Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-18
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. A PLAN ADOPTED To Make Up The Next
 Convention. NO CHANGE IN REPRESENTATION. A Broad and Liberal
 Call Proposed. SENATOR H0AR HOLDS HIS OWN. A Favorable Prospect ofhis
 Election.
SENATOR HOAR HOLDS HIS OWN.
A Favorable Prospect of his
 q Election.
THE NATIONAL oAPIrAL,

and Liberal Call for the Next CouveD-
 tion.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The National Re-
 publican committee met to day in secret ses-
 sion at the Arlington Hotel to discuss the
 question of representation at the coming Re-
 publican convention. The resignation of
 ex-Senator Dorsey was laid before the com-
 mlttee and accepted and Mir. John A. Martin
 of Kansas, was elected Co act as secretary in
 ms stead. Secretary Chandler, chairman of
 the. subcommittee to whom had been re-
 ferred the several plans proposed, reported
 that the subcommittee decided not to reports
 in favor of any particular plan of represen-
 tation, but submitted various propositions
 which they had agreed last night to present
 to the full committee today. Mr. Chandler
 In discussing these propositions said he be-
 heved 1t better to run the risk of having
 convention of 1,40O delegates than to reduce
 the number. The trouble was not in the
 number of delegates, but in the thousands
 with which delegates had been surrounded in 1 all the national conventions from 1860 to
 1s8o- He favored the idea of making the
 Forty Congress the basis of repre- ! sentation and of having the district delegates
 chosen at conventions within each district, if
 not they should be chosen by subdivisions of l State conventions.
 Senator Logan moved as 8 substitute for 1 all the new propositions that the basis of representation shall remain as it has hereto l fore been. The plan, he said was based on | the theory that the people are represented, | the theory on which Presidents were elected ] except that the Territories were included There was no principle in the idea of having delegates chosen in proportion to the num- Der of Republicans in a district Mr. Lo- I gan temporarily withdrew his substitute to allow the other plans to be discussed more fully. It was finally reintroduced by MT, John 0. New and adopted. It is as follows I The Republican National convention of 1884 shall consist of four delegates at large from each State and two delegates from each Con- gressionsl district. The delegates at large shall be chosen by popular delegates at a State convention called in not less than tYen- ty days after published notice and held not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days before the time of the meet. ing of the National convention. The Re- publicans of the Congressional districts shall have the option of electing their delegates at separate popular delegate conventions called on similar notice and held in the district at any tune within the fifteen days next prior to the meeting of the State convention or by
 
 district conventions, and each delegate chosen by the latter method if not elected previous to the meeting of the State conven- tlon all district delegates to be accepted by ! the officers of each district convention Two delegates shall be allowed from each terri tory and from the District of Columbia, sim- 1iariy chosen. Notices of. contests may be l given to the Nati mmittee accompanied by full printed its of the grounds of | contest which be made public, and ! preference Tn G4 gr of hearing and de- l termlnlng contests shall be given by the con- vention according to the dates of Ethe recep- tion by the committee
 MT. Chandler offered the following which was adopted: Resolved, That the cali for the | next Republican National convention shall be ! so broad and liberal as to invite cooperation w1thort imposing any other test of fealty of ! all citizens who are in favor of elevating and l dignifying American labor and protecting and | extending home industries, giving free popu. lar education to the masses of the people. SC. | curing free suffrage and an honest counting l of the ballots and effectually protecting all l human rights in every section of our common ! country, and who are willing to support the 1 nominees of the convention. The committee l adjourned to meet in Washington on the 18th | of December next. The New London Pcstomce-A Statement |
 by Assistant Postmaster General Hat
 ton-Matters of General Interest.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Frank Hatton, as- sistant Postmaster General, makes the fol- lowing statement as to the case of Postmas- ter Tubbs, of Connecticut, which is attract ing attention: MT. William NJ. Tubbs was appointed postmaster at New London on the 18th of December, 1878, by F. B. Hayes The charges made against Tubbs, who vas then assistant postmaster, were filed with the department, and after thorough investiga tion he was appointed by President Hayes and confirmed by the Senate. His commits sion expired on December 20, 1882. He was recommended for reappointment by John T. Wait, member of Congress. Marshall Jewell, ! ex Postmaster General and chairman of the Republican National committee, strongly recommended the resppointment of Tubbs, as did Augustus Brandegee and leading busi- ness men of New London. Joseph R. Hay ley, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ci vii Service Reform, is said to favor the ap- pointment' The board of supervising steamboat in spectors met in annual session to-day. The upervisingsinspectors of the Second, Third, { Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth districts were present Inspector John Feh- { renbatch was elected secretary, vice Carr re- signed, and headquarters were established at { Cincinnati. A number of communications sugg gesting life saving appliances for steam boats were read and referred and the session adjourned until tomorrow.
 The bill introduced in the Senate bv MT. ] Edmunds this morning to provide for the appointment of commission to investigate the subject of railroad transportation is S about the same in it's essentials as the one introduced last week by Mr. Ingalls, The Ingalls, bill composes the commission of f oiv Tho r5a h; L., that of the seven civilians composing the , commission, three shall be experts in matters 1f railroad transportation and that their re- c ports shall be printed for distribution. 6
 John T. Oliver, of Pittsburg, 8 member of he Tariff commission, was before the Senate g committee to-day and answered questions by the committee on the sub- ? ect of the tariff and the report of the com | mission.
 The national board of trade, representing he principal commercial organizations of ' he large cities, met here today. Hon. [ fred FraIey, of Philadelphia, was reelected d president. A committee of five was ap- |, pointed to secure the speedy passage of t he Lowell bankruptcy bill and another com :, nittee to consider the subject Of postal tele- U 'raph. The board adopted a resolution avoring the appointment of an important :. commission to supervise all inter -state rail T oad traffic. The shipping interests will be considered at to-morrow's session
 The Committee of the House after consul ation with the Mississippi river commission as decided to postpone action in the prepa- ation of the river and harbor bill upon mat CTS relating to the Mississippi until the spe. ial committee on improvements of the Mis- issippi submits it's report, which will proba. al ly be sometime early in February h, Among the nominations sent to the Senate o-day was that of Joseph R. Clark for post " 1aster at Milford, Conn. al Secretary Teller has instructed Indian st gent Tufts to investigate the matter of n; recting and tearing down fences in the Cher e kee country west of the Arkansaw river, In- a aso ian Territory, and report the result to him. 70 2 the meantime the order deciding that " " snces be removed is suspended. It The House Appropriations committee was work upon the sundry civil and the lepis tive, executive and judicial bills to-day.
 The comptroller Of currency has complet- 5. l the abstract showing the condition of the al ational banks of the city of New York at SC le close of business December 30, 1882. The DE ,port shows an excess of reserve of S2 .944.- br L5, the proportion of reserve to deposits be- de g 26. l per cent. Since the report of October ge