The state journal., 1884-02-02
National Rules Of the Republican
Party.
At a meeting of the committee,
held in Washington on the 18th Of
January last, the following resolution

At q meeting OF the committee
held in Washington on the 18th o.
January last, the following resolution
was adopted:
"Resolved That the call for tho next Ropub
lican National Convention shall be so broad and
liberal as to invite the cooperation, without i'm
posing and other tests of fealty, of all citizen.
who are in favor of oevrting and dignifying
American labor protecting and extending home
Industries, giving free and popular education tC
the masses of the people, securing free suffrage
and an honest counting of ballots, and effect
ually protecting all human rights in every
section of our common country, and who are
willing to support the nominees of the conyen
tion:"
The committee also fixed the basis
of representation in the next National
Convention; and the manner of elect
ing delegates, by the adoption Of
the following order:
"The Republican National Convention of 1884
shall consist Of four delegates at large from
each State, and two delegates for each Con
gressional district, (also two delegates for each
Congressman at-large-amendment.)
"The delegates at large shall be chosen by
popular delegate State Conventions. called on
y less than twenty days published notice, and
held not less than thirty nor moro than sixty
DAYS before the time fixed for the meeting of the
National Convention.
"The Republicans of the various Congressional
Of aIa fhafy
delegates ut separate popular delegate conven.
tions, called on similar notice, and held In the
districts at any time within the fifteen days
next prior to the meeling Of the State COnven.
ton, OF by subdivisions; and such delegates shall
be chosen in the latter method if not elected pre-
vious to the meeting of the State Conventions
All district delegates to be accredited by the
officers of such District Conventions.
"Two delegates shall be allowed from each
Territory and from the District of Columbia,
similarly chosen:
''Notices of contests shall be given to the Ma
tional Committee, accompanied by full printed
statements OF the grounds of contest which shall
also be made public, and preference in the order
of hearing and Determining contests shall be
given, by the Convention, according to the dates
Of the reception of such notices and statements
by the National Convention"
State rules adopted by the Re
publican State Convention held at
Harrisburg on May 10th 1882.
lst-That delegates to State Conventions
shall be chosen in the:manner In which eandi-
dates for the General Assembly are nominated
except in Senatorial districts composed OF more
than one county, in which confereeS for the &C.
lection of Senatorial delegates shall be chosen
in the manner aforesaid.
2nd-Hereafter the State Convention of the
Republican party shall be held on the second
Wednesday of July except in the year of the
Presidential election, when It shall be held not
more than thirty days previous to the day fixed
for the National Convention, and at least sixty
days notice shall be given of the date of the
State Convention
Srd-That we recommend to the county or
ganization that in their rules they allow the
largest freedom in the general participation in
the primaries consistent with the preservation
Of the party organization,