The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25
CITIZENS EXPRESS VIEWS ON
CHANGES IN REPRESENTATION AT ma
.TIONAL CONVENTION PROPOSED BY
NATIONAL COMMITTEE. SECRETARY
MAKES STATEMENT. /.

the practical operation of the rule
adapated as related to that portion
of the country commonly called the
South.
The first proposition. desire TO
state, is the one l make most en-
by the National Committee the color
line or the Acknowledgement of Ne
groes is not involved. In other words,
with the right of the Negro to vote.
We were dealing purely with the
question of representation in the Ma
tional Convention and at the same
that would be helpful in building up
Republican party in the South. We
assume that wherever qualified the
Negro ought to vote and will vote.
The purpose of the Committee was
two-told. First, to redistribute repre-
sentation in the National Convention
SO as to more effectually represent
publican party in the coutry The Ma
tional Convention names the partys
candidates and adopts the party's poll
ley II should be as nearly represent
the spirit of American institutions.
For this reason, states that gave their
electorate vote to the Republican
party are given two additional to the
national Convention That is an ad-
vantage and gain to them.
1t has been proposed that each
Congressional district casting 30 900
Republican votes should have an ad-
ditional delegate. In our judgment
derance to the North and would make
the convention too large. We com
promised on giving each state that
| goes Republican two delegates
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTIoN.p
We effectuated a more eouitab1a
b,s bbis'Itioutlon t,,l. OF delegates in the South
haf ,Ha,.
| GSouthefn ~ states, leaving il the same
IN ~ some ,hd ana decreasing ii slightly in
LINERS, 2iaTs, Ihus the states of Arkansas
| fiorida. Virginia and Tennessee ars
given an increased number Of deIao
gates That is. these states are 70
ndye more power in national conven1
baa Mans u1aer the new system than they
nad IN the last. Two states, AIabams
mnd NORTH Carolina are NOT changad
! 5hey WIZ have the same number ~
1eiegates under the new as under the
onisias,ssy system. The states of Gerigia
ana TeXas have their representative
| IN the National Convention siiphtI,,
iTeGueed, incra The purpose of this Is to
.ne republican vote increases and de-
crease Il, II the Republican vote falls
a. a.. inns is both logical and fair I'm
aer Der the system that was adopted
state having less than is here ONT
llned and it may have more in the
/ next and succeeding conventions ~
VIII have more it the Republican
vote increases as it should.
Third, | desire to present my views
respecting the operation of that part
OIL me new rule which gives repre-
sentation in the National Conventions
only to the Congressional district haV-
ing republican vote of 25O0 This
Is not done to penalize the South. but
II done TO- require the npbuiiding
( OF the Republican party in every con-
Sressional district in the South that
cannot comply with these reauire-
ments and if every district does come
out and comply, the Southern vote
VIII be very much increased.
"RULE VERY LIBERALS
we made the rule very liberal II
| the vote for Mr.. Harding in a dis
| trict amounted to 2500. then that dis
trlct has representation anyhow. We
went further than this. however. If
IN the election of 1912, a Coneression
al district delivers a vote of 2500 II
! VIII have satisfactory ARRANGEMENT
IL VIII not only formulate and in n
sense require the upbuilding of the
Republican party in all sections Of the
South. but will bring out the Repub-
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