The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-09
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Meeting Tomorrow at Louisville and the
Business to Be Done.
THE QUESTION OF GUARDIANSHIP.
Mr.. Carter Likely to he Put at the Head
ofthe Com tee-A Permanent Head
quarters May be Established at wash-
ington, Chicago or New York.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May S.-Among the
Repub lean leaders to arrive yesterday
were Manley of Maine, Clarkson of Iowa,
Hobart OF New Jersey, Judge Bartlett OF
New Hampshire, Lispenard Stewart of
New York, Carter of Montana, David
Martin OF PENNSYLVANIA, and a-let Of
others. some less we'll known and some
with greater regulations
Tie national committee meets at
o'clock tomorrow. 1t Is rather unusual
for the committee, the highest organiZa-
ton OF the party machinery to meet at
this IL re, three years before TIE opening
OF the next presidential campaign and
within six mouths after the close Of the
last. The circumstances. however. are
unusual, and the opportunity for. an
early alignment and for opening the bat
tie for the recapture OF the federal gov
ernment from Democratic hands Is too
goot to bs lost. The Republican national
com mittee has not met to quarrel, but,
To use the phrase OF the late Samuel j.
Randall, which he offered as advice to
the warning Democracy OF his day, ITO
get together"
Important Questions.
There are some really important ques-
tions for the committee to decide. The
first relates to organization. This meet
ing has been called by Mr.. Carter, who
was known as the chairman during the
last campaign. But the question-not
personal. bit purely pariiamen ary-
aris 3 "Bv what rignt is Mr.. Carter In
the chairW He Is not n member OF the
national committee, and its rules pre-
scribe that its chairman must be a men-
Der. This technical difficulty might be
swept away IL the Montana member OF
the committee, A. G. Botkin, would re-
sign favor Of Mr.. Carter. But this
Mr.. Botkin has thus far refused To do.
The only certainty in this semi-parlia-
mentary, semi-p 'rsonal puzzle is That il
will lead to no undignided fight. The
whole question will be amicably ar
ranged at conferences to be hciri between
members OF the COMMITTEES tomorrow,
aud the probable outc come will be that
Mr.. Carter, after calliag the cJmmittee
20 order. will resign the chair to Mr.. DE
Young; that resolutions praising Mr..
Carter's conduct Of the last campaign
viii be- adopted, and that Mr.. Carter
will be elected (not re-elected) charm an
OF the committee.
WIZ Not Consider Harrison Again.
1t is accepted as fact that the major
ity OF the national committee would at
this time oppose any Influences looking
to a third nomination OF ex-Presdent
Harrison. No sucn issue as this will be
raised at the meeting of the committee.
But the election o Mr.. Carter or any
other man rs it's chairman, would be ia
ter .lreted as meanin /: tnat the new chair
man MAS free from entanglement with
tie interests, not specially OF General
Harrison, but OF any pcssiole candidate
for nomination before the Republican
national conventioi of 1896.
Representation by Votes.
Another question will be the proposi-
tion to appolut delegates to the Republi-
can national convention upon the Repub-
lican votes actually cast at the last pre-
cediug presidential election, 1000 votes
and fractions thereof greater than one
nnlf, TO be the basis OF representation for
each delegate.
The purpose OF this is, of course, to pre-
veut the next republican presi d ent,
whoever he NAV be, from controlling Lne
convention OF 1900 1t looks far ahead,
and IL WAS inspir. ID, whether justly or
not, by the feeling caused by the resul IL
of the Minneapolis convention. where
Presiden. Harrlson's denomination was
made an Overwhelming certainty by del
egal es from states hopelessly Deuo-
cratic.
The question OF establishing q perma-
nent headquarters at either New York,
Washington or C.iicago will also receive
attention, and probably decisive acti on.