The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-02-04
STATES APPROVE NEW
PLAN REPUBLICAN
REPRESENTATION
Secretary Reynolds Of National Com
mittee Makes Public the Resolution

' mittee Makes Public the Resolution
Washington, Feb. - Secretar
James B. Reynolds Of the Republican
National Committe today announces
that the new plan Of representation
in the next Republican National Con
vention proposed by the Republican
1 National Committee, had been approx
ed by states representing 290 electora
votes-some 25 more than necessar,
under the conditions made by the Ma
tional Committeeman will be put il
effect when the committee meets I,
arrange for the next national conven
ton.
Secretary Reynolds statement says
AT a meeting of the committee hello
in Washington in December, 1918, i,
was decided that the basis of repre-.
sentation should be changed, if Repub-
lican state conventions in states rep
resenting a majority Of the votes in
the electoral college, which would be
equivalent to the majority of delegates
in the national convention, should au-
thorize the change. At that time the
following resolution was passed:
Confident that the action Of this
committee, representing, as it does,
the practically unanimus sentiment of
the Republican voters of the various
states, will be ratified and be made
effective,
"'Be it resolved, That this commit
tee shall issue the call for delegates
to the national convention, to be held
in the year 1916, to nominate candi-
dates for president and vice president,
in accordance with the following basis
of representation:
Each state shall be entitled in
such convention to four delegates at
large;
"'Two additional delegates at large
for each representative at large in
Congress elected from any state en-
titled to one or more additional rep
resentatives in Congress under the ap-
portionment made in accordance with
the last census, but in which state no
new congressional district has betDl
provided by law:
Zone delegate from each congress
sional district: :.
Gan additional delegate for each
congressional district in which the
vote for any Republican elector in
1908, or for the Republican nominee
for Congress in 1914, shall have been
not less than seven thousand five hun
dred (7,500):
States TO Choose Delegates
Provided, however, that the total
number of delegates to which any
state is entitled shall be chosen from
the state at large if the law of the
state in which the election occurs SO
prescribes; and
Provided, Further, That in the
case of any state electing all roprescn-
tatives in Congress from the state at
large, such state shall be entitled to
as many delegates, elected at large, as
though the state were divided into
separate congressional districts
The resolution also provides for al
ternates; delegates from the District
of Columbia, Alaska and the insular
possessions; and the approval Of the
new system in such number of states
as are entitled to cast a majority Of
the votes in the present electoral col
lege.
Electoral Votes
Mr.. Reynolds statement further
says: "The states that formally rati-
fed this plan, and the electoral votes
that they represent, are as follows
Arkansas, 9; California, 13; Color
ado, 6; Connecticut, Z; Idaho, a; Him
ois, 20; Indiana, Is; Maine, 6; Mas
sachusetts, Is; Michigan, Is; Missouri,
IS; New Jersey, ID; New York, 45;
North Carolina, IL; Ohio, "a; Okla
homa, 10; Rhode Island, 6; South Car
olina, 8; Tennessee, IL; Vermont, a;
Washington, 4; West Virginia, 8.
"There were, in addition to these,
several states which were in favor OF
the plan, but which held no state con-
vention during 1914"
The membership of the next nation
al convention in accordance with the
above plan, has not yet been worked
out in detail by states, as this requires
canvass of the votes in each Con-
gressional District, in order to de-
termine the additional delegates to be
allowed. The result by states will be
made known later by the national
committee.
The statement further says: "The
official returns that have been compil-
ed by the Republican National Com
mittee show that on national issues
the vote Of the country in November
was Republican, 5,9i5,270; Demo