| Show QUAYS RESOLUTION It Was Principal Topic Discussed by Delegates Last Night Philadelphia Juno 20Tlie resole tion today IntrcAluced by Senaior Quay for the rearrangement of ho basis of ropresontnllon In future national conventions con-ventions has caused a semmsiUon pam Uculnrly among the delegatIons from the Southern Slates Tonight time Interest In-terest manifested In tho proposition was scarcely second lo the aroused by the contest for the VicePresidency Four ycaro ago Henry C Payne national na-tional commilteermin from Wisconsin proposed to the national committee an amendment to the rules providing that thereafter delegates to Republican na I tional conventions should be selected on the basis of one delegate for every 1000 Republican votes east at lie pre vious Presidential election The prop osition was widely discussed nt the lime but after wide conslderallon the I national committee decided to take no actIon on It WHY CHANGE IS SUGGESTED At various times since tIme campaign of JSSU the qujmlon uf changing the I basis of rcpresenlallon lias been ills cussed Informally the principal urgu i nieht by the adVoqalcs of a change be t I ing that under the present rules the j Southern Stales upon which no re lance 1 can be placed for Republican electoral votes proportionately have greater power In time selection of can to didnlos limn hose looking always to toOT elect a Republican President 1C Later at Washington Mr Payne brought forward his proposition Th committee however decided that 1 had no authority to take any action upon the question It was held that before tho committee could pass upon the questIon a national committee of the party would have to Instruct It to do so th FIRE BURSTS FORTH I Mr Payne dropped the matter for the time so far as ho wan personally concerned but during time past ten Cc days time fire which has been smouldcr Ir i Ing burst forth In the earnestness of c j the New Jersey delegation lo lake the f question before this convention After Gen Plngham had presented tho report of the commltttc on rules a former Senator Quay of Pennsylvania v rose and offered the following rosolu o ton aH an amendment to the committees commit-tees report > a t QUAYS AMENDMENT t t That hereafter every State shall bo tt entitled to four delegates nt large arid t one delegate for every 10000 votes or n majority fraction thereof cast at thc j t Presidential election for Presidential doctors and six delegates from caoh organized territory and time District of Columbia and that the method of election of such delegates shall be pro Idcd for by the national committee COMES UP TODAY The reading of tIme resolution was received with applause particularly from New York and Pennsylvania del ogates Among the delegates from the Southern States there was manifest uneasiness and it was evident Instantly Instant-ly l that If an effort was made to adopt the resolution at once a lively arcnc oiild be precipItated In the convention conven-tion Audible objections wrru raised lo pivvent consideration of the resolution reso-lution and at the suggestion of Mr Quay ijiompily seconded by Gen Bins ham It woiil over until tomorrow fhairmnn Lorlge added In response top to-p query that It would ho brought before be-fore time committee Immediately after 7 It assembled tomorrow COMPARATIVE STATEMENT Senator Quay sent to the clerks desk the following stucment showing aunt bor of delegates according to present 1 basis as compared with basis of on V dlegate for each 10003 voles majorIty major-Ity or fraction thereof east for Mc Klnley In 1J03 Also compared with the number of delegates based upon I equal represenlnllon as staled lo I which is added four delegalesallarge 1 from each Stale Present Proposd Rcpre Hcprf States scniailon scptatloa Alabama 22 0 Arknnflrt 16 8 California IS 10 I oloru I < > 8 7 fonneellcut 12 13 Delaware C 6 Florid S 3 Goorgla 25 10 1 Idaho P 5 Illinois 48 65 Indiana SO Co Iowa y > S3 Kansas 20 JO Kentucky 2 3 Jl Louisiana 1C G I Maine 12 12 M irvlind 10 IS Massachusetts 30 32 Michigan 2S T3 Minnesota IS 21 Mississippi 18 5 I AIK oiiri 3t 31 Montana < 6 1 I Nebraska 36 i U Nnvnda 6 j Ness Hampshire S 10 I Now Jersey 20 2i > New York 72 K I North r rollna 21 JO 1 North Dakota C 7 Ohio 46 7 Oregon S Pennsylvania Gl 1 V7 AVO IH J s s South Carolina 18 5 I boiun L Limt iota iiI S ii-I Tonnosieo 2I I I I fpxan Ji I Utah 0 Vormort 8 ° Virginia 2I IS Vnslilnclon S I t 5 Irtflnla 12 14 Wisconsin 21 I 4 5 tm1i10 I Totals 89i Srvi VHAT COMMITTEE PROPOSES Tonight Gen Blngham said that Iho committee on rules would brlnu tho resolution before the convention tomorrow to-morrow in amended foim It will provide pro-vide for a reference of tin qucStlon nf changing the basis of representation to the national t committee I with I Instructions I Instruc-tions to take action on It In accordance accord-ance with tIme spirit of thy resolution presented by Senator Qua The discussion dis-cussion will bcgln as soon as the convention con-vention convenes Gen Bingham will have control of the resolution on the floor Ho said ho would offer an opportunity op-portunity for debate upon lie question but thai unless reasonable lime for discussion could bo agreed upon he would move the nrcvious quesllon Upon Ibis the debate of lie quesllon under lie rules would be limited to twenty minutes on each side IS PRINCIPAL TOPIC Tonight the resolution Is the principal prin-cipal topic of discussion The delegates I from the Southern States are working like beavers to stem the tide which I seems to be running toward the adop lion of lie resolution Some declare I that adoption nvans deaths lo Republicanism t Repub-licanism I In I tIme South I Many of the delegations held informal infor-mal caucuses tonight in which the resolution res-olution was discussed with a view to action tomorrow As a rule however no definite decision waa reached Many from the Northern States declare their intention of supporting the resolution The proposition has strong backing In the I New England Slates In Now York and Pennsylvania amid In the North western States So strong bas the feel ing become among the Southern dele 1it ratp that of them rtp many are prepared 10 lrade their votes for VicePresident for votes against the resolution In T1 lCd this offer has been openly made 1 I in a number of Instances k4 IOWA WILL NOMINATE I Hawkcyo State Will Present Boosc ft velts Name Philadelphia June OA canvass off of-f the different Slate delegations regard ig the VleePrcsldontlal situation Inc In-c that there Is no man who can 4 compete with Roosevelt l for the nom ination IJe Is the first choice of near lv every delegation and as Dnlllver ihc strongest candidate after Roosevelt 1 Roose-velt ms said that 1e will not allow his name to KC before the iTonvenllon as being a candidate provided Iloose I volt will accept It It Is practically l ononmn affair Immediately following Mr Ilannas announcement of the withdrawal of all ii the other candidates and the nomination nomina-tion of Gov Roosevelt for VicfPrcsl tUiu by acclamation Mr Dolllvcr authorized au-thorized the following 13tl mol L My candidacy baa been wholly unsolicited un-solicited I have not t this solcHed up to moment r mo-ment spoken one word seeking the nomination to oven a member of oven my own delation Tonight Mr l Long Ir Scot Knd myself placed our ran dldaeles In Mr 1J annas hands to dis prn of as he aw Ht It was agreed that oir jmniPS ould not he presented to the convention amid upon my request I 11 lat YCIIH ur ny > State J will place Mr Roosevelts name In nomination In rimlf 1 or the Nation I believe that I the I nnnvD of Thy Roosevelt on the ticket will give It greater strength andS I and-S nthuslasm than the name of any manS man-S in America S Jii connection with the position of Mr Dolllvcr it is I probably that be will sit as a delegate I the scheme goes through I when the roll is I called for the nomination of VIcePreMdcsu Alabama S Ala-bama the ihst tate will yield to Iowa S and Iowa will nominalc Roosevelt V This J Is believed would create great enthusiasm I There was a conference In 1 Mr Han mis room tonight in which many closeS i close-S friends of Administration took part S I was understood that Roosevelt was S to be 1 nominated and it was Minly a question how It was to be done whether wheth-er by acclamation or In the regular order They were waiting to hear from Secretary Long whose consent to his withdrawal was wanted by the Masy chuaetts men before they accepted the r programme Contrary to expectations Coy Hcose I vult appeared at his headquarters S about 9 i oclock tonight and the first thing he did was to absolutely deny the story that Mr Plait had threatened I threat-ened him with defeat as a gubernatorial guberna-torial candidate If he refused the Vlcc Presidential nomination The story is S nn unqualified falsehood without the shadow of foundation he said |
