Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
THE CONVENTION.
The Official Call Of the State Republi.
can Convention 10 be Held In Fort
Worth, April "a, 1888,
The Numb.r OF Delegates accorded to Each
Organized County--The Work to
be Done by the Convention.
THE CALL.
Special to the Gazette.


| Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March Sat s meeting
of the Republican State Executive Com.
mittee, held at the city of Austin, Texas.
March 5, 1888, the chairman of the com,
mittee was requested to Issue the follow
ing call, viz:
A State Republican Delegate Conven.
ton will convene in the city of Fort
Worth, Texas, at IL o'clock, M, on the
oath day Of April, 1888, for the following
purposes:
l. To elect four delegates for the state
at large, and four alternstes to represent
the state st the National Republican Con-
yentiop. to be held at Chicsgo, Illinois,
June 10, 1883.
2. In selecting delegates for the con-
gressional districts the following direc-
tons issued by the National Executive
i Committee will be observed: "The con-
gressional districts delegates will be
chosen In the same manner as the man
ner OF the nomination Of the Member OF
Congress is made in said districts"
8. To nominate presidential electors.
4. To nominate or provide state
ticket for the ensuing November election
] if the convention SO determines.
i 5. To elect a chairman of the State Re-
publican Executive COMMITTEES and secre-
| tary therefor and to define the duties and
powers Of the 1mmittee.
6. To transact such other business as
may be properly brought before 1t.
Z. TheIbasis of representation for dele
Gates to this convention shall he one for
every $50 or fraction over $50 votes cast
for Mr.. Blaine, and one for every 1000 or
fraction of 1000 over said 1000 votes cast
for Mr.. Cleveland in 1884. The chairman
of each county executive committee Is
hereby directed to call, by not less than
ten days published notice, q convention
to be held in their respective counties,
for the purpose Of organizing a county
executive committee and electiDg dele
gates to the state convention above
named according TO the basis herein pre-
scribed as follows: One delegate at
large for every organized county, ana in
addition thereto:
Anderson Z, Austin Z, Bastrop Z, Bell
4, Bexar l3, Bowie 4, Brszoria 8, Brazos
6, BuIleson 4, Caldwell 4, Cameron 6,
Camp 5, Csss 6, Cherokee 8, Collin 8,
Colorado Z, Comal 5, Cooke 4, Cory
ell l, Dallss II, Denton 5, Dewitt 4,
OuVsl 2, Ellis 5, Ell Paso 2, Erath l, Fails
Z, Fannin 6, Fa7ette 10, Fort Bend 7,
Freestone I, Galveston IL, Gillespie 2,
GoIiad 2, Gonzales 4, GraYson u, Gregg
4, Grimes 8. Guadalupe 4, Harris Is, Har-
rison Z, Hays 2. Henderson 2, Hill 4,
Hopkins 8, Houston 5, Hunt 4, jack
son 2, Jefferson 2, johnson 2,
Kaufman 5. Kendall 2, Kinney 2, Lamar
8. Lavacs 8, Lee 1, Leon I, Liberty 2,
Limestone 5, Madison 2, Marion 6, Mats-
4orda 2, McLennan s, Medina 2, Milan 5,
Montgomery 4, Morris 2, Eacogdoches 8,
Navarro Z, Panola 2, Parker 8, Polk 3,
Red River 5, Robertson 10, Risk 7, San
Augustine 2, San Jacinto 8, Smith 9.Starr
2, Tlrrsnt 8, Tom Green 2, Travis 10, Ty-
Ter 2, Van Zandt 3, Victoria 1, Walker 5,
Waller 5, Washington IA. Webb 2, War
ton 1, Williamson 1, Wilson 2, Wise 4,
Wood2.
In case of the absence of chairman Of
any county executive committee the ate
executive committee has authorized the
appointment of a chairman by the chair
man Of the senatorial district to which
such county may belong.
JOHN B. RECTOR,
Chairman Rep. Ex. Com.
G. M. FERGUSON, Secretary.