Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-09

Republicans of Hawaii will lose
practically all voice in national affairs
and certainly all votes in national
party conventions II the plan now set
tied upon by mainland party leaders
is allowed to go through. ~ f..
!. In the past Hawaii has had six dele
gates to and six votes in national
Republican conventions. The plan
now is to cut Hawaii's representation
down to two non-yoting delegates, the
same as Porto Rico and the Philip.
pines will have. On the other hand,
Alaska and the District of Columbia
are to have two voting delegates each.
This reduced representation was de-
cided upon several weeks ago, when
the Republican national committee
announced that the plan, which had
been proposed several months ago,
had been ratified by most of the state
organizations.
Vice-Chairman Robert w. Breekons
of the Republican territorial commit
tee was informed by the Star.Bulletin
this morning of the announcement,
which was made in New York on Oc-
tober rs, and Mr.. Breckons immedi-
ately got busy. BY this afternoons
mail he is sending to national party
members with influence strong pro-
tests against any action that will so
reduce Hawaii's voice in national con,
yentions
Ny Information is that the final
decision will not be reached until De-
cember. but Hawaii ought to make a
vigorous protest anyway" said Brock,
ons. ct is true. probably, that the
states have ratified the plan, but II
has still to be passed on by the ma
tional committee | will write 10
Chairman Hilies and others today"
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the
Republican national committee an.
nounced on October %. in New York,
that the new plan of representation in
116 had been ratified by the conven-
tons of states casting 290 of the 531
votes in the electoral college. The
convention of 1912 was made up OF
1913 delegates. That Of 1916 will be
made up of 989.
Eleven of the southern states will
bear the brunt OF the pruning by
which this reduction of SO delegates
has been brought about New York.
while from Hawaii. Porto Rico and the
Philippines will be taken more than
half the present representation. The
losses are:
Alabama. s.: Arkansas, 8: Florida.
4: Georgia. IL; Louisiana. s.; Missis
sippi, s; New York. q; North Caro-
lima. 8: South Carolina, Z: Tennessee
8: Texas. Is: Virginia, 8; Hawaii. 4;
Porto Rico, 2; Philippine Islands, 2.
End of Long Fight.
The fight to cut down the represen
tation Of southern states in Republi
can convention has been under way
since 1880, when the advocates of a
third term for Gen. Grant held out so
Little actual progress
was made toward changing the basis
from the allotment of two delegates
for each vote in the electoral college
until Dec. is, 1913, when the national
faced the question squarely
at meeting held In Washington.
3 At that time the law committee of
the national committee composed OF
Charles B. Warren of Michigan, vii
liam E. Borah of Idaho and Henry d
Hatfield of West Virginia proposed
That the Republican voters in each
state shall hereafter be represented
in national convention of the party
by four delegates4at-large; two dele
gates for each Representative-atlarge
In Congress; one delegate from each
district, and an add
ional delegate from each COMPRESSION.
al district in which the vote in 1908
for any Republican elector, or for the
nominee for Congress in
1914, shall have been not less than
1900. !,
THAT Alaska and the District of
Columbia shall each be entitled to two
voting delegates. while Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands shall
each be entitled to two delegates with
out the right to vote.
Chairman Warren submitted this
plan, with the following argument:
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