Evening journal., 1913-12-17

shall receive at least thrce-ifths
majority for the states which in 1905
supported Judge Taft for president.
The Southern States will thus be
eliminated in the voting. AS Mary
land cast two votes for Judge Taft
and six in the Electoral College fol-
lowing the election of 1908. it be-
comes a question whether that State
viii participate in the voting. The
votes arc to be cast in State conven-
ton next year or in 1915. the plan
being to have the change operative
before the selection OF delegates to
the national convention in 1916.
This idea of a referendum to the
several Republican States of record
OF 1908 prevailed in the committee hy
vote OF 35 to IA. Senator w. p.
Jackson, Maryland member OF the ma
tional committee supported the ref
erendum proposition in a speech and
voted for it.
BY the new plan each state. including
all the Southern states. viii continue TO
be- represented in each national conycn-
tion by -four delegates at large and by
two delegates for each congressman-at-
large. foi each congressional district in
which the vote cast for the Republican
candidate for presidential election i'm
] 1905. was not more than 40 per cent.
of the total vote cast for presidential
electors. one delegate viii bc allowed.
Z For each district in which the Rcpubli-
can vote az the same election was 40
per cent
! Some ol -ihe southern members OF the
Icommittcc were disposed today to look
iaskanco at their reduction in rcpresen-
tation in Congress because they find il
may be a stepping stone TO reduction
in representation in Congress
The decision of the national commit
tee 90 adopt the referendum plan in lieu
of national convention next year was
.arrived at after the committee became
convinced that il had the power 10 set
/ in motion the preliminaries for votes by
states. Tho whole question was threshed
out at the dinner which Chairman
! Hillcs gave the committee at the Metro
lpoltan Club last night. after a thorough
discussion at the morning and afternoon
sessions OF the committee today and
lafter missionary work by members and
lother leaders who believed the convcn.
tion proposition TO be unwiso. impracti-
cable and possibly, fraught with pcrils
TO the amalgamation Of the two Gle
meuts of the party now in progress. The
vote by tatcs on tnc convention and on
referendum plans were;
For Referendum Alabama. Alaska
Arizona. Arkansas, California. Colorado
Connecticut. Delaware. District of Co.
lnmhia. Florida, Georgia Idaho. Illinois
Iowa. Kentucky. Maryland Minnesota
e.. 1.
New Hampshire. New Jersey. North
Carolina. Ohio. Oregon Rhode Island
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Utah,
Vermont, Virginia. Wisconsin and Wy.
oming 35
For Convention Indiana, Kansas
Louisiana. Massachusetts, Michigan
Missouri, New Mexico. New York. NORTH
Dakota. oklahoma. Pennsylvania Soutl
Dakota, Washington and West Virgins
H..
After this ballot progress was markef
by a friendly spirit, with an cxpressc,
desire TO harmonize and To face Tia
common political enemy" with a re
united and solidiiied party.
The resolution adopted by its ow
terms expresses the party's faith ]
/ primary election OF delegates in th
right ot state 70 choose them at lsrg'
but details of the method OF rcducin
southern representation were left to
special subcommittee composed
Chairman Hilles and Committecm,
Warren of Michigan. Borah. ldah'
( Smoot Utah; hadlcv, Louisiana prox,
? Howell, Nebraska; Estabrook \,
: Hampshire; Barnes. Ncw Aork; Sau
. ,lav.. ff.t,...... .tt,I n.tttt.f 4 Arl..tu..
C. The subcommittee expects TO make q
. port at q meeting OF the full commit
] tomorrow. Il was predicted tonig
that il would favor a compromlse h
! tween the plan advocated by the Repu
lican congressional committee and