Show SOUTH Will ML FIGHT i iFOR FOR OLD STANDING Protests Against Threat to Cut Representation i in Republican I can Convention COMMITTEEMEN TO MEE Proposal Made by Texan to toi Forbid Election of Officeholders Officeholders Officeholders Office Office- holders as Delegates I y Washington ton Dec 9 A 9 A conference of ot about twenty five members of or the Republican Re- Re publican national committee will behold bo ho hold here Monday night to protest against Il aln t the old threat to r reduce duce southern south- south ern rn representation In Republican national national national na na- conven conventions National Committeeman Cecil Lyon of oC Texas who called the tho meeting will present a resolution calling caling on the national committee to f forbid election of or federal holders as aM deJe delegates atell Much of oC the protest a against the large southern delegation has been based on the lute fact that federal office holders have hae predominated and have havo been swung into nto line lInc to support existing administrations admin admin- Colonel Lyon hopes that by keeping the office holders ot off the tho delegations the representation of the tho southern states stales will not be bc Impaired Another move to be made b by Colonel Lyon Fyon I yon and his associates will be to nullify nul nul- the tho selection of or any dele delegates made mado prior prier to the thc call for the convention b by the national committee This ac action action action ac- ac tion was suggested e b by the selection of ot Taft TaCt delegates from Alabama several months ago at a a. meeting called b by the tile postmaster of or Mobile Mobil a member of oC th the committee from Crom Alabama The Tire threat to reduce the souther delegations has haM ha b been en r resurrected by Senator Bourne of or Oregon I 1 am going oin to lo use my best efforts i to have the forty art delegates ates from Texas selected from Crom Republicans who are not Indebted to an any administration b because of oC their employment b by the government government govern govern- ment said Mr lr lyon Ion Personally I am going to Insist that the candidate for or President who gets our n votes otes shall shaH come comp out against the al If 10 lit qui CUt n our VUr rep rep- I further will Insist that no city be given I en the convention whose state slate d legation delegation teg Is willing to cut down downour downour downour our strength strength In the convention The prospective rl fight h t appeared to have thrown tho the strength of the southern southern southern south south- ern members of ot the committee to St. St Louis as the convention elt city although 1 Chicago still sUIl seemed to be favored by bya a majority Denver and Cincinnati have ha also put in bids President Taft Tart will vIII give Ive a dinner to the committee Monday ron ay evening which al nl also o will be attended b by Postmaster General Hitchcock and Vice President Sherman |