Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
SOUTHERN VOTES
ARE IMPERILED
BY RESOLUTION
ALLIES PLAN DRASTIC ACTION
FOR REVENGE
WILL GIVE NORTH CONTROL OF
FUTURE CONVENTIONS
Delegates to Be Chosen for Each
10000 Votes Cast at Presidential
Election for Republican
Electors
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 13.-Details of the
plan of the "allies" to make fight on
the floor of the Republican national
to reduce the representation
of southern states were made public to-
day by Representative James Francis
Burke of Pennsylvania, manager for
Senator Knox.
The resolution agreed upon by the
allies and which will be forced on the
floor by Mr.. Burke follows:
Resolved, That the basis Of repre-
sentation in the Republican convention
hereafter shall be as follows:
Each state shall be entitled to four
delegates at large and one additional
delegate for each 10000 votes, or major
ity fraction thereof, cast at the last
preceding presidential election for Re-
publican electors, and two delegates
from each territory, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippine islands, and that methods
necessary for the enforcement of this
rule shall be provided by the
Republican national committee chosen
by the delegates to this convention"
The introduction of the resolution is
the direct outcome of the dissatisfac-
ton felt by the representatives OF the
allies at the manner In which the re-
cent contests before the national COM
nittee were decided. The charge was
made freely by the allies that the rights
of the northern states necessary to Re-
publican success were being ignored in
the interest of gaining the delegations
from southern states. which never give
the party any votes in the electoral
college. If the resolution is adopted II
would result in elimination of about 100
delegates from southern states, winch
invariably go Democratic.
Increase for North
An increase Of nearly $50 would be
made in the delegations from northern
states, aligned with the solid delega-
lions from southern states. controlling
Republican conventions in the future
Mr.. Burke said: 1.-THE necessity for
this change has become apparent in
the light of recent developments. In
the present convention $50 delegates
will be seated from states which IS
twenty years have mot even pretended
| to engage in a contest for the election
| of a Republican candidate for the presi-
dency.
more than that, the Republican vote
in these states is rapidly disappearing.
while their representation remains as
| large as ever. South Carolina is now
entitled to a national delegate Tor
every 1876 Republican votes 1t casts,
while Pennsylvania receives but one
delegate from every 1857 Republican
votes 1t cast Illinois one for every H.
ZIG. Indiana one for every 1925; Ohio
one for every 1906 and Colorado one
for every 10, 465 Republican votes"
The plan proposed by Representatives
Burke is In all essentials the same as
that introduced in the Republican con-
vention at Philadelphia in 1900 by the
late Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. NO
action was taken upon 1t at that time,
the resolution being withdrawn by
QUAY before it reached a vote.
The bulk of the New York state dele
oh af the state
headquarters at the auditorium.
Senator Depew also arrived with as
private party.
The New York delegates declared
that they knew when they started
there was no possibility Of inducing
Governor Hughes to accept vice
presidential nomination in any event.
He made his position clear on that
point some time ago. -
Sir Moreton Frewen. the eminent
British bimetallist who because of his
interest in the. silver question spent
much time in this country during the
campaign of 1896. Is visitor at the /,
convention. While disavowing any
hone of influencing any expression by
the convention favorable to double
standard Mr.. Frewen expressed conf
dence in the early revival in the inter- :
est in silver and he predicted that the
next silver movement will come from
the eastern seaboard and not from the
western states.
The action of Representative Littauer
! tauer in making public teie-
gram from Governor Hughes stat
ing his position on the question OF
the presidency and not giving the text
! of Littauer's telegram to Governor
Hughes headquarters In the Auditor
| Hughes headquarters in the AUDITOR
| ium Annex.
| Both kilograms were given out today.
| The telegram of Representative Lit
tauer to the governor was as follows:
1.-THE country Is indebted to you for
most notable victory for the supremacy
of the law and suppression of public
gambling Heartiest congratulations.
| The presidential nomination Is settled
beyond doubt, but New York state can
surely obtain vice presidential nominal
ton. Will you under any Circumstances
take 1t, or if not, will you not authorize
withdrawal of your presidential cam
didacy so that Congressman Sherman
may have the opportunity of securing
support with favorable prospects? Most
Important for Republican success is
our state next November"
The reply of Governor Hughes to the
telegram Of Mr.. Littauer and which
the latter made public last night was
as follows:
"Your telegram received. thank
you for your kind words. While APP
preciate the Importance of the office.
/ cannot and will not under any cir
cumstances accept nomination for
the vice presidency. So far as the pres
idential nomination is concerned my
attitude remains precisely what 1t has
been from the outset. The delegates
are responsible to their constituents
The statement was made at the
Hughes headquarters that there Is no
one in Chicago authorized to speak for
the New York governor on the subject
of what he intends to do at the end of
his present term. Intimate friends of
the governor said, however, that when ,
Mr.. Hughes assumed the governorship
he was far from being a rich man and
that the social obligations of the office
had made deep inroads into such for
| tune as lac had accumulated. They
saw that the governor cannot AFFORD
| to continue in the service of the state