Evening journal., 1900-06-02
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS WORK

In the Cosmopolitan for June Sen
ator John M. Thurston OF Nebraska
has a timely article on how president.
are made. AS there will be rival dele
cations from Delaware seeking seats in
the Philadelphia National Convention
there are certain parts OF his article
which are OF particular interest tC
Delawareans. Usually the convention
hall is arranged to seat $4,000 people
There are about 900 delegates and 900
alternates. Representatives OF the
press have adequate space reserved fol
them. In addition TO his own offlcia
ticket, each delegate is allowed two ol
three tickets for members Of his family
or for personal or political friends
Each member OF the National Commit.
tee receives twenty-five tickets. In ad.
ditIon an apportionment OF tickets 4.
made for distinguished guests from the
various states. All the tickets left are
given to the local committee for distri-
button among contributors to the con.
vention fund.-.
The membership OF the convention is
double the membership OF Congress
each state being entitled to two dele
gates for every senator and representa-.
tive. The territories have two dele
gates for every delegate In Congress.
Before the National Convention
meets the National Committee prepares
a roll OF delegates entitled TO partici-
pate in the preliminary organization OF
the convention, names a temporary
chairman and a list Of temporary offi-
GERS. In the matter Of the temporary
Craftsmanship. however, the convention
may override the selection OF the com
mitteee
After the convention has been open.
ed with prayer call of the states /.
made for the purpose OF naming mem.
bers OF the Committees on Credentials
Permanent Organization, Rules and
Order Of Business and Platform. Each
state and territory Is represented by
one man on each committeee.
To give the Committee on Creden'
tials opportunity to hear and pass upor
contested cases. the convention usual,
adjourns until next day, when the re
port OF the Committee on Credentials Il
first in order. In the last five Republl
can conventions the committee was no
ready to report at the reconvening o
the convention, and the work proceed
ed with the report OF the Committee OF
Permanent Organization and the cleo
tion OF permanent officers. Then tn
rules and parliamentary procedure o
the House of Representatives ar
adopted, as far as applicable to tn
proceedings of the convention.
Ordinarily the report Of the Commit
tee ON Credentials leads to a contest
In 1896, at St Louis. the seats OF l6
delegates were contested Night an
day for a week before the convention
the National Committee worked, hear
ing and determining these cases. Onl
one, that of Delaware, was taken int
the convention. Everybody but Ad
dicks was content to abide by the de
cision OF the National Committed
However he received his rebuke, fo
the National Convention sustained tn
decision of the National Committe
and repudiated his Republican prefer
sions.
After the report OF the CommittC
on Credentials has been adopted, there
by determining the permanent men
bership of the convention. the rul'
and order of business are adopted an
proposed plan1s OF the platform are o
fered and referred, no debate beir
permitted. This is followed by a periC
OF delay, after which the report Of q
Committee on Platform is adopted al
the candidates for president and vic
president are nominated. The roll
states is called and the chairman
each state delegation arises and a
nounces the vote OF that particul
delegation. After the selections ha
been made. the result is announced,
Notification Committee is appoint
and the convention adjourns.
This is the order Of procedure.
doubt the Addicksites will repeat u
year their tactics Of 1896. The Natiu
al Committee will decide against tn
pretensions. They will carry the CO
test to the convention. and the CO
mittee on Credentials and the conv'
tion itself will agree with the Natioi
Committee in its decision that AddiS
and his leaders have no right to
designation Of Republicans, and Il
the Republican delegates, whose nan
already appear on the roll prepared
the National Committee, and who '
participate in the preliminary work