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THE CALL ISSUED.
Official Announcement Of Repub-
lioan National Convention.
To Be Held in ST. Louis June I6-
How Delegates and AIternates
Shall Be Chosen.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE official call
for the national republican convention
has been issued as follows:
ITO the Republican Electors of the
United States:
I'm accordance with usage and the in
Btructions of the republican national con-
vention of 1892 and by direction of the ma
tional committee. national convention OF
delegated representatives of the republican
party will be held in the city of st. Louis
in the state of Missouri on Tuesday, the
18th day of June, 1896, at IL o'clock noon. for
the purpose of nominating 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 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 indorse the republican
policy are cordially 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 representa-
tive in congress at large. two delegates.
and each congressional district, each ter
ritory and the District of Columbia to two
delegates. The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular state convention, called
and not less than 80 days before the meet
ing 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 nomina-
ton Of a representative in congress Is made
in said district: provided, that in any con-
gressional district where there is no re-
publican congressional committee, the re-
publican state committee shall appoint
from the residents of such district COM
mittee for the purpose of calling district
convention to elect district delegates. The
territorial delegates shall be chosen in the
same manner Us the nomination OF
q delegate in congress Is made. The
delegates from the District of Column
baa shall be chosen at convention, to be
called by the committee Of three. provided
for by the national committee at its meet
ing in Washington city, on December 10,
1s9a and such convention shall be consti-
tuted OF members elected in district pri-
maries. to be held at such time and places
and presided over by such judges of cleo
ton as said committee of three may APP
point.
I'm addition to the representation now
authorized by the rules of the national
convention for the territories of Utah,
New Mexico. Oklahoma and Arizona. the
committee advises each of said territories
TO elect four delegates and the admission of
such additional delegates to the conven-
ton Is recommended.
IAN 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 filed
with the secretary of the national commit
tee In writing. accompanied by printed
statements of the grounds of contest.
which shall be made public. Preference in
the order of hearing and determining con-
tests will be given by the convention in
accordance with the dates of filing such
notices and statements with the secre-
tary.
'.THoMAs II. CARTER, Chairman.
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Secretary.
washington. DC. December IA. 1885,"