The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-18
Reduction in Number of Votes
in Republican National
Convention
STATES TO RATIFY
THE PLAN PRESENTED
Address to the States Urging Imme-
date Ratification of the Proposal
National Committee AdiournS.

WASHINGTON, Dee. lS.-The Re
publican national committee last night |
concluded its labor Of reform in party
procedure and launched its campaign |
for q reunion of warning elements, by |
adopting a resolution providing for a. |
radical change in the basis OF repre- !
scntation in the national nominating |
convention which would reduce the |
quota of southern states from 33 TO l6 |
per cent of the convention : total The |
action Of the committee, criticized III
rigorous terms by several of its mem
beers. but made unanimous before ad- |
iournmcnt, must he Endorsed by states
entitled to cast a majority OF votes in
the electoral college before it becomes
party law. In order mat such action
shall be taken as promptly rs possible
! the committee appointed suhcomm1t-
tee Of three, consisting OF Charles u.
! Warren of Michigan, Senator Borah OF
4 Idaho and GOV. Hatfield of West Nir
ginia to prepare an address to the
state urging Immediate ratification OF
i <ae proposal The address viii nc
j drawn up shortly after the Christmas
HOLIDAYS and leading members of the
committee expressed the hope last night
that it would he met by early action.
/ Approval by the state will insure
/ cali from the national committee for
4 tile national convention ct 1916 along
4 the lines laid down yesterday.
The reorganization plan adopted
came rs "A compromise which reflected
the views Ct many committeeman that
southern representation should be re
dueed but not brought to the vanishing
point 1t reads as follows: g" tcnnicnt
tkat The action CT this committee rep
rc-cnting as it does practically the
unanimous sentiment of the Republican
electors Of the states will he ratified
~ the Republican electors Of the
states.
BE it resolved that this committee
shall issue Il call for the national con
vcntion to he held in the year 1916.
to nominate candidates for president
aud vice -president in accordance with
tie following basis of representation.
Each state shall be entitled in such
convention to four delegates t-largc;
ono delegate-at-l large for each repre-
sentative in Congress atlarge from any
state: ono delegate from each congress
sional district; an additional delegate
from each congressional distrIct IN
4 vhjch the vote either for Republican
presidential elections in 1905 or for the
Republican candidates fer Congress IN
4 1911 shall have been not less than
4 800 and that for each delegate CHOSEN
;in alternate shall be chosen in the
same manner and at the same ume "a
art in the absence Of the delegate.
Provided, however, that the above
basis Ct representation shall not he
made the basis of the call for the Re
publican national convention to il,
4 held in the year 1916 unless prior I,
January l. 1915. Republican state con
3 venticn held under the laws of tbs
s.; ties or called by the Republican
state committees of the states in sucl
number of states as are entitled to cas-
4 ma iority of the votes III the preseu
elect al college shall ratifv the actor
4 II this committee in respect to deter
4 mining this basis of Representations. ,
4 The vote on the resolution was rs fol
lows:
Arkansas, California, Colorado