Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-09
g REPUBLICAN
DELEGATES ARE
CUT FROM THE
LIST IN DIXIE
South'S Representation Is
Reduced II Per Cent Or
a Slash of 40 Per Cent
In Last Nine Years,
HAYS is SUCCEEDED
BY ADAMS OF IOWA
Under the New Plan the
Next National Convention
of the G, 0, P. viii Con-
SiSt of 1887 Delegates,

Washington, June Selection OF
John T. Adams OF DUBUQUE, Iowa,
as chairman to succeed Postmaster
General Hays, whose resignation
was announced, and adoption of
new basis of representation at ma
tional conventions resulting in a
further cut in the southern dele
gates, marked the meeting TO-DAY
of the republican national commit
tee Mr.. Adams, who was vice
chairman, was succeeded by Ralph
f. williams Of Portland, Ore. Mrs.
L. G. Woodson, Pittsburgh, was
elected second vice chairman, an
office created in recognition of the
women membership in the party.
The change In representation
based on the republican votes of the
last election reduced by 23 the
number of delegates accredited
from the southern states TO the
1890 convention. This represents
a cut of II per cent and makes
total cut of 40 per cent in the num-
Der of delegates from those states
since 1913.
Number Delegates Increased.
Under the new plan, the next
convention will be made of 1887
delegates, SO more than the last,
unless there are great changes in
the state votes of last fall, on which
the calculation was made.
The old system allowed for one
delegate from each congressional
district, but under the new plan a
district must have cast $500 repnb-
lican votes in the last preceding
election before it may send a dele
gate. TO have two district dele
gates, there must have been cast
10000 republican votes, or re-
publican representative must have
been elected to congress. Under
the former plan, 1900 votes gave
two delegates.
Provision is also made for the
seating of two additional delegates
at large from each state carried at
the last preceding elections by the
republicans.
Plan Is Bitterly Fought.
The plan was submitted by r..
b. Howell OF Nebraska for sub
committee. Its presentation pre-
clpitated a bitter fight by members
from the states affected.
The principal drive was by II. r.
| johnson, negro member from
Georgia, and II. l.. Remmel of Ar
kansas. The report, however, was
approved. 35 to 16.
AS outlined by Mr.. Howell, Ten
nessee is no longer considered a
part of the solid south and is given
an increased representation of two
delegates, as a result of the last
election when the state was carried
by the republican national ticket
and a republican governor and five
| of the ten congressman We're
elected,
How States Are Affected.
The southern states, it was an
nounced, are affected as follows:
Arkansas, increased /; Florida
increased 9; Georgia, reduced q;
Louisiana, reduced 3; Mississippi,
reduced s. South Carolina, reduced
! Z: Texas, reduced 2; Virginia, in
creased /. The representation of
North Carolina and Alabama is un-
changed. Mr.. Howell said the net
result was that those states, unless
changes come in the voting, would
send 144 delegates instead of 1877
| in 1920.
Although Mr.. Hays said he could
spare no further time to the COM
mittee, it drafted him as a mem
Der of the executive committee.