| Show STATE many of the state delegations caucuses caucused caucus ed during tho day and selected their chairmen and made assignments to the respective spec tive committees on resolutions credentials denti als etc some of them also adopted planks which thy propose to offer in the convention the pennsylvania delegation with the approval it is said of senator quay and governor hastings adopted thu following resolved that district representation in future republican national conventions shall be based upon the vote cast in each district for the republican ticket at the preceding presidential election provided that each district shall have at least one delegate and each state shall have four delegates at large the ratio for district representation in the convention of 1900 shall be one delegate tor each republican votes polled this year for the banty ticket with an additional delegate for a fraction exceeding a half thereof in caso any state entitles entitle i to more than one member of congress has not been divided into congressional districts ils representation shall be ascertained by dividian divi diun the electoral vote for the entile state by hereafter each national convention shall fix the ratio of representation for the succeeding national convention f this plan should be adopted it would effect a reduction of seventy nine votes as follows alabama 9 arkansas 6 florida 2 georgia 11 aidabol louisiana 0 massachusetts 2 mississippi 7 cevado 1 north carolina 5 south carolina 7 tennessee 4 texas 9 virginia 8 and wyoming 1 votes to tew york 87 to pennsylvania 69 to illinois 46 to indiana 34 to missouri and to other states in like proportion making a net gain 0 mr george P englehardt one of the chicago mckinley Mo Kinley leaders will offer with the endorsement indorsement indor of the illinois delegation the following resolutions |
