Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-01-20
CONGRESS NOMINATIONS.
A New Plan Finally Agreed up
on for Making Them in this
25lh District.

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ties. convened in New Castle on Tues
day last aud adopted new method
OF making nominations for Congress
Tue plan settled upon comes the
nearest the popular uote of any that
could be devised, and 10 that respect
must meet with general favor.
Each county is to have Is delegates
in the district nominating convention.
This will make district Convention
composed of 60.
These delegates are to be elected
by the Republican voters. but from
sub districts of Is, into which each
County is to be divided. The differ
ent County Committees are to district
each county into these Is sub dis
tricts. A Congressional delegate is
to be elected in each and get his cre-
dentials from the sub district.
When electiDg these delegates the
voters can express at the same time
by their ballots, their choice among
Candidates for Congress, and the
candidate having the highest vol. .eshall
first receive the vote Of that delegate
in the district convention.
All the above has to be ratified by
the different County Committees, but
as the plan was unanimously adopted
we presume this will speedily be
done.
The following is the account of the
proceedings as we find them in the
Pittsburg Dispatch of Wednesday.
HOW THE REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE
NOMINATIONS UNDER A NEW
SYSTEM.
The second session of delegates rep
resenting Beaver, Mercer, Butler and
Lawrence counties-the new Twenty
fifth Congressional district--convened
Ut New Castle on Jan II. Mr.. j.
E. Mansfield, of Beaver, presided,
The object of the assembly was to
DEVISE an improved way of making
Republican nominations. There was
not an absentee After adopting a
resolution to the effect that each coun-
ty should be represented in a conven-
tion by Is delegates, the following
was introduced and passed:
Resolved, That each county of this
Congressional district be divided into
sub districts, equal in number to the
number OF delegates to be elected from
that county to the district conven ton;
that each delegate to the convention
oe resident of the sub district which
be is to represent in the conventions;
that each delegate he elected by the
votes of the Republicans in this dis
trict at the regular primary meeting
Of the Republican party, and that the
delegate elected from any district be
allowed, in case he cannot attend, to
name as substitute Republican in
the same district to represent him; but
no voting shall be done by proxy and
the substitute must have credentials
Of his principal; that at the same
time the Republican of said district
shall indicate their choice of Con
gressional candidates by vote, or 9TH
er wise, according to the method in
use in the county of which said dis
trict is part; that the delegates from
the respective districts shall vote in
the district convention for the cardl-
dato who receives the greatest vote
10 the sub district, 80 long as rules
hereafter to be adopted will permit.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Phillips, the
plan of districtng the counties was
left to the County Committees, and it
was decided also that the majority of
delegates voting at the convention
should elect the nominee. The first
will be held in New Cas-
tie the second Tuesday after last
county of the district has elected del
egates to the Congressional Conven-
tion. and each convention will have
power to appoint the place for holding
the following convention.
THE NEW TWENTY FIFTH
NEW CASTLE, PA Jan 17.-Re
publican delegates from Beaver, But
Ter. Mercer and Lawrence counties
met here this afternoon to arrange
plan for making nominations for Con-
gress. At the meeting last week it
was decide d to make nominations by
q convention composed of twenty del.
egates from each county. This was
changed to-day by making the mum.
ber fifteen from each county
1t was agreed that each county be
divided into districts equal in number
to the number of delegates to be elect
ed. Each delegates is to be elected
by the votes of Republicans in his
district at the regular primary meet.
ings. At the same time the Repub
leans of the districts shall indicate
their choice Of Congressional candi-
dates. and the delegates shall then
vote in the district convention on the
candidate who received the greatest
vote in the sub district.
The matter of dividing the counties
was left to the Committees. The
first convention will be held in New
Castle on the second Tuesday after
the last county in the district has
held its primaries.
The following is the account given
of the proceedings by the New Castle
Ne,cs of Wednesday last:
THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.
The delegates to the conference to
complete the plan for nominating Con
gressmen for this district, met at
Bower Hall T1esdav afternoon
P. A. Lowry, of Butler, moved to
make the number of delegates from
each county 10 instead of 90 Mr..
Sword moved to amend by making it
Is. Mr.. Sword withdrew this amend.
ment.
Mr.. Spearman said if the equal
number plan was to be adopted, he
was in favor of larger number than
10 delegates
MIR. Dillon, of Beaver, said he favor
ed the 10 motion.
Those who favored changing to ten