The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-15

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1A-Chairman
Garter Of the Republican national COM
mittee today issued the following call for
a national convention:
To the Republican electors of the Uni
ted StateS-In accordance with the US
age and instructions of the Republican
national convention of 1892, and by direc-
ton Of the national committee, the ma
tional convention os the delegated repre-
sentatives OF the Republican party VIII
be held in the city of st. Louis, Mo-, on
Tuesday, the 18th day of June, 1895, at
IL o'clock noon, for the purpose OF NOM
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 otheI
and further business as may be brought
before it.
The Republican electors in the SeVerai
states and territories, and voters with
out regard to past political afhllatlonSl
who believe in Republican principles ana
endorse the policy, are cordially invited
TO unite under this call in confirmation
Of the new ticket. Each state viii be
entitled to four delegates at large and
for each representative in Congress at
large, two delegates, and each congress
sional district, each territory and DIS"
tl'ict of Columbia, two delegates.
The delegates at large shall be chosen
by popular state conventions, called on
hot less than twenty days published no.
tice and not less than so days before
the meeting of the national convention
The congressional district delegates
Shall be chosen at conventions called by
the congressional committee OF each dis
trict. in the same manner as the NOM
tnation of representative in Congress is
made, in said district provided that in
any congressional district where there is
no Republican congressional committee,
the Republican state committee shall ap~
point from the residents Of such dis
Vi ~ 90 for
calling the district convention to elect
district delegates. Territorial delegates
from the District of Columbia shall be
chosen at q convention TO be called by
COMMITTEES of three provided for by the
national committee at the meeting in
Washington City, December TO- 1895, and
such convention Shall be constituted OF
members elected in the district primar-
les to be held at such time and place and
presided over by such judges Of election
as said committee 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 Arizona
the committee to advise each Of said
territories to elect four delegates and the
admission Of such additional delegates TO
the convention as recommended.
An alte-nate delegate for each dele
gate to the national convention to act
in the case OF The absence of the dele
gate shall be elected in the same man
ner and at the same time as the dele
gaze is elected.
All notices OF contests must be fled
in writing with the secretary of the ma
tional committee. accompanied by printed
statements Of the grounds of contest,
which shall be made p. blic. Preference
IN 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 H. CARTER, Chairman.
JOSEPH II. NIANLEY, Secretary.