The plan now proposed is that the apportionment in future conventions be based upon the number of votes polled for the candidates of the party at the last preceding National election, according to what is known as the 'official returns,' although it may be a fact, as is unquestionably true in some States, that the 'official returns' may not be free from fraud,--that they may represent in some instances not the actual party vote polled, but the party vote counted, certified, and returned.

This plan, therefore, means that representation from some States in future National Republican Conventions will not be based upon Republican strength, nor determined by Republican votes, but will be fixed and determined by Democratic election officials.

In other words, Democrats, and not Republicans, will fix and determine in a large measure, representation in future Conventions of the Republican party.
"The proposed change is predicated upon the assumption that elections are fair and returns are honest in all the States at each and every National election.

If that were true the difference in the representation from the several States would be unimportant and immaterial, even under the proposed change, hence there would be no occasion for the change.

The fact that this assumption is not true furnishes the basis for the alleged inequality in representation, and the apparent necessity for the change proposed.