The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-29
PARTY HEADS put
C0NYENTlON CALL
i 81 70 COMMITTEE
Take No Action UHtl Congress
Adjourns - Reorganization
Delayed Several Months
at Least.

Washington, May 26.-After several
hours discussion, the COM
mittee of the republican national COM
mittee today tentatively agreed to 9
| meeting of the national committee 6V
days after the adjournment OF the
| extra session of congress to determine
whether a national convention shall Ge
called to consider changes in basis OF
| representation.
The letter from the Cancellation COM
mittee. signed by Senators Culmmins,
Jones and Crawford and Representa-
| tives Champion and Rogers, n Joined
In by Representative Anderson ana
former Governor Hadley, OF MISSOURI
sets forth a report of the progressive
republican conference In Chicago ana
asks for a meeting OF the republican
national committee in the near future
to act upon the suggestion made by q
great many republicans that there be
held during the present year a repub-
lican national convention.
Plea for Cancellation.
The session of the executive COM
mittee was devoted almost entirely TO
the discussion of the need for a ma
tional convention. Committeeman
Warren. of Michigan, made the motion
to call a meeting and practically every
member Joined in the debate that fol-
4 INV ~ 2L Il i Z Y WI W. w ~
d~isapproval, the only questions were
those of detail. Setting forth the rea-
sons for this request. the committee
says:
w believe that an overwhelming
majority of the republican party has
reached the conclusion that the basis
of representation in our national con-
ventiens is not only unjust, but con-
trary to the fundamental principle OF
representative government Assuming
L a l-A 49, -.s11 40 .Al-NA son. Apt " NJ ~
organization ought to prevail, 1t must
be a real, not a fictitious majority, An
actual majority will not long submit
to an actual minority.
Complain of System.
THE present system enables a
minority OF republicans to control ma
tional conventions, dictate party nomi-
nations dominate party declarations and
however praiseworthy may have been
the motive for its original provision 1t
is no longer defensible.
w earnestly desire the restoration
of the republican party to full strength
and power. It's principles are sound
wise and patriotic and the body of 1.-THE
party will apply those principles TIC
the conditions of modern times in an
enlightened, unselfish way If they ave
a fair opportunity to dc SO. To give
them this fair opportunity is the sole
object of our request. SO long as the
voting republicans IN certain sections
of the country Ia from tSG to 81
times greater representation in a ma.
tionai convention than the voting re.
publicans in other sections of the coun.
try. it cannot be said that the act OF
the convention is the act of thu
majority and %sconten followed by
revolt are the natural results.
|. Plea For Primary.
I The eSistingt rule promulgated by {
convention held more than 80 Year,
i "a or - rel in sr - 4 tpaE V,1n $40 ~. % p y.~1 aat
ing delegates needs revision. Some o
; the states awe passed primary law!
. and others will pass them that are no
! in harmony with the rule and som,
; provision must be made that Will re
, move the conflict. We content our
+ selves by stating what seems to b,
obvious conclusion:
: THAT We must either accept thes,
: primary laws or We shall have no re
publican following III the states which
have enacted them.
8 We believe that 1t is more logica
$ That republican national committee
@ men should secure Office prior to rathe
9 than subsequent to the national re
q publican convention. We believe tina
SONS method should be devised and pu
I INTO the next regular republican ma
tlonal convention whereby the unhapp
$ contests which have marked the seat
n ing OF delegates in past republican ma
tlonal conventions shorld be reduce,
" q ibIIIiiitiiIi ii III settled without npa
and craftsmanship which have so ofte
marked them.
n Need of Convention.
w have pointed out these matter
d IN order to show how essential it
d that there shall be a readjustmen
g prior to the call for the convention G
n 1916. indeed prior TO the campaign q
1914. The country ought to know be
It fore there is another alignment tina
IS these changes have been made.
d w cannot hope that republican
Will agree upon every question:. but w
can hope that they will agree upon tn
vital doctrines Of government and thu
" the will of q majority of the primar
- voters. fairly expressed and faithful
Il executed, will establish such policie
and install such leadership as will com
mand the confidence and enlist the SUP
"a port Of that great army which has g
: long marched under the %republica
= banner
= Chairman Hilles said before I'll
n meeting began that the questions pre-
sented would be referred to the ms
tional committee. He was undecide
81 as to the right CT the national COMMIT,
Ia tee to change the basis of representa-
l. tion in national conventions ard dc
: clared that it was a legal matter Q
10 which he had secured no ADVICE.
4 Sam Perkins. national committeena
at senator Jones, holding a proxy
from Washington, sat with the excel
of tive comnEttee and presented the idea
n of Senator Cummins and the progres
H. siveS seeking an early national cor
:, vention. Many republicans, includin
10 former Speaker Cannon and form,
p Representative Mckinley, manager
re- the Taft preconvention campaign. liz
az gered about the room where the CON
cd ynittee sat.
The question of choosing delegate
by state primaries was not discussed
a. great Iergtb. Chairman Hilles al
n some others ~contended that a congre!
IS. sional district should be allowed
go choose it's own delegates III any way
u saw fit, Notwithstanding provisions fl
IL a state primary.
er
ry TIL volume Of the automobile bus
ness and its allied accessories in til
he country VIII amount to S3.otD ,G0O.O
during the present year
j.. HOUSE AUTHORIZES LOAN.