Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
C. 0. P. TO HOLD /
NATIONAL MEET
TO REORGAN|ZE
National Committee Session Is
Called for 90 Days After
Congress Adiourns.
LATTER BODY, IN TURN,
TO FIX CONVENTION DATE
Action Taken 10 Prevent Mi
nority Rule Such as at
Chicago Convention.

WASHINGTON. May 2z.-After sew
eral hours discussion the executive
committee Of the Republican National
Committee today tentatively agreed
to call a meeting of the National
Committee sixty days after the ad-
1ournment Of the extra session Of
Congress, to determine whether a ma
tionaI convention shall be called to
consider changes in basis of repre-
sentation
The session of the executive conn
mittee was devoted almost entirely
to discussion Of the need for ma
tional convention Committeeman
Warren. of Michigan, made the mo-
tion to call meeting and practically
every member joined In the debate
that followed There were 10 ex-
pressions Of disapproral. the only
questions were those or detail.
While majority Of the ezeeutivs
committee expressed the belief that
the National Committee could change
the basis Of Southern representation
and change the party rules. they
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convention should be put behind any
reorganization plan
Senator Jones az first urged an inn
mediate convention. but finally agreed
with tho ether. s,,v n~+ ,..a-
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y. Sei'S1el ? ne1'oi's-
committeeman from tennessee, de-
clared the Republicans should wait
until they heard the echoes from
the co,,ntyv-- m the act,fa.ze,,.zr,<s. IL
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Committee was agreed upon ana =
was determined that campaign head
quarters should soon be opened here
This follows plan recently auepte4
by the Democrats,
\ Charlss ID: Hflles, CHAIRMAN OF the.
ma ationaI committee who issued The
can Tor the executive committees,
reached Washington early IN the day
and conferred with several kepub-
lican leaders
Cancellation Conmiffeess Letter.
The letter from the Consultation
committee. signed by Senators Cum
minis. Jones and Crawford and Repre-
sentatives Cramton and Rogers. ana
| ioined in by REPRESENTATIVE Anderson
and former Governor Hadlev. Of Mis-
souri,. sets forth report Of the Pro-
gressive Republican conferences ia
| Chicago and asks for "a meeting of
the Republican National Committee
in the near future 10 act upon the
| suggestion made by a great MANY Re-
nuhlieans that there be held during
the present year a Republican r1a-
| tional convention"
Setting forth the reasons for t,,ss
| reouest the COMMITTEES saws
we believe that an overwhelming
! ma ioritv of the Republican pa7fv
| have reached the conclusion that The
basis of representation IN our national
| conventions is not only t1nts,sr b,,s
contrary 10 the fnnda mental nrinfs-
lnle of representative government A.
surntns that the viii Of the n,aior5tv
in any organization ought "a nre-
vail II rnnst he a real not fictifioua
/ majority. An actual majority Will
not long submit TO an actual minority.
1 The present system enables a minor
lity of Republicans to control national
conventions, dictate party nominal
tions and determine party declare
tions, and however praisewortl1y may
! have been the motive for its original
adention it is no longer defensible.
I'VE earnestly desire the restora-
tion of the Republican party to fun
strength and power It's principles
are sound wise and patriotic and
4 the body of the party viii apply those
! principles to the conditions of modern
times in an enlightened, unseifisn
way. if they have a fair opportunitv
to do SO. To give them this fair op-
portunity is the sole object Of our
request. SO long as the voting Re-
publicans in certain sections Of the
country have from eight to fifty times
greater representation in a national
convention than the voting Repubii-
cans In other sections of the coun-
try, it cannot be said that the act
| Of the convention is the act OF the
majority and discomfort followed by
revolt are the natural results.
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