The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-21
RULES COMMITTEE
 BLOCKS 4 BOLT
PROVIDES FOR FILLING PLACES OF GOLFERS BY APPOINT
 MENT AND PROCEEDING.
Remmel Says the Primary Law Is Re sponsibe for United States
 Senator Davis,

Chicago, June 20--Perpetuation of l the "steamroller," so Tar as the na uonal committee of the Republican party is concerned and recognition of
 the direct primary plan of electing members of the committee were the
 two radical and apparently contra l dictory changes made today in the
 titles governing tho national commit
 tee by the rules committee of the convention.
 Roosevelt members of the comnliL- tee did not oppose either. They will, however, introduce a minority report to the convention, insisting on a re- duction of southern representation in the convention and npon the right of the various states to dictate the | method and manner under which their representatives on the national com
 mittee shall be elected. In other re- spects, the rules that governed the
 Republican convention four years ago were adopted, 22 to 6.
 The "steamroller' amendment pro- yides that when any member of the committee bolts or refuses to sup port the nominee of the Republican
 party he shall De sUmmarily deposed The committee then is empowered to
 name his successor. In the past the
 sUccessorship was dictated by the state central committee of the state affected.
 The ruies committee, however. held that this would give to 8 state the
 opportunity 10 name to the vacancy
 man holding precisely he same views as the member deposed There fore, it was decided that the power
 of appointment should be delegated solely to the committee itself. Recognition of the primary system of election of members of the commit tee was suggested in an amendment providing that ''when state laws pro vide for the election of a national committeeman. such election shall he considered nomination to be carried into effect by the delegation from said
 state" Under this change a state
 electing its national committeeman by direct primary vote would take froIa its convention delegation entirely the right to name any other nominee. Inc adoption of this amendment. however. was not accomplished until
 | he primary system had been severely criticised in debate.
 ''i want to say that Arkansas has the primary system" said H. L. Rem
 mel of Arkansas, and to it is to be attributed the disgrace we bear by having as representative in the United States senate the Honorable Jeff Davis. The law is a disgrace
 and some day we will wipe it off our statute books"
 Former Governor Carroll of Iowa
 said the only difference between the old system in Iowa, and the new pri-
 mary system was that the present
 leaders were more bossy bosses
 than their predecessors. Ezra Ellio0
 Of Colorado, was equally vigorous n
 his attack on the primary system, but
 he found time to put in good word
 Tor women suffrage
 It was denied emphatically that the l changes were made either to preven.
 any further serious instruction in the national committee or to throw a sop to the socailed progressive states.
 The national committee realized it
 was proceeding with rules that We e not official" explained D. J. Lake. If Connecticut "As a result it named a subcommittee of three members sev- eral months ago to consider necessary
 changes. long before tho present con
 troversy in the convention was fore
 seen. Therefore the changes are non
 partisan"
 The rules, as adopted will govern
 the business of the present Conven-
 tion but the changes in that section
 oi the rules affecting the national
 committee will not become effective
 pntil the new committee is named by
 tEe convention