Evening star., 1923-09-23
STEAM ROLLER TACTICS
PASS INTOG. G.O.P. HISTORY
Step by Step Party Is Purging Itself
of System of Campaigning for
Southern Delegates.


publican in that election.
The next republican national conven-
tion will be the largest in number of
delegates ever held. Under the ap-
portionment laid down by the ma
tional committee the total number of
delegates will be 1896, as compared
with 984 in the convention Of 1920. The
increase is due in part to the new
plan adopted by the committee of in
creasing the representation in states
where large republican votes are cast
and in part to the huge republican
vote cast for the late President Hard
ing and Vice President Coolidge and
for members of Congress in the last
Congress. Under the rules of the re-
publican conventions a majority will
control and nominate, or 514, which is
unlike the two-thirds rule which ap-
plies in democratic national conven-
tions.
Gains Well Distributed.
The gains made in representation
by states of the north and west were
pretty well distributed. New York
made the greatest gain, four, Massa-
chusetts gained three, and most of
the others were gains of two, as in
the case of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island,
Vermont and on down the line.
No changes were made in the rep
resentation allowed the District of
Columbia, Alaska, Porto Rico. Hawaii
and the Philippine Islands. each of
which are allotted two delegates. 1t
IfIraI $hot fhn No
tional Capital will have its appor-
tionment increased until the plan for
national representation of the people
of the District shall have been put
into effect, whereby they will vote
for electors of the President and
Vice President and for members of
the Senate and House as the people
do in the states today.
The detailed plan of selecting the
delegates to the next republican ma
tional convention as announced by
the national committee chairman is
as follows:
(a) Delegates at Large.
1. Four delegates at large from
each state.
2. Two additional delegates at large
for each representative at large in
Congress from any state.
8. Two delegates at large each for
Alaska, District of Columbia. Porto
Rico. Hawaii and the Philippine
Islands.
4. Two additional delegates at
large from each state casting its cleo
toral vote, or a majority thereof, for
the republican nominee for President in
the last preceding presidential election.
(b) District Delegates.
i. One district delegate from each
congressional district maintaining
therein a republican district organi-
cation and casting $500 votes or more
for any republican elector in the last
preceding presidential election or for
the republican nominee for Congress
in the last preceding congressional
election.
2. One additional district delegate
from each congressional district cast
ing 10000 votes or more for any re-
publican elector in the last preced-
ing presidential election or for the
republican nominee for Congress in
the last preceding congressional
election.
(c)AIternate Delegates.
One alternate delegate to each dele
gate to the national convention.
(d) Special Provisions.
= l. That the total number of dele
gates TO which any state is entitled
shall be chosen from the state at large
IL the law of the state inwhich the
election occurs so requires.
2. That in the case of any state
electing all Representatives in Con-
gress from the state at large, such
state shall be entitled to as many
delegates, elected at large, as though
the state were divided into separate
congressional districts.
The committee also adopted the
following rules to govern the selecting
Of delegates to the national conven-
,tions, which should have a salutary
effect also:
First. Only legal and qualified
voters shall participate in republi-
can primary, caucus, mass meeting.
or mass convention held for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to
county, district or state convention.
Only such legal and qualified voters
shall be elected as delegates to
county, district and state conven-
tions.
Second. State and district conven-
tions shall be composed of delegates
who are legal and qualified voters.
Such delegates shall be apportioned
among the counties, parishes and
citizens of the state or district, having
regard to the republican vote therein.