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Show BBBBJ ! ! BBBBJ HASTEN THE REFORM BBBB Having digested tho suggestions BBBB made by tho Now York" Republ'can" BBBB convention tho members of the party BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflE thrcJghout tho nation seems to ravor them. A cnrcrul reading of the editorial edi-torial discussion by leaders amon tho Republican press falls to disclose any that object to the Now York plan ,for liberalizing tho part'. Tho solo J difference of opinion seems to bo as to the advisability of calling a spa-cla! spa-cla! national convention to adopt 'he 1 suggested reforms and render '.hen 1 effective. Why there should bo any I -Mich variance of Bentlmont docs r.ot seem clear. Tho steady return of protectlmlatf to tho party of protection will borne bo-rne an enthusiastic rush when tho country understands tho party Is in earnest In Instituting these reformB. The reunion that is going satisfactorily satisfac-torily forward wns begun becauso of sheer economic necessity; it will be continued with enhtinced energy when pnity liberalization onco becomes an accomplished fact. The suggestion that mlnlmlzos tho Influence r tho rotten boroughs ot tho South In national na-tional nomlnntfng conventions, nnd thnt prices phrty leadership and party par-ty government clearly In tho hands of the party majority, Is the solo remaining re-maining recommendation tho party needs to tho millions of voters that deserted Its candldato at tho last national election. All doubt In the minds of the voters vot-ers should bo removed beforo tho next quadrennial nominating convention; conven-tion; It would be Infinitely beneficial If it could be accomplished beforo the congressional elections of next year. Any obstacle thnt remains In the way of party control by party majority must bo removed In order that pro-fesslonal pro-fesslonal politicians may have no reasonable ground for continuing the party schism. There will be constant con-stant Insinuation that tho changes hre not suggested in good faith unless they aro Instituted at the earliest possible moment. A special national nation-al convention which shall modify the party rules so as to Incorporate tho Now York Ideas would seem to bo necessary. The elimination of tho southern del egntes as a controlling factor In Re publican national conventions would hnvo been effected at tho 1008 cor vcntlon had It not been for tho Influ-enco Influ-enco of Mr. Roosovelt. Ho was de termlned to nominate Mr. Tart, nnd tho southern delegates, always tho property ot tho administration were tho nucleus of tho Tnft strength. Senator Sen-ator Quay of PcnnBylvlinln had suggested sug-gested to tho 1900 convention n plan thnt would havo adjusted all dllllcul ties, but Senator Hanna, tho McKln-ley McKln-ley manager, bargained with Quay and his associate, Piatt of Now York with tho result that the Idtn was dropped In consideration that Hanna should help nominate Mr. rtoosevelt for vice, president. Agnln In 1908, Mr. Rooe-velt Rooe-velt nnd IiIb friends fought tho suggestion sug-gestion when It was renewed "in tnat convention. All thnt Is necessary Is n ohungo In the rules basing representation up on the Republican voto In tho several sev-eral states, and leaving tho method of selecting delegates to tho Ropu'j-Ucnns Ropu'j-Ucnns In each stato. This chango would removo ovory honest objection to past methods and would open tho door for tho return of every Republican Repub-lican who belloves In following principles prin-ciples rather than men. And this reform re-form cannot be Instituted too soon Herald Republican. |