Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-09
tive in Congress- at the last pre-

tive in Congress- at the last pre-
ceding Congressional election.
This follows the plan submitted by
the sub-eommittoe appointed several
months ago 20 work out a new system
of Southern representation. Under IL
Delaware gains two votes In the next
national convention.
Having given Harding a majority
it IL entitled 10 two additional dele
gates-at-large. making its vote s in
stead OF 6.
Each OF the other 81 States which
Mr.. Harding carried will have two
additional delegates-at-large Including
Tennessee, the only Southern State
which went Republican. A. few OF the
Northern and Western States will lose
a district vote here and there but this,
it was explained could not be avoided.
The representation of the 10 South
ern States most affected by the action
of the committee yesterday while de-
creased on the whole will be increased
in the case OF certain States which
cast heavy Republican votes in the
last campaign. The new basis OF rep
resentation gives Alabama IA votes.
the same as before; Arkansas, 10, an
increase of 6; Florida. 10, an increase
of .; Georgia, 10. a decrease of a;
Louisiana, Q, a decrease OF 3; Mis-
sissippi, 4. a decrease of 8; North
Carolina, %. the same as before:
South Carolina, 4, a decrease of Z ::
Texas, 81, a decrease of ?, and Nir-
glnia, 16. an increase OF /.
In addition to fixing the voting
strength of the IS States in future
national conventions, the national
committee provided for a regeneration
of the Republican party In the South.
This part of its program, to quote
from the resolution adopted yester-
day afternoon. is as follows:
"First-Only legal and qualified
voters shall participate in n Re-
publican primary, caucus. mass
meeting or mass convention held
for the purpose of selecting dele
gates TO county. district or State
convention. and only such legal
and qualified voters shall be elect
ed as delegates TO county, dis
trict and State conventions.
''Second-State and district con-
ventions shall he composed of
delegates who are legal and quail
fed voters. Such delegates shall
be apportioned among the coun-
ties. parishes and cities of the
State or district, having regard
TO the Republican vote therein"
Although committee men insisted
that the Negro in the South is not
disfranchised so far as Republican
politics is concerned. the committee
by limiting its followers 70 legal and
qualified voters, has very definitely
disfranchised thousands Of those who
without being voters have taken part
in party affairs.
While the representation the South
is to have in the next national CON
vention has been fixed on n basis of
the vote cast in 1920, this representa-
tion may be either increased or de-
creased by the size Of the party vote
cast in the Congressional election of
1922.
Immediately after his election yes
terJlay the new chairman addressed
the committee briefly, calling upon it
to uphold the hands OF President
Harding. THEREAFTER he went into
conference with individual committee
men 10 prepare for the Congressional
campaign next year.
Ralph Williams, Of Oregon, was
chosen vice-chairman to succeed Mr..
Adams. 1t might be stated in this
connection that Mr.. Adams may not
head the party in the next Presidential
contest. The man to direct the cam
paign viii be the selection of the next
Republican candidate for the Pres
but the 1912 Congressional
viii be largely in the hands
Of the new chairman.