The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-11
CONVENTION CITY
IS TO Be CHOSEN
When the Republican Ma
tional Committee Meets
on Tuesday.
National News Association)

National News Association)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
place and date for holding the Nation
al Republican convention will be de
termined upon officially tomorrow at
the meeting of the National Republic
can Committee. President Taft's
"love feast" dinner to the committee
members at the White House tonight
Is to be a pulse feeler." practically
determining what the action Of the
committee would be, but nothing could
be learned today of the choice except
ing that Chicago and st. Louis were
we'll up to the fore in the race.
1t is declared almost certain that
the convention will go to the West
largely because OF the strong rivalry
between progressive and conservative
wings of the party in that section, the
belief being that greater unity Of &C
ton could be secured as the result OF
the pacifying influence of giving the
convention to the place where the
lighting Is the hottest.
To Select Chairman.
Another important question to be
settled by tomorrow's meeting is that
of chairman of the National Commit
tee. The resignation Of Postmaster
General Hitchcock as National chair
man will be acted upon. and, If 1t is &C
cepted. as seems certain because OF
his insistence, Il successor viii have
to be chosen. In this connection, the
names most prominently mentioned
are those Of John Hayes Hammond,
customs collector, William Loeb,
Charles d. Hilles,. private secretary
to President Taft and former Cover.
nor Hill. of Maine, who fs now acting
as temporary chairman. The chairman
ship OF the National Committee will
have no little effect on the relative
chances of President Taft and progress.
sive rivals for the 1912 presidential
nomination.
The system Of selecting the dele.
gates for the National Convention
will be threshed out at the meeting
According to the method in vogue in
the past. the basis for delegates to
the convention is four at large in
each state and two for each Congress.
sional district. besides two special
delegates from each Territory. The
progressive wing. led by Senator Jon.
athan Bourne, Jr. president of the Ma
tional Progressive Republican League
declare the system Is misrepresenta.
tive and that delegates should be ap.
portioned according to the number
Of Republican votes cast. Such a plan
would greatly reduce the number of
delegates from the Southern States
where the Republican vote is small.
However, It Is declared likely that the
bold system is the one that will pre-
vail. the total number of delegates
being increased from $50 at the last
convention to 1.072 because of the re.
apportionment OF Congress. which in
creases the size of the House of Rep
Tesentatives from 391 to 433 members.
Delegates Appointed.
The arrangement which is expected
to be adopted will apportion the dele
gates As follows:
Alabama. "a; Arkansas. IS: Califor-
MIA, rs: Colorado, II: Connecticut, IA;
Delaware. 6: Florida. IL; George. 81:
idaho. s; Illinois, So: Indiana. 30:
Iowa. 26: Kansas, 20; Kentucky. 81:
Louisiana. 20; Maine. IL: Maryland.
Is: Massa chusetts. 36: Michigan. 80:
Minnesota. "a: Mississippi. 90: Mis-.
souri,. SO: Montana. s: Nebrasga. 16;
Nevada. 16: New Hampshire. 8: New
Jersey. %: New York, 90: North Caro-
lima. "a: North Dakota, 10: Ohio. As ::
Oklahoma. 90: Oregon. 10: Pennsylva-
MIA. 76: Rhode Island. 10: South Caro-.
lima, IS: South Dakota. 10: Tennessee,
-: Texas. 40: Utah. s: Vermont. s.;
Virginia. 2: Washington. "A: West
Virginia. 16: Wisconsin. &c; Wyo-
ming, s.
Territories. e each)-Alaska. Arizo-
ma. District OF Columbia. Hawaii. New
Mexico. Philippine Islands, Porto Ri
co.
The large gains in the state delega-
tons will be: New York IL, Pennsyl-
vania 8. Oklahoma and California
each 6. Illinois, Massachusetts. New
Jersey. Texas. Washington, four
each. Other states either will gain two
each. or retain the apportionment of
the 1868 convention.
Arguments Of Cities.
The fact that Chicago was honored
BY the Republican National Conven.
ton OF 1908 Is being used as an argu.
ment by both st. Louis and the Windy