Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-12
STATE COUNCIL OF
C. 0. P. WILL MEET
To Gather at Pleasure Bay Fri
day a. Chairman Bugbee's
Guests.
CONGRESS POSSIBILITIES
TO BE UP FOR DISCUSSION
Ratification of Proportioning
Delegates to National conven-
ton Another Topic.

Special TO the Evening Star.
TRENTON, Aug. 12.--Newton A..
X. Bugbee, chairman Of the Republi-
can State Committee. has issued a
call for a meeting of the committee
on Friday of this week. 10 be held at
Prices Hotel, Pleasure Bay. At this
time the members of the committee
will be the guests of Mr.. Bugbee at a
bers several invited guests will be
present, among them former Cover
nor e. C. Stokes.
The two chief matters that will
come up for consideration at the
meeting will be the ratification of the
new proportioning of delegates to the
national convention and the election
of a Republican delegation to the
next Congress
Under the new plan of representa-
ton at the convention Of 1916, as pro-
posed In the resolution adopted by a
sub committee of the National Re-
publican Committee, while in session
at Washington last December, each
State shall hereafter be represented
by four delegates at large. two dele
gates for each representative at large
In Congress. one delegate from eaca
congressional dist<iet and an addi-
tional delegate from each congress
1908 for any Republican elector or for
the Republican nominee for Congress
this fall shall not have been less than
1900.
Plan Depends on Ratification.
The adoption of this plan is con-
tingent upon its ratification by such
number OF States as are entitled to
cast a majority of the votes In the
electoral college and SO ratify 1t prior
TO January 1, 1915. The result of this
change in the basis of representation,
In case the plan be approved by the
required number of States, Republi-
can conventions or committees, and IL
the vote for the presidential electors
In 1908 is used, will be that the num-
Der of delegates from the Southern
States will be decreased to the extent
OF seventy-six. The delegation from
Tennessee will be lessened by three
and that of New York State two The
number of voting delegates from ter
ritories and possessions will be eight.
Under the proposed plan the net re-
suit win be to decrease the percent
age of the Southern and territorial
representation from approximately
80 to 16 per cent. Should 1900 or
can nominee for Congress in 1914 in
any New Jersey congressional dis
trict not entitled to two delegates on
the basis of the vote cast for presi-
Dental electors in 1908, such district
would be entitled to send two dele
gates to the convention to be held in
1915.
If the plan up for consideration
at the meeting of Friday is ratified
by New Jersey Republicans and the
representatives of the party in a
majority of the other States which
control a majority of the vote in
the electoral college the number of
delegates, based on the vote of 1908,
will be such that Alabama will lose
s, Arkansas, 3; Florida. A; Georgia,
II; Louisiana, 8; Mississippi, 8; North
Carolina, g. South Carolina, Z; Texas,
Is; Virginia, s.; Hawaii, 4; Porto
Rico, 2; Philippine Islands, 2. AS
mentioned above, Tennessee will lose
and New York delegates. MAX
ing the total decrease 80.
Eject Of the Plan.
The effect of the plan, as will be
seen, Is to diminish the representa-
ton of the Southern commemorative,
over which considerable discussion
tNoAIh ~ WIG last ARtiOlidl tOiiNGH-
ton of the party Although contain
ing within their borders a compare
lively small Republican vote as COM
pared with the Northern and West
ern States, the Southern delegation
in the past. with regard to numbers,
have We'd with other sections of the
country In representation at the big
convention.
This apportioning of the delegates,
however, IL ratified, will only hold
good for the convention of 1916. 1t
will be within the province of the
1916 assemblage to establish new
rules II 1t Is so disposed.
While the ratification of the dele
gate proposal Is one of the chief
reasons for the meeting of the State
Committee 1t is also expected that
there will be an interesting discus
sion of plans for the fall campaign.
The committee is particularly anx-
ious that a full delegation of Repub-
licans be returned to Washington
from New Jersey at the fall cleo
ton, and 1t is expected most of the
discussion at the dinner will have
to do with this phase of the fall
campaign.