Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-26
Year Off, ! Cities Bidding for Gathering.
kf1TTEE MEETS
 i, NEW YORK SOON
of Representation and Con-
 Place to Be Decided in De- mber-Changes in Rules Are Expected.

Are Expected.
 ngton, Sept. 25.-The Repub-
 htional convention is still all
 year off, but three or more
 fa doing lively bidding for it.
 of would-be candidates are in
 Owing, probably to the be-
 [ MT. Wilson will be re re-
 led, there is not the same gen.
 terest in the Democratic
 lg.
 tradition is adhered to, the
 ats will have their convention
 The party in power is expect
 lad off. Of the fifteen conven-
 krs since the Republican party
 Ianized in 1856, only twice has
 ty of the "outs' selected it's
 te first. These were the nomi-
 pf Lincoln and the first nomi-
 of Mckinley.
 three cities which are cam
 for the honor of entertain
 convention are Chicago, Phila-
 and San Francisco.
 go is the preeminent conven-
 y. as in the 56 years of na-
 conventions it has housed
 St. Louis has had four,
 Ire three, Philadelphia, three, lati three, and New York,
 Minneapolis and Kansas e Bach. !a ,4.s, .>-4. ss7,,p!..-,. -...-.s- blican conventions usually lore delegates than Democratic ngs Of the sort. The exact
 of Republican delegates next
 not yet accurately ascertain it is probable there will be S9 Ian in 1912, or 9S9 men with power.
 |ddition there will be six non- delegates two each from |, Porto Rico and the Phillipine Division of Delegates. are details of the voting rep lti0n:
 England state-Maine, New nlre, vermont, Massachusetts, Island and Connecticut, SS. :. . s'n states-New York, Penn "a, New Jersey, Delaware, 2OO.. lern states-Virginia, North "a, Scuth Carolina, Florida, ! Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
 Arkansas, Louisiana ant 17S. <. state, border-Maryland, ,lrglnla, Kentucky, Missouri. lahoma, IA. taln states-Montana, Utah, lo' Wyoming and Idaho, 42. western states-Arizona and exico, IA.
 lc states-California, Oregon, s.on and Nevada, 56.
 al states, east of Mississippi .lndiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, inois, 192. al states, west Of Mississippi Dakota, South Dakota, Min iowa Nebraska and Kansas, ], verdi New York City districts } 5 stlll doubt whether one or .esates will be- allowed under committee.
 mittee Meets in December. pMy will meet here! Decem- !. 1t will decide when and as u convention s will be held and ssentation.
 state will be represented in ssntlon, by four .delegates-at- .@o a'.. aelegates for, each repre- e,a.-large .' in congress; < one : rom each congressional dis ', ' an additional delegate from :nsslesslonal district in which TOT any Republican elector, .or the Republican nomineet sae saess in 1911 shall be found, ooO or more.
 } Possibilities. uulce ,ae Of the Grand Old Party" isl6 presidential contest will , ne among sixteen. These are | whose names are mention ns io current political gossip of aonai capital. One other [ auoed' Arthur Capper of ,, Hoot oa. of New York; Frank B. T onle'; Charles s. Whitman w;,,iS; wi;urS; William E. Borah of "nliam H. Taft of Connecti- ~ hharence .' Y. sherman of Hi ,h ,halles w. Fairbanks of Illi- ,l m W. Weeks of Massachus- ,.nes < R. Mann of Illinois:
 a 2. Burton of Ohio; Hiram ol California; Martin e. n;n rSn W Pennsylvania; Albert ns ,n of Iowa; William H. N a. ol Illinois: Augustus Gard massachusetts,: and William of Michigan.