Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-09

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divided the chairman shall announce tho
number OF votes cast for any candidate or for
or against any proposition, but IL exception is
taken by any delegate TO the correctness OF
such announcement by the chairman OF his
delegation, .he president OF the convention
shall order the roll of members of such delega-
tion To be called an the result shall be re-
corded In accordance with the votes individu-
ally given.
Rule i0-No member shall speak more than
once upon the same question. nor longer than
five minutes unless by leave Of the convention,
except In the presentation OF the names OF the
candidates.
Rule ll-A Republican national committee
shall be appointed. to consist of one member
from each state, territory and the District Of
Columbia. The roll shall be called and the
delegation from each state and territory and
the District or Columbia shall name. through
it's ~hairman,a person who shall act as MEM
Der of such committee. Such committee shall
issu. the call at meeting Of the national con-
veniion six months at least before the time
fixed for said meeting, and each congressional
district In the United States shall
elect its delegates TO the national convention
Ia the same way the nomination for
member Of congress Is made In said district
and in territories; the delegates to the convsn-
tion shall be elected In the same way rs NOM
ination of delegate to congress Is made, and
such committee shall prescribe the mode for
selecting the delegate for the District Of CO.
lumbia. An alternate delegate for each dele
gate to the national convention, to act In case
sf the absence Of delegates, shall be elected In
the same manner and at the same time that
the delegate Is elected. Delegates-at-large
from each state and their alternates shall be
elected by state conventions In their respec-
tive states.
Rule l2-The Republican national committee
is authorized 10 select an executive committee,
10 consist OF nine members, who may OF may
L.. .l.x-. I. -
Rule l3-All resolutions relating to the
platform shall be referred to the committee
on resolutions without debate.
Rule N.-No persons, except members Of the
several delegations and officers Of the conven-
tion. shall be admitted TO the section of the
hall apportioned to the delegates.
Rule l5-The convention shall proceed In the
following business: ID Report Of the commit
tee on credentials. C2) Report Of the commit
tee on resolutions. CD Naming Of members Of
the national committee. W Presentation Of
candidates for president. (5) Balloting. C0
e. Balloting.
The Balance OF Power.
The nomination of a candidate for the
presidency Of the United States by the
Republican convention may turn upon
the action OF the committee on creden-
tials. There are about sixty votes in
volved In the contests pending before
that committee. In the Louisiana dele
CATION the contest involves twelve Of the
sixteen delegates; in Alabama fourteen del
egates are involved, out of total of twenty
two. In the states Of Mississippi and
Texas there are also contests, In the for
mer six delegates being involved, and In
the latter nearly the entire delegation.
The political significance of the Texas
contest, however, will hardly have any
special bearing on the result. as the de-
cision not to recognize the white mans
Republican party eliminates them from
consideration in this connection. In
Maryland there are two delegates, In Ken
tucky two, I'm North Carolina five, and In
South Carolina the whole delegation Of
eighteen. In Georgia two delegates are
at issue, and in Utah two delegates. In
the latter case there Is no doubt but the
Blaine men will be seated. their claim be-
ing conceded by all and sustained by pre-
vious action Of the national committee.
Careful Analysis
Of the expressed preference Of delepat
with classiflcati on of the uncommitted
delegates, shows that the two leading
candidates are each still from twenty-five
to fifty votes short of the presidential
nomination. The balance of power, IL n
ballot had been taken yesterday, would
have rested with General Alger. All the
ardor and enthusiasm and irresistible
conviction OF success which the rank and
file Of both forces displayed yesterday are
significantly absent. The average Repub-
lican has been deeply disappointed Mt the
leisurely manner I'm which the leading
spirits Of the convention have postponed
the essential business Each faction has
suddenly realized that the citadel Of the
opposition Is not to be carried by assault
and each now awaits the result of the
ballot.
The diplomatic triumph OF the Blaine
element In securing control OF the organ
ization Of the convention and Of the COM
mittees which are to play such an impor-
tant part in its labors Is the sensation of
the day. 1t has forced itself upon every
man that there Is q deep motive In this.
and that the plans Of the Blaine leaders
have been cautiously laid. The commit
tee on credentials, which Is a Blaine com
mittee, is proceeding slowly. or the con-
tests so far disposed OF by this committee
the Blaine delegates have been seated In
every instance.
The Harrison leaders are very much irri-
tated over the Blaine policy Of delay and
appear determined to force the ballot as
the committee on credentials makes its
partial report the Harrison people will
move to adjourn for an hour or two with
instructions TO the committee to wind up
its business and report to the convention
at that time This will be contested by
the Blaine delegates and may afford the
opportunity for the first direct test of
strength be tween the two factions In the
convention. Under the rules adopted the
presentation Of candidates cannot be made
until after the reports Of the credentials
and platform committees are disposed OF.
IL the credentials committee Is ordered to
report, Chairman Foraker and his Blaine
colleagues OF the committee on resolutions
will still have IL within their power
further to procrastinate ballotting by de-
laying the report OF the committee on
resolutions.
Harri son Leads In Massachusctts.
Among the various rumors cur was
one to the effect that Massachusetts pro-
posed TO east it's solid vote for ex-Speaker
Reed Of Maine and had 20 decided at a
meeting. The basis for the story was the