The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-17
EFFORT TO CLIP
WINGS OF SOUTH
Committee on Rules Wrestling
With the Proposition
of Mr.. Burke.
DIXIE TO HAVE LESS VOTES
PRESTIGE OF BREAD AND BUT
TER BRIGADE THREATENED.

chicago, June 16.-The question of
whether there shall be reduction in rep
resentatiOn in future national conven-
tons of the Republican party was dis
cussed for two hours today by the COM
mittee on rules and order of business
without result. an adjournment being
taken until 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing I'm order that the members of the
committee might confer over night with
their delegations.
The basis of the discussion was the
resolutions offered on the floor of the
convention today by Represe NATIVE
James F. Burke of Pennsylvania pro-
Viding that hereafter each state should
be entitled 20 four delegates at large
and one delegate for each 10000 votes or
majority fraction thereof cast at the
last preceding presidential election, and
two delegates from each of the terri
tories. Representative Burke claimed,
and other members Of the committee
corrobOrated him, that the sentiment
was strongly III favor of his resolu-
ton.
Opposed by Southerners.
The opposition came entirely from the
southern states. Against the southern
contentious Representative Burke, G. c.
Dawson of Colorado and others main
tanned that the proposition was fair.
Delegate Dawson strongly urged the
resolution, insisting that if the south
wanted an incentive TO build up its or
ganizatiOn the resolutions afforded il.
because the larger the number of votes
cast for Republican electors the greater
would be the Republican membership
IN the convention.
In the explanation of how the south
viii be affected by the resolutions, Rep
resentative Burke said that, taking into
account the delegates at large. South
Carolina would have a vote for every
600 votes cast. whereas Pennsylvania
Colorado and many other states would
have but one vote for every 10, 900 votes
Herbert Parsons Substitute.
While the committee was in session
Representative Herbert Parsons of New
York was outside with a sub-resolu-
ton which he thought should be adopt
ed. Representative Burke took a copy
OF IL with him 10 be offered in the event
that his own resolutions We're voted
down. The Parsons resolution is as
follows:
Hereafter the national committee
shall consist of four delegates at large
from each state; two delegates from
rcNi OF lllc territories Two delegates
from the District of Columbia. TWO del
esates from Alaska, Porto Rico and
the Philippines and from each con-
gressional district one delegate for ev-
cry 10000 voters and the majority frac-
ton thereof cast for the Republican
party's candidates for national electors
AT the last preceding presidential cleo
ton; provided, however, that no con-
gresslonal district shall be without at
least one delegate. and that in states
where all members of congress are not
elected from separate districts there
shall not be elected a greater number
of delegates than would be the case if
all the members of congress therefrOm
were elected from such separate dis
tricts. For each delegate elected an
alternate delegate shall be chosen TO
serve in case Of the absence of his
principal"
The committee. with the exception of