New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
SENATOR MILLER'S PLAN.
REPRESENTATION in CONVENTIONS.
MEETING OF THE SPECIAL CoMMrrrEE-NEED OF
CHANCE APPARENT.


CHANGE APPARENT.
Five members of tho Committee OF Seven
appointed at the last Republican State Convention to re-
port on In future conventions met at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday afternoon on call OF inc
chairman Senator Warner Miller. They were senator
Miller, George Bliss, General n NJ Curtis, silas b.
butcher and Carroll T.. Smith. Theodore Roosevelt Is
absent in the West and William e. STREET. was detained
by ilness Senator Miller presented for consideration
some details of his plan providing for convention In
which each town and ward shall be entitled to one dele
gate for the first 500 Republican votes andy an addi
tona delegate each additional 500 Republican votes
or fraction above in the ward or town at the last
preceding Presidential election.
The meeting was not open to reporters, but It was
stated that In the general OF this plan the ne
cessity of some change from the present system was
unanimously expressed. Inequalities In the plan were
pointed by General Curtis aid Mr. Bliss the latter
claiming that to give each town and ward irrespective
Of It's votes delegate would give an advantage To the
country the city, there were large numbers OF
country towns where the vote falls below 300. The
following resolutions the result of the conference
were nanmousy adopted:
Res0ired, That recommend the state Central Com
mlttee IN its call for the state Convention 10 eau upon
the Assembly Districts 70 send one delegate for every
500 Republican votes cast In the last Presidential cleo
tlon. and an additional delegate lOr eaG lacOn anope
Pes'ired That we recommend further that all primaries
Ia tho state be held the same day The
day shall be fixed by the State Committee ana notice oi
the sape given at the tine the State Convention IL
called All future conventions shall be called on not less
than thirty days notice by the State Committee ana the
primaries caucuses snail Ie caleu on hot ieSs IMAM
tw enty days notice
R,soped That ths committee for future meet
ing the question OF recommending permanent plan Tor
the election Of delegates.
Resoped That tue chairman he requested to prepare
mod HcatOn his plan by which two more towns or
wards having less than 500 Republican votes should be
united in sending one delegate
Senator Miller said to q TRIBUNE reporter after the
meeting was over: Under the present system each AS
semby dis net ene to delegate and one Tor each
800 votes cast BY the resolution adopted, II 1t forms
the basis OF the call for this year. there Will be no votes
accorded arbitrarily, but the 500vOe basis will prevail
throughout. This Will give test 10 the practcaDliy
OF "a large convention Under plan there wOul DE
I5OO delegates There 562OUO kepuDllcan votes IN
which will make convention OF LOU on the
The basis OF 800 votes would eliminate
entirely objection raised TO the plan presented but
would make a convention OF 2,OOC instead OF l,oOO
instructed % prepare plan In when all delegates
shall be elected by wards and towns ~ proposed ny me-
on the 500 to delegate but In such way
that wherever 1t chat town or ward has less
than the unit OF 800 votes shall be connected VIII
some other similar ward in the same county.
This would prevent the inequality complained OF, ana
OF about 200 or l,3OO delegates.
shall prepare plan aud call the committee together
he day before the state Convention To consider It, Our
action was unanimous Colonel Bliss stated tat ne ha
been inclined oppose the plan but on talking Win
Maine and Massachusetts had come to believe IL was
a good thing" ~. ,-,--..-
The following tables show the number OF delegates
each county city aud Assembly, Dstrict would be en-
titled O under an appOrtiDnment basis OF one repre-
sentative 300 Republican votes, and also OF OASIS
Of 400 an OF 500 votes: