The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-04
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REPUBLICAN, Convention.

New York, 3.-One Of the results of
the two dinners that Forbes, Of Boston,
gave here few day ago, is that sub
stitute for the Chandler Mcpherson
scheme Of representation in the repub-
liean national convention, is quite
likely to be adopted. This is understood
to meet the approval of Chandler, Nc
Pherson, Forbes and Martin, rendering
It's adoption by the national convention
q foregone conclusion, as the gentlemen
named compose all but one of the sub
committee. The Chandler Mop hersen
plan contemplated large increase in the
membership Of the convention. The diff
fculty in the way Of applying the plan,
was the fact thst between the Forty
seventh and Forty-eighth Congress
there was re-apportionment of mem
bers, and therefore it would be hard,
oftentimeg, to decide whether the district
had membership in either ofthe Con.
crosses named. The plan now as pretty
well agreed upon obvistes this difficulty
by ignoring the Forty-seventh Congress,
basing the appointment CT extra dele
gates upon the numbet of repub-
licans in each House of the
Forty-eighth Congress. As elections
last fall was unfsvorabIe to
republicans, this Limitation of the mem
berIhip of the Ehext Congress would not
give distinctly republican states that as
tendency, it is intended to give. To
remedy this it is intended TO allow three
instead of two additional delegates for
each republican senator and representa-
tive. ThisI is going to give republican
states the nomination of the presidential
candidate n fha Hbfaooo L
was very noticeable that the strength of
the old guard lay almost entirely in the
states that could not under sny circum-
| stances contribute one vote in the electo-
rial college to the election Of the csndi.
date. Members of the national commit.
tee have come to realize the fact that even
In republican states success cannot be
counted as certainty. A candidate must
be acceptable to republicans in republi-
can states, or he can't be chosen. In the
Chicago convention, Georgia had ex-
actly as much to say in determining who
should be the republican candidate
for president as Michigan did
In the convention organized as proposed
Michigan would cast 43 votes, as she will
have IN the next congress two republican
senators and FIVE republican representa-
tlves, and Georgia will cast %. HaC
this rule been in force when tie conven
ton was held in Chicago, Blaine would
have been nominated for president in
good deal less then So ballots. TIL
whole thing is summed up in the state
ment that in the opinion of the sub
committee of the national committe
having the matter in charge, tn
tail has wagged the dog lon
enough. The proposed rule is ths
there sh&ll be two delegates st large fo
each senator, and two district delegate
Tor each representative or territorial dele
gate, and three delegates for each reput
licsn senator or representative in Cor
gress existing at the time of th
convention. Delegates at large are t
be elected by 2. state convention, Gale
on not less than fifteen days. publishe
notice, and held not less than tWenty-iy
nor more than forty-fve days before Il
national convention. Virginia wouI
have delegation Of forty if eli of NJ
homes band are counted as regents, an
they will be counted as anything tn
he wants.