The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-14
CARTER CALLS.
The Chairman of the Republican
National Committee
Issues the Call for the National
Convention.
AT ST. LOUIS JUNE Is.
At Which President and Vice
President will be Made.
Kansas will Have Twenty Del
egates in the Convention.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Chairman Car
tee has issued the following call for the
national conventions:
To the Republican Electors of the United States:
In accordance with usage and the in
structions of the Republican national
convention of 1892, and by direction
of the national committee, ma
tional convention of delegated rep
resentatives of the Republican party
will be held at the city of
st. Louis in the state of Missouri on
Tuesday. the 10th day of June, 1896, at
IL o'clock noon for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for president and vice
president of the United States to be
supported at the next national election
and for the transaction of such other and
further business as may be brought be-
fore it.
The Republican electors in the sew
eral states and territories, and voters
without regard to past political atfilia-
tions who believe in Republican princi-
pies and endorse the Republican policy
are cordially invited to unite und er this
call in the formation of national ticket.
Each state will be entitled to four del
egates at large and for each representa- :
tive in congress at largo two delegates
and each congressional district, each ter
ritory and the District OF Columbia two
delegates. The delegates at large shall
be chosen by popular state convention,
called in not less than twenty days pub
lished notice and not less than thirty
days before the meeting of the national
convention.
The congressional district delegate s
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the congressional committee of each such
district in the same manner as the nomi-
nation of representative in congress is
made in said district provided tnat in
any congressional district, where there is
no Republican congressional committee,
the Republican state committee
shall appoint from the residents
of such district committee
for the purpose of calling district con-
vention to elect district delegates. The
territorial delegates shall be chosen in
the same manner as the nomination of
delegate in congress is made. The dele
gates from the District of Columbia
shall be chosen at the convention to be
called by the committee of three pro-
vided for by the national committee at
its meeting in Washington city on De-
cember 10, 1895, and such convention
shall be constituted OF members elected
in district primaries to be held at such
time and place. and presided over by
such judges of election as such commit
tee OF three may appoint
In addition to the representation now
authorized by the rules of the national
convention for the territories of
Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Ari-
zona, the committee advises each of said
territories to elect four delegates and
the admission of such additional dele
gates to the convention is recommended
An alternate delegate for each delegate
to the national convention to act in 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 fled
with the secretary of the national CON-
mittee 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 secretary.
THOMAS Il. Carter,
Chairman.
JOSEPH Fl. MANLEY.
Washington. Dec. IA 1925.