The morning times., 1895-12-15
CALLED THE CONVENTION
Chairman Carter Has Issued the
Formal Address.
gates and Is Brief and TO
the Point.

The formal call for the Republican ma
tional convention to meet in ST. Louis on
June 16 next was issued yesterday by
Chairman Carter. The call Is as follows:
ITO the Republican electors OF tue United
States:
I'm accordance with usage and the tu-
structions of the Republican national con-
veution of 1892 and by direction OF the ma :
tional committee. q national convention or
delegated representatives OF the Repub-
iican party will be held ut the CITY OF ST.
Louis. in the State of Missouri. on Tuesday.
the 18th day of June. 1896. at IL s'ciock
noon, for the purpose OF nominating candi-
dates for President aud Vice President oI
the United States, TO be supported at tbe
next national election. and for the transac-
Gon OF such other and Iurther business as
may be brought before 1t.
The Republican electors in the several
States and Territories. and voters, with
out regard To past political Affiliations.
who believe in Republican principles and in
dorse the Republican policy. are cordially
invited to unite under this call in the forIna-
tion of q national ticket.
Each State will be entitled to four del
egates- at-largc, and for each representa- :,
tive in Congress at large, two delegates, and
each Congressional district. each Terri
tory and the District OF Columbia. Two del
egates. The delegates at-arge shall be
chosen 10y popular State conventions, called
on not less than thirty DAYS published no..
ticc, and not less than thirty days before
the meeting OF the national convention
The Congressional district delegates
shall be chosen at conventions called nS lle
Congressional committee or eaCh sGch cls-
trict in the same manner q 5 the nomination
of Representative in Congress IS made
in said district: Provided, that III any
Congressional district where there is no
Republican Congressional committee the
Republican State committee snail appoint
from the residents of such district com
nittee for the purpose OF calling dis
frict convention to elect district delegates.
THE Territorial deleg ates shall be
chosen in the same manner as The noinina-
tion of delegate in Congress is made. The
delegates from the District of Columbia
shall be chosen at convention to be
calIed by the committee of three provided
for by the national committee at its
meeting in Washington city, on December
10, 1895, and such convention shall be
constituted OF members elected IN District
primaries TO be held at such time and
places and presided over by such judges or
election, as said committee OF three may
appoint.
authorized by the rules of the national
convention for the Territories of Utah.
New Mexico, oklahoma and Arizona, the
committee adyiceS each OF four said ter
ritories TO elect four delegates and the ad-
mission of such additional delegates to
AN alternate delegate for each dele
gate 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 or the national com
mittee in writing, ACCOMPANIED by printed
statements of the grounds of the contests.
which shall be made public. Preference
in the order of hearing and determining con-
tests will be given by the convention in ac
cordancc with the dates of filing such no.
tices and statements with the secretary
THOMAS H. CARTER. Chairman.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Secretary"
Washing ton. ID. c., Dec. 1 4. 1895.