The chronicle=news., 1914-04-09
HI[[ES' PLAN TO
GUT SOUTHERN
DELEGATIONS

National Commit. has made
public the proposed plan Io decrease
the percentage of the southern and
territorial representation in the Re
publican national convention in
1916. and thereafter from approx
inst-iy 34 per cent of the total Vot-
Ing strength To less than 10 per cent.
as provided In resolutions adopted
by the committee a, iis meeting ias,
December,
Tn. plan 10 addressed To the R.-
publican conventions of the several
states. which are asked 4. sa,iis the
action of the national boiy before
January l. 1913. \ special commit
s-- composed of Charles u. waGT-a.
of Michigan. senator william y
iissah of Idaho. and former sos-r-
nor Henry u. Hatfield os West Viz
siaia. drafted the report os the as-
lion taken in tArs.mbes which en-
bodies other resolutions adopted ~
.uh. Na,isnai Co.nb.iti--. Th-s- guar
ant-~:
Itr.osni,i.n in the saii L. L. is-
su-.i for the neat halioaAi ."i.S.h+
lion. af the right of any s'si- I" pro-
vide for the si-ssb.n at delegates In
direct primaries
Th. right .f any state In .l-s, all
d-i-sa,.s fgoa. sh- stat" at isrs-. "1
part ffom ,h- stats at ias.-. and l'As'
tso.s, congressional districts
Th-s- pF"sisi.ns s-f- adopted
with a si-sF 10 eliminating ."ht~sss
b. fss- tbs as,ionai h-~iy such as In
the past have produced ilssosi sn'i
diss~ sioa.
som- n-nb-ss st the National
Committee spurr-d .n by The ins's''
-a, demand. Of a iass- h-'.i, OF s"''
-ss, .s,sh, I. has- the ."nrsiti--
call a special saaS-n'ien f.s 'h. sur.
lss.~ OF a,ap,inz n-~ basis al rep
frs-ata,ioa. Lus The "ptnioa PFC
Is allied q. those p'ho maintained that
inastaush - n" method. ~-f- rs"'
sis.-.i b. the existing ia~s az the
various states for the -i.c'ion at
delegates To ssi.h a sohs-nts"n IN
direct primary -Iessinns. The sJ-fial
saay-n,ion might not srrs-srns ,hs
sentiments sad desires of a majority
OF the patty.
IL ..s resolved iha, The National
Committee consider th~ question,
formulate its conclusions and ss'bsn1'
,a. f..l,, Of its deliberations tot rat
.,isa,ian by state conventions In
s~sitiss ,h- views that aeiua'rs! tho
.a,..nsi BODY the special e"mmi''rc
Of three says
The Committee believed tha,
should cow u.i.rs Of delegated rcg.
r~sraiaiis-. Of the patty. convened
in the nunb-r Of states Vati,ied Ia
cas-, a majority OF the votes In Ma.
sionsi Cous-ntton. rasify The action
taken BY the National Committee IL.
this respect. iss a-sion could be as.
s0mrd To fairly express the s-n,i-
men, of the ss-a, majority OF the
rsNs- ""s
,catioas when taken together would
consist Of more representatives Of the
party than would b- assembled in a
national convention.
"Thr plan adopted and recon-.
mcnd-d for ratification provides that
the Republican VOTERS in each state
shall hereafter bc represented In a
National con, sntion of the party by
four d-icsat-s-at-Iarsc: two dele.
gates for each rrprcscntati,c-at.
large In Congress: one delegate from
each Congressional District. and an
additional delegate from each Con.
xIcs.ional district in which the vote
Of 1905 for any Republican clccior
or for the Republican nomirce for
Congress in 1914 shall not have been
icss than seven thousand five hun.
drra 1.soo,.
Alaska and IL, District Of Column
bia under tho plan presented will
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