Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09
THE CONVENTION.
The OflcIaI Call Of the State Republic
can Convention to be Held In Fort
Worth. april "a, 1888.
The Number Of Delegates Accorded to Each
Organised Oounty-rhe Work to
be Dsne by the Convention,
The CALL.

The CALL.
Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March Sat 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:
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 aIternates to represent
the state at the National Republican Con-
Eention. to be held at Chicago, Illinois,
June 10, 1888.
2. In selecting delegates for the con-
gressionsl districts the following direc-
lions issued by the National Executive
Committee will be observed: "The con-
gressional districts delegates will be
chosen in the same manner es the man
ner Of the nomination Of the Member Of
Congress is made in said districts"
5. To nominate presidential electors.
4. To nominate or provide state
ticket Tor the ensuing November election
il ne convention SO determines
To elect chairman of the State Re-
pu9,ictD Executive Committee and secre-
teTy therefor and to define the duties and
powers of the C mmittee.
6 To transact such other business as
msy be properly brought before II.
7. Tut Ibssjs Of representation fer dele
PAtes 70 this convention shall te one for
every $50 or fraction over $50 votes cast
for Mr. Blzjne, snd one for every 1000 or
fraction nt 1000 ever said 1000 votes cast
for NJ Cleveland in 1884 The Chairman
CT each county executive commitiee is
hereby directed to call, by not less than
ten daNs' published notice, convention
to be held in their respective counties,
for the purpose Of organizing county
executive committee and electing 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 7, Austin Z, Bastrop Z, Bell
1, Bexsr Is, Bowie 4, Brszoria 5, Brazos
s, Burleson 4, Caldwell 4, Cameron 6,
Camp 8, Csss 6, Cherokee 5, Collin 5,
Colorado Z, Comal 8, Cooke 4, Cory
ell l, Dallas u, Denton 5, Dewitt 4,
DuVsl 2, Ellis 5, Fl Paso 2, Ereth l, Falls
7, FAnnin 8, FaYette 10, Fort Bend Z,
Freestone 4, Galveston IL, Gillespie 2,
G0liad 2, Gonzales 4, GraYson II. Gregg
1, Grimes 8, Guadalupe 4, Harris TO- Har-
rison Z, Hays 2. Henderson 2, Hill 4,
Hopkins s. Houston 5, Hunt 4. JaCf =
son 2, Jefferson 2, johnson 2,
kaufman 8. Kendsll 2, Kinney 2, Lamar
8, L2Vsca 8, Lee 4, Leon T.. Liberty 2,
Limestone 8, Madison 2. Marion S, Mata
eorda 2, McLennsn s, Medina 2, Milan 8,
Montgomery 4, Morris 2, Nscogdoches 3.
Navarro 7, Pamela 2, Palk-r 3, Polk 8,
Red RIVER 5, Robertson 10. Rusk 7, San
Augustine 2, San Jscinto 8, Smith 9,StaIr
., TArrsnt 8, Tom Green 2, Travis Is, Ty-
Ter 2, Van Zandt ), Victoria 4, Walker 8,
Waller 5, Washington IA, Webb 2, Waar-
ton 1, Williamson 4 Wilson 2, Wise I,
Wood
In case Of the absence OF chairman Of
any county executive committee the 8 ate
executive committee has authorized the
appointment of chairman by the chair
man of the senatorial district to which
such county may belong.
JOHN B RECTOR,
Chairman Rep. Elk, Com.
c. M. FERGUSON, Secretary.