Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-12-17
NATIONAL COMMITTEE BUSY
DECIDES UPON PLAN FOR CUT
TING DOWN REPRESENTA-
TloN OF THE SOUTH
TERRITORIES GET TWO men
DELEGATIONS WHERE NO PREsl.
DENTAL VOTE is CAST
ARE REDUCED

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE repub-
Mcan national committee met again
today to conclude the reform meas
ures it has undertaken to reunite the
party, to- clear its convention ma
chinery Of certain features and to
reduce representations in national
convention from southern states and
congressional districts which are re
garded as hopelessly democratic.
Only two propositions remained to
be acted on today and report from
a special subcommittee, headed by
National Committeeman Warren of
Michigan, offered a solution of each.
The Warren committee finally
agreed on plan of reapportionment
providing for four delegates-at-large
from each state, one from each con-
gressional district and one additional
from each district where the total
republican vote was 80 per cent or
more Of the total vote cast.
No district, however, would have
more than two delegates, no matter
how large the republican vote. States
having congressmen-at-large would
be entitled to one vote for each. The
congressional election of 1910 prob
ably will be used as the basis for
determining the exact representation
in each state. Territories and the
District of Columbia would have two
delegates each. The plan provides
also that it shall become effective
when it is ratified by states rep
resenting a majority of the electoral
college.
Under the Warren plan represent
alton in national conventions would
be reduced by 70 delegates. The fol
lowing named states would lose the
following number of delegates: Ala
bama 6, Florida 2, Georgia 6, Louis
lana 7, Mississippi s, North Carolina
2, Oklahoma 1, South Carolina Z,
Tennessee A, Texas IA, Virginia 5.
Total loss for the south, 62; Illinois
2, Kentucky 1, New Jersey 1, New
York A. Total loss for the north, 8,
"a plan for additional delegates
where the republican vote was more
than 40 per cent Of the total was re
jected because under it the north
would lose proportienately more than
the south. Under7it New York's re
publican representation would be cut
by eight and Ohio's by five. The
subcommittee unanimously agreed
on the S5 per cent plan.6 7rM
The subcommittee's report on pri
maries and procedure reads, in part
as follows:
'Be it resolved that this commit
tee. when it issues the call for the
national convention to be held in
the year 1916 to nominate candidates
for president and vice president, shal
provide in such call:
a. That in any states which shal
have provided by law, prior to the
election Of delegates from such state
for the election of such delegates t
national conventions OF special par
ties at direct primaries, such dele
gates from there shall be elected il
conformity with sueh law.
% That all delegates from an,
state may be chosen from the stat
at large. or part from the state a
large and part from congressional
districts in conformity with the law
OF the state in which the election
occurs.
M 49, That delegates presenting eel
tificates Of election from the caz
vassing board Of officers created o
designated by state law to canvas
the returus and issue certificates 0
election to delegates to national cor
ventions Of political parties in pr
mary election, shall be placed o.
the temporary roll BY the nationa
committee"
After several hours OF discussion