New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-05
THE NEXT STATE CONTENTION.

The work of the State Committee yesterday
will he satisfactory to Republicans Utica
il a central and convenient point at which
to hold the State Convention. while the date
agreed upon, April %, will allow time
for each district to elect delegates TO Chicago
without interference from the State Convention.
District delegates will have to be chosen III con-
ventions held within tile fifteen days prior to
tbe meeting of the State Convention, and after
twenty days' public notice As there are forty
nine days between the date OF the call ana 'iie
meeting of the State Convention, there can be
no complaint of lack of time III which to do the
work of elccting district delegates.
The committee acted wisely in adopting
resolution providing plan for calling conyen-
tons in the new Congressional districts III
which no basis of agreement now exists. III was
the clearly expressed will of the last National
Convention that its delegates should hereafter
be chosen in districts and not by State COhven-
tons. The difficulty i'll this State grows out OF
tho reappOrtionment OF the Congressional us
tricts which leaves the new districts WITHOUT any
constituted authority to call "A convention OF Tx
the basis of representation. Had the State Com
mittee refused to act in this contingency, 1t
might have beer construed as unlayoraDle 10
the district plan as approved by the National
Convention. Happily there was disposition
shown Yesterday TO do everything necessary to
carry out the will of the National Convention
and to promote the free choice of district dele
gates. The resolution adopted makes the basis
of representaton in district conventions the
same as in the State Convention mat Isl one
delegate To each Assembly district ana one
additional delegate for each l,5OO Republican
votes or fraction greater than 100, cast at the
last Presidential election. The objection
IN this arrangement is that 1t does not provide
for large enough conventions. That of Monroe
Comfy for instance, including the city OF
Rochester. will be composed of fourteen dele
gates. But the way is left open for each district
70 agree upon any other basis OF representation
that it may choose. Some districts, such as
Oneida, have already arranged for larger ana
more representative conventions.
The State Committee avoided the ap-
pearance of any unnecessary interference
with the work of the districts, but by recon-
mending the basis of representation aud desS-
Mating who shall call the conventions, it has
provided the necessary machinery Tor the
choice of the delegates to Chicago. III II 10 De
hoped that every district will act on the sug-
gestion of the committee and leave no dele
gates 10 be chosen at Utica except tue four at
large.
The committee practically decided that 1t
wonld be better to hold another State Convention
later in the canvass for the purpose OF nomi-
mating Presidential electors and two judges OF
the Court of Appeals. The principal reason
governing this decision was that such conveD-
ton serves to arouse interest in the canvass
and is effective for campaign work. There Is no
doubt GOOD deal of truth in that statement
providing the convention acts wisely ana
there is no reason to believe that it will act this
year in any other spirit. But the State Con-
vention at Utica can decide for itself whether OF
not another one shall be held.
The call for the convention has the true ring
about it. Every person is invited to take part IL
the election of delegates who intends to support
the nominees of the Chicago Convention, and
who fayOrs elevating and Identifying American
labor, protecting home Industries, and securing