The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-20
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

To the Republican Electors Of the United
4, States:
In accordance with the usage and the in
structions of the Republican National Conven-
ton of 1888, a National Convention Of dele
gated representatives of the Republican party
will be held at the City of Minneapolis, Mime
sofa, on Tuesday, the 9TH day OF June, 1892, at
l2 O'Clock at noon for the purpose OF nominat-
ing candidates for President and Vice-PreSident
to be supported at the next National Election,
and for the transaction OF such other and fuf-
Their business as may be brought before it. The
Republican electors in the several States and
Territories. and voters without regard to past
political affiliations who believe in Republican
principles and endorse the Republican policy,
are cordially invited to unite under this call in
the formation of National Ticket.
: Each State will be entitled to four delegates
at large, and for each Representative in Con-
greSS at large, two delegates, and each Congress
sional District, each Territory, and the District
OF Columbia, to two delegates. The delegates
at large shall be chosen by popular State Con-
yentions, called on not less than twenty days
published notice, and not less than thirty days
before the meeting of the National Convention.
The Congressional District delegates shall be
chosen at conventions called by the Congression-
al Committee of each such district in the same
manner as the nomination for a Representative
in Congress in made In said district; Provided,
That in any Congressional District where there
is no Republican Congressional Committee, ow-
ing to re-dlstricting the State under the new Con-
gressional apportionment, the Republican State
such district committee 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 delegates
from the District of Columbia shall be chosen
at convention constituted OF members elected
in primary district assemblies, held under the
cail and direction of the Republican Central
Committee of the District of Columbia, which
said committee shall be chosen one from each
assembly distrietsen thesfirSt Tuesday of Janu-
airy, 1892, at the hour of o'clock p. M, at a
place OF meeting in each assembly district to be
designated by a joint call, with not less than
ten Gays notice, signed by the member of the
National Connni::a.tee for the District of Column
bia and the chairman of the Republican Central
Committee Of said District.
An alternate delegate for each delegate to the
National Convention, to act in case Of the alb
sence of the delegate, shall be. elected in the
same manner and at the same time as the dele
gate 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 Notional Committee.
JAMES S. GARRISON, Chairman.
JACOB SLoAT FASSETT, Secretary.
New York. Jan. 20, 1892.