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reiterated the senatoS. But it is the
course the committee probably viii fol-
low"
The chair was given authority to
name the committee and chairman Hi
said he would announce it later
Name it now" came the command
from several committeeman
Sanctions the Slate.
Chairman Hill called for the com
mittee list from LOWden and officially
sanctioned the slate as agreed TO last
night.
The call for delegates to the couven-
ton requires that they shall be selected
not earlier than 80 days after the call
and not later than 80 days prior to the
date set for the convention IhlS &C
ton nullfies the selection or Delegates
already made in Alabama and will re-
0uire South Dakota. to select a new
primary date. South Dakota election
: had been set for June T.
Majority Report Adopted.
The majority report on the call for
delegates was adopted AZ TO L. Send-
tor Borah was supported in his MI
noritv proposition by the committee
men from Colorado, Idaho, Delaware.
Nebraska Oregon, South Dakota ana
Wisconsin There were four aDSenIees
from Arizona, Nevada, North DakO-
ia and VermOnt-when the vote was
taken. All of the other states sup
ported the call as framed by the sub
committee.
AdfOurns at 3. Is ID. m.
The national committee adjourned,
subject to call Of the chairman, at
3:15 o'clock.
The subcommittee having in charge
the call for delegates developed a Sc
riOus split, senator BOrah leading
hopeless fight to open the primary
door to every state in the union ana
framing a minority report The sub
committee decided to follow the form
of call adODred four years ago.
Delegates to Convention.
The system Of selecting the dele
gates for the national convention viii
be threshed out at the meeting. Ac-
cOrding to the method in vogue IN the
past, the basis for delegates to the
convention is four 1t large in each state
and two for each congressional district
besides two special delegates from each
territory. The progressive wing, led by
senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., president
Of the National Progressive Republican
league declared the system is misrep-
resentative and that delegates should
be apportioned according to the num-
Der 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
old system is the one that viii prevail
the total number of delegates being in
creased from ESQ at the last cOnven-
ton TO 1872 because OF the reappOr-
uOnmenr CT congress, which increases
the size Of the house OF represen tatives
from 391 to 433 members.
Probable AppOrtiOnment.
The arrangement which is expected
to be adopted viii appOrtiOn the dele
gates as follows
Alabama, "A: Arkansas. IS; California,
%; Colorado. u; Connecticut IA. Della
ware. 8; Florida. u: Georgia, Is:
Idaho. s; Illinois. IS; Indiana,
80; Iowa, %; Kansas. 20; Ken
lucky. IS; Louisiana, 20; Maine -;
Maryland, 16; Massachusetts, Sc; Mich
Igan. 80; Minnesota "a: Mississippi. 20;
Missouri. So; Montana. 8: Nebraska. 16:
Nevada, 6; New Hampshire, S New
jersey. IS; New YORK 90; North Caro-
lima, "a; North Dakota 10; Ohio, As; Ok
lahoma, 20; Oregon, 10; Pennsylvania,
rs; Rhode Island 10; South Carolina
IS; South Dakota. 10; Tennessee, "a;
Texas. 40; Utah. s. Vermont. s: Vir-
ginia, "a; Washington. IA; West Vir-
ginia, 16; Wisconsin. 26; Wyoming. 6.
Territories 1.-TWO each)-AlasSa. Ari-
IONA. District of Columbia, Hawaii New
Mexico. Philippine Islands. Porto Rico.
The large gains in the state delepa-
lions viii be- New York. 70; PennsyI-
vania. s; Oklahoma and California. eeach
6; Illinois. ALassa chusetts. New Jersey.
Texas Washington. each. Other states
either viii gain two each or retain the
appOrtiOnment OF the 1908 convention.
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