Arizona republican., 1916-06-08
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COMMITTEES HARD AT WORK

for var stricken Europe and to aid to procure equal rights without discrim inatlon because of race or creed to all | mep in all lands, should be done
 When the subcommittee drafting | the republican platform resumed their Iabors late tonight there was feeling | arnong it's ninc members that the task could not he finished before the early morning hours and not before the con- vention met at eleven o'clock.
 AS an instance of the difficulty which confronted the committee it was stated that four drafts already have been submitted OF the plank Of "Americanism" alone by members aside from outside suggestions on the same subject.
 The committee began tonight with plank on Mexican affairs. The opin- ion seemed to be general that it should contain unstinted censure of the demo- crats administration for it's conduct of the Mexican situation. but there was great difficulty in agreeing upon what all woald consider an adequate pre- sentation in the space allowed by or 1 dinary platform limits.
 i The resolution committee completed 1 it's work of drafting a platform at 1:SO l o'clock this morning and adjourned to I report to the full committee at 10 ] o'clock. The Eine members of the sub committee adopted a resolution that nothing was to be made public until fter the report was made to the full committee. It was learned. however, that the tariff plank agreed upon is satisfactory to those who favor high protective tariff.
 Three contesting delegations from the District of Columbia which were denied seats in the republican conven- ton by the national committee at a hearing last week, were unable to Ob- tain reversal of that verdict by the committee or credentials tonight and the district will be without represen- tation in the convention.
 The District of Columbia cases were the last of list involving 34 seats considered. Decisions of the national committee were sustained in all but of Alabama and the Fifth of Oklaho- ma. in which three votes in the con- vention were involved.
 Georgia retains five Hughes dele gates out of a delgation of r.
 As a rsult of the hearings. there vii
 be 9S7 votes in the convention. Ha. waii. the Philippines ard Porto Rico were granted votes, but Porto Rice
 did not send a delegation.
 'ha Col
 bers of the credentials comittee: Ari
 zona, F. s. Breen Colorado, John r,
 Ewing; New Mexico, J. M Cunning ham: Oklahoma, John Fields; Texas
 T. J. Darling.
 The list of republican national com
 mitteemen so far selected includes
 Arizona. postponed: Colorado, Huber Work; Texas, H. F. MacGregor; Nev !, Mexico, Thomas B. Caton.
 By a vote of 2S to the republi can convention committee on rule and order of business today approves
 the present basis of apportionment O
 delegates to the national convention I made by the national committee \ il
 December, 1913, and later endorsed b. Q every state convention, which reduce,
 the representa- of southern state
 S9 delegates. Under this rule eacl
 state is given four delegates -larg and one delegate for each congress
 sional district with an additional dele ?, gate in each district casting 7.50O O Il more republican votes
 E. k. Diggs of Texas, wanted tn
 number of delegates given souther !, states increased
 :, Members of the Resolutions commit ' tee of the republican national conven . tion include:
 Arizona: John B. Wright Fl Colorado: W. Waterman. \ New Mexico; A. B. Fall. ILL Texas: Eugene Marshall.