Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-16

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-two pro-
| posals for reorganization of the Re'
publican party and to find a basis
upon which discordant elements can
unite confronted the Republican ma
| tional committee today.
Foremost was a proposal for spe-
cial national convention to readJus'
the system of delegate representation
The other was that no convention be
called, but that the national commit
tee fix plan of reapportionment for
ratification by Republican State con-
ventions.
A resolution for q special conven-
ton was prepared by a special COM
mittee, which also framed another
resolution In accordance with a COM
promise suggestion by Charles d.
Warren of Michigan, chairman of the
law committee, proposing that after
the national committee fixes a oasis
OF delegate eapportionment the plan
be ratified by two-thirds of the States
which cast Republican pluralities for
President In 1908.
Special Committee Busy.
On the special committee drafting
Warren, of Michigan; Borah, of
Idaho; Hadley, of Missouri who also
holds a proxy from Louisiana; Smoot,
OF Utah, and Howell, of Nebraska.
They went into session early today,
TO report later to the entire commit
tee.
Former Governor Hadley, OF Mis-
souri,, member of the special COM
mittee appointed last year by the Chi
cago conference OF Progressive Re-
publicans to make overtures for party
reorganization, was not averse to the
compromise plan. Mr.. Hadley said
ne favored national convention, but
railing to get that, he would hope for
submission of the party problems to a
referendum of the States. Senator
Borah declared early today that he
intended to fight for final disposition
or the reapportionment plan by the
national committee without reference
to the State conventions. The law
committee decided recently that the
national committee could not do that
solely on its own authority.
Methods, Not Policies, Split Party.
Before the special committee was
ready to report the national commit
tee began It's session and was adj
dressed by Mr.. Warren, who declared
there had been no division in the Re-
publican party on questions of po-
litical or economic policy, "but be-
cause of differences of opinion as to
the methods employed in expressing
party sentiment"
THE problem" he said, us to pre-
vent the continued division OF the
members of the party. Let US admin
lister our own corrective; let us not
permit the Democratic party to use a
position gained solely by division in
our ranks to destroy the good our
party has done the nation.
mo one should expect representa-
ton to be determined by rules pro-
viding for absolutely equal repre-
sentation; but when one State sends
one delegate to n national convention
for every 1864 votes cast for the Re-
publican candidate for the presidency
in the preceding election and another
State one delegate with but an equal
voice and vote for every 10,30S votes
cast: when one State sends one dele
gate for every 1877 votes, and another
delegate for every 10,S61; when one
sends delegate for every 447 votes
and another a delegate for every H.
1856 votes; when one State sends a
delegate for every 220 votes and an
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$50 all must know that such method
and such system must cease"
Still Another Plan.
Another plan for basis of repre-
sentation was brought to the atten-
ton of the national committee today
by Robert M. Marsh, of the New
York Young Republican Club. 1t pro-
poses that each State shall have four
delegates-at-large that there shall be
one delegate from each congressional
district where the Republican vote Is
more than 20 and not more than 40
per cent of the total vote; that there
shall be two delegates from each con-
gressional district where the Repub-
lican vote is more than 40 per cent.
and that each State having congress-
men-at-large shall elect one delegate
for each OF such congressman.
| The two resolutions finally were
presented. The first specified that a
special convention should be called
"for the purpose of taking such ac-
ton as shall be deemed advisable
in respect to changing the present
| basis OF representation and for the
transaction of all business that may
properly come before such conven-
| ton"
| The second was in part as follows:
Confident that the action of this
committee, representing as it does
the practically unanimous sentiment
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