much to say In determining who
should b Republican oanatdaee -
President - Michigan did. In the
conventjon organised - propoced
Nichigan would casE 43 votes - ohe
Win have In next ConGTsgs two Re-
publican SENATOR, and 5 Repeeoento.
tiveD, and Georgia will cast = Had
thie rule been il force when the con-
vention Wa held In Chicago Blatoe
would have been nominated Preot-
dent In . god deal len than thilty'
six ballots. The whole thing y SUM
med up in the statement that,
in the opinion Of the sub c0snmitts
Of the national committee having the
matter In charge. the tail has waegeda
the dog long enough. The proposed
rule h that there shall be two dele.
gates at large for each Senator, and
two district deleGates for each repre-:
sentative or Temporary delegate and
three delexafes Tor each Republican
Senator or Representative 10 Con-
greas existing 1t the time Of the CON
venlion. Delegates It large are to b:
e3ecteal by the State convention called
ON not lem than fifteen days pub
| lislbe,l notice and held not less THAI
TWENTY-FIVE nOr more than fosty.6vt
DAYS Ge(ore the National convention
This last pFovision h aimed q pre-
mature campaigns like those IN Penn
sylvsnia and New York 10 lSoo w,'er'