The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-25
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Chairman CIarkson Issues a Call for
the Convention.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEws.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 24.-The Re-
publican National Committee, through
James S. Clarkson, chairman, and j. Sloat
Fassett, secretary, yesterday afternoon
issued call for the national convention to
meet at Minneapolis Tuesday, June 7th,
next.
Each State will be entitled to four dele
gates at large and one for each representa-
tive in Congress at large two delegates,
and each Congressional district, each ter
ritory and the District OF Columbia TO
two delegates.
The full text OF the call is as follows !:
The Republican electors of the United
States In accordance with usage, and the
instruction of the Republican national
convention of 1888, a natinonal Republican
convention of delegated representatives OF
the Republican party will be held at the
city OF Minneapolis on Tuesday, the .th
day of June, 1857, at IL o'clock noon, Tor
the purpose of nominating candidates for
President and Vice-President to be sup
ported at the next national election, and
for the transaction of such other and fur
ther business as may be brought before 1T:
The Republican electors in the several
States and Territories, and the voters,
without regard TO past political Affiliations,
who believe in Republican principals and
indorse the Republican policy. are cor
daily invited to unite under this call In
the formation of national ticket.
Each State will be entitled to four dele
gates at large, and for each representative
in congress at large, two delegates, and
each congressional district, each territory
and the District of Columbia to two dele
gates. The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular State conventions, called
on not less than 20 days public notice, and
not less than 80 days before the meeting OF
the national convention.
The congressional district delegates
shall be chosen at conventions called by
the congressional committee of each such
district in the same manner as the nom-
ination for representative in Congress is
made in said district; provided that in
any congressional district where there is
no Republican congressional committee,
owing to re-districting the state under the
next congressional apportionment, the
Republican state committee shall appoint
from the residents of such districts COM
mittee for the purpose Of calling district
convention to elect district delegates.
The territorial delegates shall be chosen
in the same manner as the nomination of
a delegate in Congress Is made. The dele
gates of the District of Columbia shall
be chosen at convention constituted of
members elected in primary district assem-
blies held under the call and direction of
the Republican central committee of the
District Of Columbia, which said commit
tee thall be chosen one from each assem-
bly, district on the first Tuesday of jan
uary, 1892, at the hour of Z o'clock p. NJ,
at the place of meeting in each assembly
district to be designated by joint call
with not less than ten days notice, signed
by the member of the national committee
for the District of Columbia and the
chairman of the Republican central com
mittee of said district.
An alternate delegate for each delegate
in the national convention, to act in the
case of the absence of the delegate, shall
be elected in the same manner and at the
same time as the delegate is elected.
All notices of contests must be filed
with the national committee in writing,
accompanied by printed statements of the
grounds Of contest, which shall be made
public
Preference in the order Of hearing and
determining contests will be given by the
convention in accordance with the dates
of filing such notices and statements with
the national committee.
JOHN s. CLARKsoN, Chairman.
JACOB SLoAT FAssETT, Secretary.