St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-15
CARTER ISSUES THE CALL.
Rules for Choosing Delegates to
the Convention.

the Convention.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Chairman
Carter, of the Republican national
committee, today issued the following
call: for the national convention:
To the Republican Electors of the
United States: In accordance with
usage and the instructions of the Re
publican national convention of 1892,
and by direction of the national COM
mittee, national convention of dele
gated representatives of the Repub-
lican party will be held at the city of
St Louis, in the state of Missouri, On
Tuesday, the 10th day of June, 1896, at
u o'clock noon, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for president
and vice president of the United
national election, and for the transac-
tion of such other and further busi-
ness as may be brought before it. The
Republican electors in the several
states and territories, and voters with
out regard to past political affiliations
who believe in Republican principles
and indorse the Republican policy are
cordially invited to unite under this
call in the formation of a national
ticket.
delegates Large, and for each rep
resentative in congress at large two
delegates, and each congressional dis
trict, each territory and the District
of Columbia to two delegates. The
delegates at-large shall be chosen by
not less than twenty days published
notice, and not less than thirty days
before the meeting of the national con-
vention- The congressional district
delegates shall be chosen at conven-
tions called by the congressional COM
manner as the nomination of a repre-
sentative in congress is made in said
districts, provided, that in any con-
gressional district where there is no
Republican congressional district COM
mittee, the Republican state commit
tee shall appoint from the residents of
such district a committee for the pur-
pose of calling a district convention
to elect district delegates. The terri
torial delegates shall be chosen in the
same manner as the nomination Of a
delegate in congress is made. The
delegates from the District Of Co
lumbia shall be chosen at a conven-
ton to be called by the committee of
three provided for by the national
committee at its meeting in Washing
ton city on Dec. 10, 1895, and such con-
vention shall be constituted of MEM
bers elected in district primaries, to
be held at such time and places, and
presided over by such judges Of cleo
ton as said committee of three may
appoint. In addition to the represen..
the national convention for the terri
tories of Utah, New Mexico, Okla
homa and Arizona, the committee ad-
vises each of said territories to elect
four delegates, and the admission of
such additional delegates to the con-
vention is recommended. An alter
nate delegate for each delegate to 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 elect
ed. All notices of contests must be
filed with the secretary of 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 state
ments with the secretary.
(SigneO
Thomas H. Carter, Chairman.
Joseph H. Manley.
Washington, Dec. IA, 1895.