Evening journal., 1913-12-17

PRESIDENTIAL
BOOMS START
BOrah, Cummings, Hadley and
Roosevelt Mentioned as
Possible Candidates
REINFORCEMENT PLAN
GOES TO COMMITTEE
BY The United Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Presiden-
tial booms and boomlets loomed up
although sub rosa. when the Republic
can national committee met today for
its final session until the presidential
campaign Of 1916
The business before the meeting
was adoption Of drastic plan to re-
apportion delegates to the 1916 ma
tional convention. materially reducing
representative of states in which the
Republican vote is light or negligible
or adjournment until ten days before
the 1916 battle.
Under the surface OF the commit
tee deliberation ran the "big politics"
OF presidential boosting" and sena-
tor Borah's name was most frequent-
lily mentioned Senator Cummins and
former Governor Hadley had their
supporters also. while many party
leaders admitted Roosevelt's nomina-
tion was possible" Borah opposed
the special convention plan and was
victorious against Cummins and Had
ley which was taken as an indication
OF the feeling as to these three po-
tontlal candidates on the part or
party leaders.
When the committee reconvened to-
day. a special subcommittee present
cd its reapportionment plan. It was
q compromise of four submitted by
the congressional campaign commit
tee and that Of the New York Young
Republican Club. IL provided that
each state shall have four delegates
at large. as at present, and one ad-
ditional delegate for each congress
sional district In addition a dele
gate shall be allowed to every district
in which the Republican vote in 1906
was over % per cent of the tota
vote. but with q limit of two dele
gates for each district. The latte
, provision would prevent increase o
the present number OF delegates frot
e lany state.
o The reapportionment plan IS sui
s ject to ratification by conventions {
q primaries of the various states az
p becomes the new party law provi
y lug tpo-thirds OF an Republics
q states accept Il.
u Another feature of the propos
I
tional committee 10 seat or unse
delegates elected by the primary sy
tenn such delegates VIII, by right, {
g upon the temporary convention rol
! That state canvassing boards shall ii
!. sue certificates 10 delegates was ais
= provided.
Revision of the reapportionmen
plan regarding the percentage of Re
publican votes necessary to afford a
extra delegate from congressiona
districts was demanded today an
caused another meeting OF the specia
subcommittee. Several members oh
jected to the % per cent clause. Til
would affect only 81 cOngressiona
districts, giving each an extra dele
gate.
The subcommittee prepared a SO
OF rules 10 be Incorporated in IN
call for the 1916 convention. Thes
provide that delegates must be electe
al primaries where states have pri
mary laws. To meet the situation Il
California another rule propose
D provides that all or any part Of dele
gates may be chosen Eat large" Th
third rule provides that any delegate
with canvassing board certificate
shall as q matter OF right be place
among the temporary convention rol
e without action by the national con
i. mittee.
These three rules make the "stat
, rights" theory pre-eminent and praC
u ticallv nullifv authority OF the nf
II tional committee to supervise choiC
}. of delegates from states having pr
IS mary laws. II is expected that a
S northern states at least. Will hay
such laws before 1916.