Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-20

chair shall direct the vote to be taken
again, which shall be repeated until
some candidate shall have received a
majority of the votes; and when any
state has it's vote 1t shall SO
stand unless in case of numerical error.
Rule 1O.-In the record of the votes the
vote of each state, territory, Alaska and
the District Of Columbia shall be an
nounced by the chairman: and in case
the vote of any state or territory, Alaska
or District of Columbia shall be divided,
the chairman shall the num-
Der of votes cast for any candidate, or
for or against any propositions, but If ex-
ception is taken by any delegate to the
correctness of such announcement by
the chairman of his delegation the presi-
dent Of the convention shall direct the
roll of members of such delegation to be
called. and the result shall be recorded in
accordance with the votes individually
given.
Rule 11.-No member shall speak more
than once upon the same question, nor
longer than five minute unless by leave
OF the convention, except in the presen-
tation of the names Of the candidates.
Rule ia republican national COM
mites shall be appointed to consist Of
one membe from each state, territory,
Alaska and the District of Columbia.
The roll shall be called and the delega-
ton from each state, territory, Alaska
and the District of Columbia shall name,
nrougn It's chairman, a person who
snail act as a membe of such committee.
Such committee shall issue a call for the
meeting of the national convention with
in sixty days at least before the time
fixed for said meeting, and each con-
gressional district in the United States
shall elect its delegates to the national
convention In the same way as the NOM
nation for a member Of congress is
made in said district, and in ter
rltories as a nomination of a delegate to
congress is made; and said national COM
mittee shall prescribe the mode of elect
ing the delegates for the District of Co.
umbia. An alternate delegate for Zach
delegate to the national convention, to
act in case of the absence of the delegate
shall be elected in the same and
at the same time as the delegate is
elected. Delegates for each state and
their a~lternates shall be elected by state
conventions in their respective states.
Rule 13.-The republican national COM
mlttee is authorized and empowered to
elect an executive committee to consist
OF nine members who may or may not be
members of the national committee.
Rule 14.-All resolutions relating to the
platform shall be referred to the COM
mlttee on resolutions without debate,
Rule 15.-No person, except members
OF the several delegations and officers of
the convention, shall be admitted to that
section of the hall apportioned to dele
gates.
Rule 16.-The convention shall proceed
in the following order of business:
u-Report OF the committee on Gre
dentials.
G)-Report of the committee on per-
manent organization.
3)-Report OF the committee on reso-
lutions.
N-Naming members of national
committee.
Differentiation OF names of candi-
dates for president.
(6)-Baloting.
REPRESENTATION of names Of candi-
date for vice-president.
(S)-Balloting.
C9-Call of roll OF states, territories,
Alaska and the District of Columbia for
names of delegates to serve respectively
on committees to notify the nominees for
PRESIDENT and vice-president of their Sc
lection for sale office.
Former Senator Quay was recognized
as the reading Of the report concluded
and was greeted enthusiastically as he
stepped into the middle aisle to offer an
amendment to the rules. This embodied
the proposition to reduce the representa-
ton from the several states, giving one
delegate for each 10000 votes cast, with
four delegates-at-large for each state,
There were calls for Mr.. Quay to take
the platform, but he shook his head and
sent to the clerks desk a lengthy state
ment showing the effect of the proposed
new rule.