The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-21

trict in the United States shall elect its delegates
| to the National Convention in the samc way as
the nomination OF candidate for Congress is
made IN such district. and in such Territories
the delegates to the Convention shall be elected
| IN the same way a nomination OF a delegate
| to Congress is made. and said National Committee
shall prescribe the mode of selecting the delegates
| for the District of Columbia
An alternate delegate for each delegate to the
National Convention, to act in case OF the absence
| OF delegate. shall be elected in the same man
ner and at the same time as a delegate is elected.
Delegates large for each State and their alter
| mates shall be elected by State conventions in
their respective States.
Ex-senator Quay started to read an
amendment to those two rules which de-
clares that leach State shall have four
delegates-at-large and one delegate for
each 10000 Republican votes or majority
| fraction thereof cast for the las. Presi-
Dental electors preceding the National
Convention and also that the Territories
and District Of Columbia are to have six
delegates each
Senator Platt of New York rose 20 sec
ond Mr.. Quay's amendment, but he was
compelled to sit down because OF the great
| cheers which again ascended for Quay.
Voices roared Platform, platform. plat
form" and when he could get worI In
edgewise Senator Foraker Of Ohio who
sat just behind the Pennsylvania dcIega-
| tior, shouted: Quay, take the platform:
get up there"
Did Not Look mt Hanna.
Mr.. Quay started for the platform and
nodded to Permanent Chairman Lodge.
Senator Hanna was almost beside Senator
Lodge, but Mr.. Quay did not look at him.
When order was restored Mr.. Quay said
that it was not his intention to have the
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for the reason that he believed the sub
ject was SO vital to the interests OF the
Republican party in the nation that it
should go over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Quay then read from a printed table
Of statistics, showing the Republican vote
in the various States. their representations
in national conventions, and the present
system, what their representation would
be under his proposed amendment, and
finally, the States which would be the
gamers and losers by the amendments.
The number of delegates in Republican
National Convention under the present
system Is S94. With Mr.. Quay's demand
for four delegates-at-large for each State.
the same number Of delegates, 1894, would
still be returned in Republican National
Convention.
The change IN the basis Of representa-
tion suggested by Mr.. Quay would mean a
shifting of 106 delegates from Southern to
Northern States the latter at the Presi-
dentisl election casting 70 per cent Of the
Republican vote. Nineteen States would
gain this representation while eighteen
States would suffer loss. The number Of
delegates gained by each State under the
plan proposed by Quay Is: California 1;
Connecticut. 8: Illinois. II: Indiana, 6;
Iowa, Z; Maryland, 2; Massachusetts,. 2;
Michigan, 5: Minnesota. 5; New Hamp-
shire, 2; New Jersey, 6; New York, Ia:
North Dakota. 1; Ohio, II; Oregon. 1;
Pennsylvania. 13; Vermont. 1; West Vir-
ginia, 2; Wisconsin, Z
The States which would lose delegates
are: Alabama. 13; Arkansas, 8; Colorado.
1; Florida, 8; Georgia. 16; Idaho, /; LOU
isiana, 10; Mississippi, 13; Montana. 1;
Nebraska. 2; Nevada, /; North Carolina.
2; South Carolina, 13; Tennessee, 8; Texas.
8; Utah. 4; Virginia, s; Wyoming. 1. |
The States Of Delaware, Kansas. Ken
lucky, Maine, Missouri. Rhode Island. |
South Dakota. and Washington would not
be affected by the proposed changes.
Other Suggestions Made.
Henry E. Tiepke, the Commissioner Of
Industrial Statistics of Rhode Island, who
held the proxy Of General Brayton. the
national committeeman Of Rhode Island
at the meeting of the National Committee
which considered this question in differ
ent phase the other day, is delegate.
He was urgently backing Quay today in
the Convention upon this Southern repre-
sentation proposition.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Tispke.
which the National Committee tabled by
a vote of % to 10. proposed reduction
in the representation from the Southern
States not only in the National Conyen-