The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

In s eonyenuen,s cost Twenty years
deemed sufficient TO cover all costa.
/; Four years ago, for the Chicago con-
Nentlon nominating Dir. TAFT. 100000
arrangements. and of this $4,000 was
returned TO be divided among the suh-
sGribers., SO the direct cost OF the
largely for the equipment OF tho hall.
But the entire process OF nomina :
ting preaidcntial candidate entails
lions on heSpart OF The party oi1iciais.
committeeman. orators. delegates and
alternates-not to mention the boom
be candidates, First come tho local
and State primaries or conventions.
recurring considerable outlay for
hotel bills and railway fares. On ac-
/ Involved these expenses are much
greater in the case of those attending
the national conventions. some u
the continent, hut from Alaska, la
wall, Porto Rico and the PhilippIn:
Islands. Although for tic most part
paying all expenses out of their own
private purses. many bring along. their
wives and some other members OF their
families. Adding 10 this outlay tho
n Jaern
estimated at from so,oooooO, to $4,000
900, not one cent of which is shared by
the FcderaI government.
Delegntes Chosen Nnriousls.
Each state will send to Chicago and
Baltimore two delegates for each OF
Its Senator's and Representatives In
Congress, and one alternate for each
delegate. Each Territory. Including
our insular possessions, also has It's
delegates and alternates. the number
| differing somewhat in the separate
Hencctorth, while the convention
| managers are making their arrange
! ments the campaign for the selection
I of delegates Will excite the local COM
mupities aud the nation as wh2is'
! In six States-NeW Jersey, Nebraska,
Oregon. Wisconsin and the Two pni!o-
tas-tbc delegates of the two parties
will he selected by direct primaries.
representing national Senator's and
Representatives NJ large. Will be chos-
| an at state conventions. and those
! representing congressional districts by
| district conventions.
The state conventions electirE these
delegates Mt large VIII with the ter
7, ritortal conventions. be conducted Wy
each party's State Committee, Willie
{ the congregational district delegates
] will he chosen at conventions In charge
(, of the local congressional committees
/ of each district. ~
! tween the Republican and Democratic
methods OF voting upon the fIo9r 81
! the convention. Governor Wilson.
, vi H.
/ whoever II may be. must receive the
| votes OF two thirds of his party's dele
gates before he can be declared The
nominee. while President TAFT nerd
poll but majority OF the party $ gel Gel
emit Rule Now Broken
Few amateur politicians have eb.
served that the;recsnt primer mar .! inWi
| rule which. tlike t3the aforementioned
| two thirds rule" has been time
ro;,orsd feature of: the. Democratic .. par,
RUE. a ma jorit. cot the. delegates in
any Democratic. State convention might
decree thatSthe vote of their dclesates
| In the national convention shon!d pc
| For the nomination or for anyiduestion
| az organization or platform. But in
the state With primaries each delegate
| is elected by direct vote, is responsive
only to his own constituency and can
be under nc instructions Whatsoever.
!dent and vics -President. Thus in
| dclegations from these States there
will be no way of invoking or eHforc-
| ing the old unit rule, and the dele
CATION Will vote solidly or VIII Spit
when the individual poll OF osieBates
! Is taken. ,fG
| This individual method of voting has
always been the uniform procedure In
Republican national conventions winch
| nave never recognized the unit rule"
the unit rule as. necessary. com
plement of the two thirds rule; but
with the growth of the primary system
: of choosing delegates directly the
seem 10 be doomed 10 common extinc-
(c:opyrignt, 1912, .by John Elfreth Wat
kinsoS