Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-11
Rep. Nat. Convention
 in Chicago, June 8
Selection Unanimous Two New Departments Organ ized to Deal With Policies
 and General Party Welfare.

" aSulnStoni @Dec.s ;1V.-1he republic can national committee today selected Chicago and Tuesday, June 8. as the place and time for the national con- vention at which the party's 1920 can didate for president will be nominated.
 On the. roll call Chicago mustered A votes to nine for St. Louis, whose
 boosters had made a stubborn, fight for the honor. The choice of the con- vention date was unanimous. Asbury Park, N. J., and Cheyenne, Wyoming, made bids for the convention but withdrew before the voting began.
 The committee also authorized the creation of two new departments of party Organization to deal respective ly with policies and general party welfare. The former composed of se-. lected members of the committee and other men and women representing la Dor, capital the farmers and others, will go to work at once sorting out subjects toEbe dealt with in the 1920
 platform, The second committee com
 priSeS an equal. number of national committeenlen and outside party lead CTS and will function as an advisory council in the conduct of the cam
 paign. 's-eA
 The plan of Will H. Hays. the na- ,tional chairman, for limitation of in- vidual campaign contributions to $1,- 900. formally was approved and the committee announced some changes in the apportionments of delegates to the national convention These changes
 were not of sweeping nature. how ever, and affected only seven states.
 After hearing the report of Chair
 man Hays and adopting a resolution
 approving his efforts for, party organ 1 iZation and harmony the committee
 ended it's session and many of the re- publican leaders who had come. to Washington for the gathering left for
 their homes. .- -s
 | Of theiseverai hundred prominent republicans who attended the meeting,
 however, a large number remained for
 the session to sbe held tomorrow by ! the state chairmen. Only questions of Organization are expected to come for
 mally before this meeting but the par ] tisans of various republicans mention
 ed <e the presidency: will continue. the | active efforts which have kept ,,the capital alive with gossip and confer l ences since Sunday.
 l Despite the committee. meeting to- | day the manoeuvering of the friends l of vas ious candidates was conspicu- ously tin. evidence, but the only result
 appearing On the surface was a state- ment by Senator James E. Watson, of Indiapa. declaring he was not. seeking I the nomination. and would not permit
 any personal ambition to interfere with part harmony During. the past T few days "a movement in his favor has jbeen actively promoted and there was no evidence tonight that his support CTS bad Abandoned their effort.
 Several lnnovations. s:ssst | ., .f.. I lcommittee was. marked by several in ino1ations in the usual party practice IThe choice of a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday,. for opening of the con lventien was decided on, the leaders said, in order to obviate the custom
 ary accurI1uia ton of business on Sat
 ufday3 afternoon and night. and the
 selection. of date so early in Jung
 was regarded by many as guarantee
 ing that The democratic national
 convention would be held -~at a. latei l time in contradiction of the practice
 of years under. which the party ir
 power has been first to. make its
 nomination and declarations.
 Another change was, an oper
 meeting preceding the executive ses-
 sion at which the formal business ol
 the. day was transacted. During the
 morning while ithe doors were Jeff
 open the committee heard the claims
 of cities asking fer--the7, convention and listened to keynote addresses bS Governors Sproul of Pennsylvania
 and McKelvie of, Nebraska. and Mrs : Medin Mccormick of Illinois retiring head of the Woman's division of the
 party. All of the speakers laid
 stress of Americanism and economy
 and efficiency of administration as the issues. of the campaign.
 In the vote on the convention cit!
 Chicago mustered d strength whicl apparently, surprised even its packers The only votes cast for St. Louis , were. contributed, by Tennessee, Con l necticut, Pennsyivan mia Olahomas
 Georgia. Iowa, Texas, Missouro ant
 Hawaii. :: ...s <, ..
 Duty of Special Committee.
 It was explained by party leaders the purpohe of the special committed on policies was to, .overturn the usua practice of writing the party platform in a. few all night sessions of the resolutions committee at the conven- tion. The new body it was said, wal not. intended to sup@ lant that commit tee but was calculated to bring to i the result of six months of coneen, . trated thought in which all elem ~ Of party opinion would be represented Chairman of the senate and congress sional campaign committees will tak' part in the work of the policies com
 mittee, which will include twelv, members of the national conlmittei and probably a score or more others. The same committeeman will si 5 also on the, new council, together witt ! twelve others, four of whom will b. ! women. The purpose of this body, i l was said, was to deliberate on matter touching party welfare and to mak : recommendations to the national com mittee itself. .4..s-e,.-a s, , Two. States Win ,Gain-Five Lose
 Two states will gain and five state will lose in the. reapportionment 0 a state representa- ton. in the nationa . convention which was based on
 detailed system of calculation adopt I ed at the last national convention 7 The net result will be asreduction 10 . seven in number of delegates to vot ! in the 1920 convention, the total be
 ing ss4 in place of sS1, in 1916. Tn
 changes are as follows:
 2 New York gains one making tn q states total ins next. years conven ! ton Ss; North Carolina gains ont i making. 22;. Alabmaa loses :, maxim i. 14; Arkansas loses tWo,s making 13 \ Massachusetts loses one. making 35 ! Tennessee, losts one, making 20;, an 2 Texas loses three. making 2.
 On motion of Senator sSmoot, com mitteeman1. from Utah, the commit | tee adopted a, resolution fconimendin
 the, states which} have ratified Y tn national woman suffrage anaendmer . and urging that the others do so i time to permit women to vote. in a states in 1920. X, <, si-. Ss2443s . Miss May Garrett Hay. chairman ( the executive committee of the VIC = IL.