Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-17
New Plan Worked Out.

The progressive republicans within
the party some time ago worked out
a new apportionment plan and if
national convention shall be called
together this plan may be the basis o
ANY action that may be taken. This
plan discriminates slightly in favor
Of the states in which the republican
vote was the smallest by first appOr
tiOning four delegates to each state
and then apportioning the remaining
delegates on Il pro rata basis.
| Under it Alabama, which is now en-
titled to twenty-fOur delegates in a ma.
tional convention, would be entitled
to seven; FLORIDA, now entitled to
twelve, would have five; Georgia, now
entitled to twenty.eight, would be al
flowed nine; Louisiana 10Y entitled to
Twenty, would have five: Mississippi,
now entitled to twenty, would be al
lowed five; Tennessee, now entitled
to twenty-four, would get seventeen;
South Carolina which now has eight
cen, would be allowed four; Texas,
which o has forty, would be entitled
to eleven, and Virginia, which 0 has
twenty-four, would be entitled to ten.
These southern states are the ones
that always come to a national con-
yentiOn with contests. Who should
represent thcm-in spite OF the fact
that they cas- but few republican
ton in the convention of 1908. and last
year this question as to whether Taft
or Roosevelt should have the delegates
from these states was n of the rocks
on which the republican party split.
Position of Leaders.
The attitude of the progressive re-
publicans within the party who are
responsible for the movement that has
now been set On foot is that no candi-
date is entitled to receive any such
support from the southern states as
the delegates from those states under
the present rule car bestow. Under
the proposed rcapportionment the
border states of Missouri, Kentucky
and Maryland would have larger rep
resentation that at present.
Missouri would be entitled to forty
three delegates, instead Of %thirty-siX:
Kentucky thirty II instead Of twen-
ty-siX, and MARYLAND seventeen, in
stead of sixteen. Some of the north
ern states would, of course. have very
much larger representation that at
present. For instance, Indiana would
be entitled to forty-three delegates in
stead of twenty-siX; Ohio, ~sixty-nine,
instead of f~orty-eight; Illinois, seven
ty-live instead of tifty-eight, and New
York 1902, instead Of ninety.
If the national committee should
call a national convention and the con-
vention should decide to change the
basis of representation the question as
to whether the new representation
should be based on the republican vote
of 1912 or 1908 would have to be de-
termined. 1t is pointed out that if the
vote Of last year should be uesd as the
basis the next national convention
would be rather a small affair.
RooseveIt's Attitude.
Theodore Roosevelt's attitude to-
ward the proposed reconciliation of
the republican factions may have to
be taken into account, it is declared
by politicians. He is holding in es-
crow many thousand erstwhile repub-
licans, supporting his bull moose par
ty. These men are as much a cause
for solicitude to the republican peace
makers as the return of the old con-
servatives. All Of the dissenting ele.