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ton of Southern States and voted
overwhelmingly to give the States
Of the solid South virtually the
same sized delegations they had In
1920.
The hundred odd additional dele.
gates will be distributed among the
thirty-seV1H States that cast their
electoral vote for Harding In 1920.
The committee calculators had
not been able to agree upon the
exact number Of delegates that have
been added by the committees &C.
ton this morning, but the general
plan Il to give each State that
Harding carried three additional
delegates. Some States will gain
more and some less, depending upon
the size Of the Republican vote In
Congressional districts.
The action OF the committee was
heralded with uproarious applause
from the gallery" Of colored Re.
publicans from the South, who
thronged the small ballroom Of the
Willard.
The committee also decided today
to recommend to the Cleveland con.
vention that q woman member
Of the National Committee be ap-
pointed from each State. The
women are now associate members
with no voting power.
The move to reconsider the ap-
portionment Of delegates was I'm
stigated by Charles D. Hilles. Of
New York. and is understood to
have had the backing OF admin
istration forces generally. It pre-
cipitated an immediate row.
az am amazed that action Of
this character should be TAKEN"
said Senator Howell. "For twenty
years we have been attempting
reform of apportionment, and now
that we secured It a year ago you
are proposing to undo that great
work.
'The progressive-mind Republi-
cans Of the country de not know
what you are proposing to do. II
they did they would be here in
arms.
Warns Of More Trouble.
'rYou remember the fatal division
Of 1919. The trouble at that time.
was caused by resentment at the
control Of Southern delegates who
represented no Republican States
and no Republicans.
81 warn you that this Is going to
cause you more trouble. You are
about to light the train that leads
to a powder barrel. There is always
q suspicion anyway that the Ad-
ministration controls these Southern
Despite Howell's plea the commit
tee voted to reconsider Its reform
Of q year ago, and then Senator
Pepper Of Pennsylvania, suggested
he compromise which ultimately was
with q chorus OF "ayes" and
only q handful Of noes"
Southerners Join Pepper.
Senator Pepper agreed with How
ell that recognition should be &C.
corded those states which were
really Republican, and which main
tanned something besides his "a
skeleton Republican organization"
However" said Pepper, 81 be-
lieve under this plan I am pro-
posing we will extend that recogni-
ton and at the same time purge
ourselves Of the indefensible in
Justice Of making convention repre-
sentation contingent upon the fluc-
tuating votes In congressional dis
tricts Of the south which we do not
and cannot control"
Southern members Joined with
Pepper in attacking HowelPs stand.
and Joseph Tolbert, OF South Caro-
Ina, famed as '"Tieless Joe" because
he never wears q necktie, shouted
at the Nebraska Senator that 81 am
Just az good q Republican az you
are" Tolbert also admonished How
ell that II he was solicitous about
the South he should do something
in the Senate to prevent the dis
reimbursement of Southern Repub-
leans" The meeting at this juno
ture waxed hot.
Plan by Pepper.
Mrs. Lindsay-Patterson, Of Win
ston-Salem, n. c., supported Toll
bert and told the committee that
they are endeaVoring to build up
the Republican party in the South,
and reduction Of representation
would be a severe blow.
Don't make 1t too hard for u.s."
she urged.
Then Pepper proposed that the
system OF apportionment be based as
follows:
1. -Four delegates at large from
each State.
2. Two additional delegates at
large for each representative at large
in Congress.
8. Two delegates at large from the
territories and District Of Columbia.
4. Three additional delegates at
large from each State casting it's
electoral vote for the Republican
candidate In the last election.
5. One district delegate from each
Congressional district maintaining a
Republican district organization and