Show sk U am om 91 I 1 wa a k 11 I 1 a 1 v n n UN KUL 6 members expect to get matter fully threshed out by nine A me chicago june 16 the question of whether there shall bo be a reduction in representation in future Zat national ional republican I 1 convention was vas discussed for two hours today by the committee on oil rules and order of business without result an adjournment being t taken reli until 9 tomorrow morning in order ardef that the members of the committee might confer over night with their delegations the basis of the discussion was tho the reo resolution lution offered on the floor of tho the convention today by representative V I 1 burke of pennsylvania providing that hereafter each shall be entitled to four delegates at large and one delegate for each votes or minority fraction thereof cast at the last preceding presidential election and two delegates from each of tho the territories representative burke claimed that the sentiment was war strongly in favor of his bis resolution the opposition came entirely from the southern states against the southern contentions re representative burke C C dawson of colorado and others maintained that the proposition was fair delegate dawson strongly urged the he resolution klon insisting that if the south wanted an increase to build up its organization the representatives afford it because lle larger number of votes cast tor for republican electors the larger would be the republican membership in the convention while the committee ee was in session representative herbert parsons of new york was outside with a aub sub reEo resolution lution which lie he thought should be adopted representative burke took a copy of it in with him to be off offered cred in the event that his own resolution yas voted down the parsons resolution follows hereafter the ahe iati national onal republican convention shall consist of four delegates from each cash state fate two delegates from f rom each of the territories two delegates from th district of columbia two delegates from AI alaska porto rico and the philippines and from each congressional district one delegate from every and the I 1 majority fraction thereof cast or the republican for national electors at the he last presidential election provided however that no congressional district shall be cut at least one olie delegate I 1 Je legate and that in ill SL ates where all ail members of congress gress aro are not elected from separate districts there ab shall 11 not be elected a greater number num berof of delegates than would be the all tho members 0 congress were elected from such separate districts for each delegate ail ail s altern alternate delegate shall ahall be chosen to berve in base case of the be t absence of the committee with the 1 exception of rules 1 and 12 I 1 1 adopted the rules of the last national convention tho the rules re reserved servel torf foi trence further discussion tomorrow have reference Te to the number of rc presenta represent at aves J ves and the manner of procedure tn yn the election of delegates to ali the e national convention this latter prep proposition as if on was pl placed aced 1 in the hanos bands of a 4 sub committe om mitte who will report aport tomorrow T t t |