Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
THE OFFICIAL CALL.
The Republican National Committee Invite Voters to Participate in the Primaries
 Regardless of Past Affiliations.

Washington, Dec. 14-The official call for the national republican convention has been made as follows
 In accordance with the usage and in structions of the republican national convention of 1892, and by direction of the national committee, national con Yention Of delegated representatives of the republican party will be held at the city of St. Louis, in the state of Missouri on Tuesday the 18th day of June, 1896, at lz O oclock noon. for the purpose of nomi- hating candidates for president and vice president of the United States to be SUD- ported at the hext national election, and for the transaction of such other and further business as may be brought be- fore 1t. The republican electors in the several states and territories and voters, without regard to past political affilia- tions. who believe in republican princi- ples and indcrse the republican policy are cordially invited to unite under this call in the formation of a 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 rftory and the District of Columbia two delegates. The delegates at large shall be chosen by popular state conventions, called on not less than twenty days pub lished notice and not less than thirty days before the meeting of the national convention. The. congressional district delegates shall be chosen by the congress sional committee of such district as in the manner of representative in con- gress is made in said district provided, that in any congressional district where there is no republican congressional com mittee the republican state committee shall appoint from the residel1Ss of such district committee for the purpose of calling a district convention to elect district delegates.
 The territorial delegates shall be cho- sen in the same manner as the nomna- ton of a delegate to congress is made. The delegates from the District of Co., lumbia shall be chosen at a convention to be called by the committee of three pro- vided for by the national committee at it's 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 times and places and presided over by such judges of election as said committee of three may appoint.
 In addition to the representatives 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 four ter ritories to elect four delegates, and the admission of such additional delegates to the convention Is recommended.
 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 of the national com mittee in writing, accompanied by print ed statements of the grounds of con- tests. which shall be made public. Pre- ference in the order of hearing and de- termining contests will be given by the convention in accordance with the dates of filing such notices and statements with the secretary
 THOMAS IT. CARTER,
 Chairman.
 JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Secretary.
 Washington, D. C., Dec. IA, 1895.