Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-04-11
MAY BE 9l8 OF THEM
WHAT REPUBLICAN, MANAGERS MUST
 FIGURE ON AT ST. LOUIS.

Secretary Joseph Manley of the Na'iohs''
 Committee Corrects Some Misstatements
 as to the size of the ooaveation-Utaf
 to Have a state Delegation.
 One of the curious things about the campaign for delegates to the Republic. an national convention is the amount of transformation which is floating around the country i'll regard to the representa- tion at St. Louis, the total number or votes and the number necessary to choice. Representatives of the different candidates have given out tables which arc misleading, and the newspapers havo differed widely in this regard. To settle tho matter tho secretary of the Republican national committee, Joseph Manley, was asked for the facts based on the proceedings of the committee anu the official call
 "This call provides, he said, that each congressional district shall have two delegates, elected in tho usuual man. ner. In addition to these each state IS entitled to four delegates at large Ill It's own right and two additional delegates for each congressman at large, if any In other words, the states will be repre' sented in the convention by twice as many delegates as they have senators and representatives. There arc now 90 senators and 367 representatives, or 8 total Of 417, in congress, so tho states will haye twice that number, or 694 delegates h addition to these the call provides absolutely for the election Of two delegates each from the territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklaho- ma, the District of Columbia and the unorganizod Indian Territory and Alas ka. This is a total of 12, which makes the convention consist absolutely of see delegates.
 When the call was issued, Utah was still territory and entitled to only two delegates but since then it has become state, and it may sond six delegates to St. Louis, and they are so included i'll the figures given. When the roll is mado up by the national committee, therefore, the convention should contain 906 dele ] gates, of which 4a4 would be necessary to q choice. The national committee, however, recommended to the people of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma that they should elect four additional delegates, making the total for each ter ritory six, the same as the smallest state, instead of two as designated in the call They were given tho full six votes at Minneapolis, and probably there will be no. objection to doing so again. There is no provision for extra delegates from the District of Colum- bia, Indian Territory and Alaska, which must remain content with two, as they have not even a territorial form of gov ernment.
 If tho additional delegates from the tllroe organized territories are admitted, as will probably bo the case, the full convention will consist of 018 delegates, of whom 4G0 will be necessary to the choice of q candidate. To sum up, tbere- fore, I will say that the convention, when it meets, will have authority un- 1 der the call to swell it's number at once to SIS, and this will probably be done at once, although tho convention must decide for itself as the national com mittee has no furthor authority ill the matter.
 Among some of the Republican lead CTS a strong movement la on foot to cut off Alaska and Indian Territory from representation in future conventions. It is represented that they have but small fraction of voters and should not be al- lowed to possess the political influence they now wield. Alaska is il great tract of barron country, for the most part de- void of population, and is not yet even deemed worthy of being organized into a territory. It's chances for statehood are remote, to say the least Yot Alaska has q member of the national committee, and ill all party questions it has as much of voice as Illinois or New York
 There will be sentiment cropping | ont ill the convention to deprive Alaska and Indian territory of representation on the national committee, possibly leaving theln their delegates in the con venti0n, who are too few to amount to much, but whose strength is wonderful ly compounded when transferred to the committee. There is similar opposition in the caso of the District of Columbia, though it is not so strong Tho Repub- licans of the District never have an cleo tion of any kind except to elect two del egates to the national convention, and one of those two goes on the national committee
 Though representing not q single vote at the election, Colonel Perry Carson, tho giant eolored man who now repre- sents the district and who probably will again, has just as big a voto in tho com mittee as Glarkson or Manley or ex. Governor Fifer. The representatives of tho big states have long chafed over this state of affairs, and there is a formida- ble movement going on to limit the na- tional committee, which is responsible for tho conduct of the campaign. to states only, as they do the voting, leav- ing the territories to have their say only in the convention. Chicago Tribune.
 Billy Isrady's Offer to Frank sIavin.
 The Australian yesterday received a long letter from Manager William A. Brady, inviting him to come out to the States and assuring him of tidy bagful of dollars, as the principal cities are inst now awaiting the advent of a man With Glavi11Ie Yo,,,o var,,+oAs~-.