Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-17
REPUBLICANS
ADOPT new
PLAN
IF RATIFIED BY A MAJORITY OF The
STATE ORGANIZATIONS, the new
SYSTEM WILL CUT OUT A TOTAL
OF 62 DELEGATES FROM THE
SOUTH And EIGHT FROM NORTH.
REPORT ON PRIMARIES
AND PROCEDURE

Washington, d. c., Dec. 1.-THE
Republican national committee met
again today to conclude the reform
measures ii has undertaken to re.
unite the party, to clear its conven"
tion machinery of certain features and
TO reduce representations in national
conventions from southern states and
congressional districts which are re-
CARED as hopelessly Democratic.
Only two propositions remained to
be acted on today and report from a
special subcommittee headed by Ma
tional Committeeman Warren, of
Michigan, offered a solution of each.
The Warren committee finally
agreed on plan of eapportionment
providing for four delegates at large
from each state, one from each con-
gressional district and one additional
from each district where the total Re-
publican vote was 35 per cent or more
of the total vote cast. No district,
however. would have more than two
delegates, no matter how large the
Republican votes. States having con-
gressmen at large would be entitled to
one vote for each.
The congressional election of 1910
probably will be used as the basis
for determining the exact representa-
tion in each state.
Territories and the District of CO.
lumbia would have two delegates each.
The plan provides also that it shall
become effective when it is ratified by
states representing majority of the
electoral college.
Under the Warren plan representa-
tion in national conventions would be
reduced by 10 delegates. The follow
ing named states would lose the fol-
lowing number of delegates:
Alabama, 6; Florida, 2; Georgia, 6;
Louisiana, Z; Mississippi, 8; North
Carolina 9; Oklahoma, /; South Caro-
lima, Z: Tennessee, 4 Texas, a. Vir-
ginia, &. Total loss for the south, 81.
Illinois. 3; Kentucky. /; New Jersey,
/; New York, A. Total loss for the
north, s.
A plan for additional delegates
where the Republican vote was more
than 40 per cent of the total was re-
iected because under it the north
would lose proportionally more than
the south. Under it New York's rep
resentation would be cut by s and
Ohios by five. The subcommittee
agreed on the So per cent
plan.
The subcommittee report On pri-
maries and procedure, reads, in part,
as follows:
BE 1t Resolved, That this commit
tee, when it issues the call for the ma
tional convention to be held in the
year 1916, to nominate candidates for
president and vice-president, shall pro-
vide in such call:
"(A) That in any state which shall
have provided by law, prior to the
election of delegates from such state
for the election of such delegates to
national conventions of political par
ties at direct primaries, such dele
gates from that state shall be elected
in conformity with such law
"(B) That all delegates from any
state may be chosen from the state at
arge, or part from the state at large
ind part from congressional districts
in conformity with the laws of the
state in which the election occurs.
"(C) That delegates presenting GER
ificates of election from the canvass
ng board or officer created or desig-
,ated by state law to canvass the re-
urns and issue certificates of election
o delegates to national conventions
If political parties in primary elec-
ion, shall be placed on the temporary
oil by the national committee"
The plan of the subcommittee to
ecognize primary laws and change
he rules governing conventions was
dopted by the national committee by |
unanimous vote On a point raised (
" Committeeman Chubb, of Florida,
t was announced that the resolution
would be changed so that in states |
yhere it is optional whether party ,
hall hold primaries for the elections
+ delegates they shall be selected in
he old manner and the primary plan !
hall be observed only in states where
he law provides specifically for such !
ction.
With the resolution for re-apportion. /
nent of delegates and amendments !
vas accepted providing that the basis |
or the selection of delegates from /
ach congressional district, in addi- |
ion to one, should be based on ''the |
republican vote for Republican presi- |
entail electors in 1908, or for the Re- |
ublican candidate for congress in
914. which ever is the higher"
r. B. Howell, of Nebraska, submit
ed a minority report. He concurred /
a everything except the apportion-
1ent scheme and declared that he be-
eved the proposal of the majority
'ould be subversive Of the object of |
he meeting and result in future en- !,