The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-13
IMPORTANT CHANGES
rhe Committee TO Revise the Ropubiic"i
nnIna Ahlnmrm.

rbe Conmi. tes 20 Revise the republican
Ruies Adjourn.
The committee appointed TO revise the
rnles of the Republican party were in session |
again yesterday morning aud finished thelr
labors. They arc now prepared 70 submit
their work 10 the next county convention
for final action.
The entire committee was not present bnt
the work they performed seemed tomect with
,eral approval by members Of the party.
The desire of the committee TO please an
factions Of the party, irrespective Of individ-
aal opinions, appears to be evident
The most important change, in addition to
what has already appeared in these columns
was the manners which state and national
DELEGATES should be chosen. The new rule
reads as follows:
"Al delegates to State and National con
ventions in the year following the year In
which representative conventions are held'
shall be elected by the delegates who at
tended the several next preceding representa-
tive conventions In the year following The
year in which no representative conventions
are held. the delegates from the several
commemorative districts, who attended the
next preceding county convention, shall elect
and vote provided under rule three The
delegates shall meet in their respective rep
resentauye distri It's, not more than 30 or les
than 10 DAYS previous TO the time fixed iol
the state convention at place selected b,
the chairman, by and with the consent 0
the executive committee"
The adoption of this rule by the committee
is in Difference to the apparent desire Of th'
party to avoid the necessity Of holding tive
conventions and postpone the nomination 0
candidates until after the Democrats ha p,
p placed their ticket in the field. Under th
provisions Of the new rule, if it is final!
approved by the next county convention, tn
delegates will meet shortly before the dat
fixed for the state convention, after all candi
dates for state Offices have been announced
and will therefore be in a position to kno7
, the desires of their constituents as much so a
if new delegates had been elected.
The action of the committee in this re
speet will certainly meet with the approva
Of the voters OF the party one year ago I''
Pottsvillc Republican and a handful Q
chronic kickers were greatly agitated becaus
the state delegates bad been elected yea
r previous to the holding of the stat conven
ton. Now that objection has been remove
by the adoption of the rule referred to above
and that sheet is the first to raise its voic
against the approval Of the rule. Tb
!. Republican tactics are well known and il
-, kicking will have little effect. 1t must kic
# in order to be consistent.
Under the old RUE in reference to part
q representation, the district polling 30 Re
., publican votes for the head Of the ticket wa
r.. entitled 10 one vote in the convention and
district that polled 1l9 votes for the head ,
, the ticket, was entitled to only two vote
>, Under the new rule each district will cast th
whole vote pollcd for the candidate on th
ticket who received the lowest vote in sal
NJ district at the next preceding general ele'
p ton. Therefore the new rule should b
acceptable to every Republican in favor {
n majority rule.