Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

Washington, d. C., Dec. 1.-THE re-
publican national committee met again
today to conclude the reform measures
it has undertaken to reunite the party
to clear it's convention machinery of
certain features and to reduce repre-
Sentation in national convention from
southern states and congressional dis
tr.cts which are regarded as hopeless
ly democratic. Following the decision
against holding a national convention,
only two propositions remained to be
acted on today and report from a
special subcommittee headed by Ma
tiona1 Committeeman Warren Of Mich
igan offered a solution of each. Under
the proposals of the subcommittee the
charge in representation would give
to each state four delegates at large
one from each congressional district
and an additional delegate where the
republican vote bears a certain ratio
to the total vote. The exact ratio which
shall determine when district shall
have an additional delegate has not
! been agreed on but no serious trouble
was expected over that feature.
The subcommittee presented a
unan nous report for modification Of
the party's rules, providing for the/Te-
coeniticn of state primary laws, the ac-
&c tance of the right of a state to
choose all or part of its delegates at
large to national conventions and
agreed that in future conventions dele.
ga es presenting certificates from prop
e. state authorities should be placed
on the temporary convention roll. The
latter fea ture promises to do away
with troubles which have arisen at pre-
vious national conventions over con-
tests and denrives the national COM
nlittee of arbitrary power to seat dele
gates. "
The subcommittee report on pri-
maries and procedure reads in part as
follows:
"Be is resolved that this committee.
when it issues the call for the national
convention to be held in the year 1916
TO nominate candidates for president
and vice president shall provide in
such call: (a) that in any state which
shall have provided by law, prior to
the election Of delegates from such
state for the election of such dele
gates to national conventions of politi-
cal parties at direct primaries such del
egates from that state shall be elected
in conformity with such law; (b) that
all delegates from any state may be
chosen from the state at large, or part
from the state at large and part from
congressional districts In conformity
with the laws of the state in which the
election occurs; (c) that delegates pre-
senting certificates of election from
the canvassing board Of Office created
or designed by state law to- canvass
the returns and issue certificates OF
election to national conventions of po-
litical parties in primary election.
shall be placed on the temporary roll
by the national committee"
Plan Reapportionm snt.
The Warren committee finally
agreed on a plan to reap oortionment |
providing for four delegates at large
from each state, one from each con-
gressional district and one additional |
from each district where the total !
vote was 35 per cent or
more of the total vote cast. No dis |
trict, however, would have more than |
two delegates, no matter how large ,
the republican vote. States having
congressman at large would be en-
titled to one vote for each. The con-
gressional election of 1910 probably
will be used as the basis for determing
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 rati-
fed by states representing a majority
of the electoral college.
Hinder tho Warren n1an renreeenta
ton in national convntion would be re-
duced by 70 delegates. The following
named states would lose the following
number of delegates: Alabama 6;
Florida 2; Georgia 6; Louisiana 7;
Mississippi 8: North Carolina 2; Okla
homa 1; South Carolina Z; Tennessee
4: Texas A. Virginia total loss for
south 62: Illinois 2; Kentucky 1; New
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