Show representation BASIS thy the future basis of 0 representation in republican national conventions will be a subject ot of consideration before the national committee next week meek N P scott the member mamber of the comm committee I 1 flee from wet west virginia introduced abeso areso n resolution bearing upon this four years aa ago 0 lie he has tea received so go much encouragement that he Is 13 going to got get it 11 up again acan this time there seems ems to be strong probability ot of action by the convention all that the committee can do Is to ill biang ing the matter to tile the attention of 0 tile the convention and to ask for instructions to govern the new committee in issuing tile the call for the next convention sell senator quay has recently declared 1 in favor of the change the intention la in to have a caucus of the pennsylvania delegation dele upon the subject if the delegation so no decides gov hastings will present to tile the convention a resolution embri embodying dying the new basis the scott plan provides that hereafter instead ot of congressional districts helm entitled to two tuot delegates each the representation shall be based upon the republican vote polled therein each congressional district shall have one delegate for each republican votes polled anti and one additional delegate tor for a 1 traction fraction exceeding halt half thereof or 0 votes any di district polling less IMS than republican votes vot shall be entitled to one delegate four delegates at large shelf shall be allowed each state the effect of this change would be to 9 alvo ive an increased representation in the convention to states which poll the heavy republican vote and to decrease cepro representation sen tation in states which poll a light republican vote if this basis was in force now and the lh last congressional vote that ot of was mas taken twenty six states state would have more tie I 1 e edgalea than they h will 1 have fifteen teen states would mould have fewer delegates than they will have kentucky T missouri end and rhode island would have their present represent representation at ton the following shows tho th changes chances by states which ell the new plan would mould make utah be belne t ng left out present new state no no gain loss alabama a 23 13 1 0 arkansas 16 14 1 IS 6 california 18 21 2 colorado 8 9 ii it 19 1 connecticut 12 13 I 1 ii 4 delaware I 1 4 1 7 1 florida 8 9 il 0 2 georgia 26 15 1 11 idaho 6 5 1 illinois 49 3 13 0 1 U 1 indiana 31 41 16 lowa iowa 4 sa 12 kansas 20 14 b kentucky W 4 V n louisiana 16 14 a maino 13 12 1 I ii a 1 maryland 1 hi 13 3 18 3 2 A massachusetts 3 ai 2 michigan ia 3 34 8 IS 19 24 a mis sissi III 38 S ll it i 7 F Z I 1 t 31 montana 8 I 1 i 1 nebraska IS 16 13 2 nevada 6 3 5 ne new w hampshire 8 11 1 1 I 1 2 N new a w jersey TO 26 si 4 f I 1 new york 72 2 north carolina 22 37 i 6 north dakota 16 6 7 i 1 1 ohio 1446 W 3 17 37 oregon 8 I 1 lit 3 2 pennsylvania 61 C 67 13 rhode island 8 al i south carolina IS 28 11 south dakota f 8 10 2 1 tennessee 21 1 4 texas 3 1 I L 3 9 4 vermont S 1 2 1 i virginia Virgin la 21 H washinton hinton 8 11 14 1 M west Vir virginia ginto I 1 13 I 1 16 4 wisconsin 1 U J 9 0 wyoming 6 3 5 I 1 total ai 93 79 as if the proposition to change the ba basis bala la of 0 representation pets gets fairly before the convent convention lo n it may be carried the twenty six states which will be increased will naturally dav favor or it the losses will be mainly in the south and there has been in several conventions a strong inclination to reduce I 1 the he southern representation until the states ot of tits that t bertlon show a larger 1 republican vote the states to dufter lapses would be abalama at Ai arkansas kansas idaho louisiana massachusetts blis lN nevada evada north carolina south carolina tennessee texas virginia arid and Wy wyoming orning the basis of 0 a 0 delegate to each Ae republican publican votes voice would have increase increased e d nhe me total number ot of delegates in III the st louis convention if 1 it had been put in force by the M minneapolis convention to 10 1038 8 it would have given twenty six states delegates more than they will have arid and would have bave given fifteen states 79 delegates less than they will III have making the net increase In creaso tho the twenty six states are both east and west the heaviest gainers among them by the change arnould anould he cola colorado rado illinois indiana iowa new neav york pennsylvania and the tha state of washington st louis globe democrat |