Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-07
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PROBLEM IN SOUTH
1882 Presidential Race VIII
See Gain of Influence
With Convention.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The South looms up as different
kind of problem for, the Republican
national organization In the 1882 presi.
Dental race than In the recent past
This is due to the fact that four of the
States of the solid South abandonec
their traditional adherence to the Demo.
cratic party and went for Presideri
Hoover, and to the fact in many Of the
congressional districts Of the South the
Republican presidential electoral ticket
received 10000 or more votes.
The Republican national committee
and its executive committee, which have
Just concluded several meetings here in
the last two days, have given no little
attention to consideration of the South
ern problem.
To Be More Influential.
The South is going to be more influ-
entail in the next Republican national
convention than 1t has been since the
1912 rlction caused the adoption of
new plan of delegate representation
which curtailed the strength of the
Southern States Under the rules Of
representation, each State has four
representatives at large and one dele
gate for each congressional district.
= Each State that casts a majority vote
for Republican presidential electors. is
entitled to three additional delegates
at large and each congressional district
which casts 10000 or more votes fol-
Republican presidential electors. Is en-
titled to an additional district delegate
It is not difficult to see that In the
next Republican national convention
the South is going to have an increase
of about 100 delegates.
In the first place Florida, North Car
DINA, Oklahoma. Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia all make gains of three dele
gates at large, a total of Is, because
they cast their electoral votes for Presi-
dent Hoover There are 100 congress
sional districts In the Southern States
where gain of one additional delegate
each may be made.
Bearing on Nominees.
The control Of the Southern delega-
tions has frequently had an important
bearing on the selection of presidential
nominees In Republican national con-
ventions. = With increased representa-
ton, In the next national convention
this control will be, all the more impor-
tant.
The Republican national organization
is intent on building up in the South
stronger Republican party. In the past
the control Of Federal patronage has
been a big factor in dealing with the
South and It's delegations to the Repub-
lican national conventions. The Situa-
lie RI q IL
Grafton. 81.
Also, who Is to be recognized as the
dispenser of patronage in some of these
Southern States? Take the case of
Georgia, for. example, where there is
no recognized Republican national COM
nitteeman at present. The executive
committee of the Republican national
committee had the case before 1t yes
terday. but came to no conclusion
thereon and, according to DR.. Hubert
Work. chairman of the national COM
mittee, the situation remains unchanged
in Georgia.
Col Horace A. Mann. who played
his part in the recent presidential cam
paign in the South, and has been re-
ferred to frequently as director Of the
campaign in that section, was before the
executive committee yesterday and dis
secrecy has been maintained In regard
to the matter. It has been reported,
however. that Col. Mann suggested that
he become the dispenser of Federal
patronage In some of the States of the
South and work at building up the
party there, but that the committee did
not take much stock in the proposal.
DR.. Work declined to comment on this
report today.
Work Issues Statement.
DR.. Work gave out statement fol-
lowing the executive committee meeting,
however, in which he called attention
to the increased representation which
the South would have In the national
convention in 1882 and declared that
every effort was to be made to build up
the party In that section Of the coun-
try. His statement follows:
Gratifying Election Results.
ut discussed at length the many
gratifying results Of the election. par
ticularly the party's success In break
ing the Solid South. This result was
so impressive and SO encouraging that
influence within It's power not only to
make these results permanent, but to
encourage and build up virile and mill
tant party organizations throughout the
Southern States. This is In response
to the demands from people from viz
tually every Southern State to become
permanently identified with the Repub-
lican party One of the consequences
of the victory will be increased South
ern representation in national conven-
TONS
While the States of the South are
gaining additional delegates to Re
publican national conventions, two
Northern States are to lose three dele
gates at large each. They are Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island, both of
which cast their electoral votes for
Smith. They will have four delegates
at large each. instead Of seven each as
hey had in the last national convention.
Col. Mann was on the list of those
having appointments with President
Hoover this afternoon.