The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-15
CARTER HAS CALLED
BE Formally Announced the Result
Of Tuesdays Meeting.
INVITED TO GO TO ST. LOUIS
Each State VIII Be Entitled to Four
Delegates at Larse-The 6asis
OF Representation and the
Time OF Election.

Washington, Dec. 1l.-Chairman Car
ter Of the republican national committee
to-day issued the following call for the
national conventions:
To the Republican Electors Of the
United States: In accordance with
usage and the instructions of the re-
publican national convention Of 1892.
and by direction of the national COM
mittee. q national convention OF dele
gated representatives Of the republican
party will be held at the city of st.
Louis, state OF Missouri. Tuesday, the
18th day Of June. 1896. at II o'clock
noon. for the purpose of nominating
candidates for president and vice pres
ident of the United States to be sup
ported at the next national election.
and for the transaction of such other
and further business as may be
brought before II. The republican cleo
tors in the several states and territories
and voters without regard to past poll
tical Affiliations. who believe in repub-
lican principles and endorse the repub-
lican policy. are cordially invited to
unite under this call In conformation
of a new ticket. Each state will 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 the
District of Columbia. two delegates.
Delegates at large shall be chosen by
popular state conventions, called on
not less than 20 days published notice
and not less than 80 days before the
meeting of the national convention.
Congressional district delegates shall
be chosen at conventions called by the
congressional committee of each dis
trict in the same manner as the NOM
ination of representative in congress Is
made In said district; provided that In
is no republican congressional commit
tee the republican state committee
shall appoint from residents of such
district a committee for the purpose of
calling q district convention to elect
district delegates. -
Territorial delegates shall be chosen
in the same manner as nomination of
delegates In congess is made. Dele
gates from the District of Columbia
shall be chosen at a convention to be
called by a committee of three provid-
ed for by the national committee at the
meeting in Washington City, Dec. 10,
1896, and such convention shall be con-
stituted Of members elected In district
primaries to be held at such time and
place pTcSloeQ ONeT py buCn Ju0Bo6 OF
election as said committee of three
may appoint. In addition to the repre-
sentation now authorized by the rules
of the national convention for the ter
ritories of Utah, New Mexico. Okla
homa and Arizona, the committees ad-
wise each OF said territories to elect
four delegates and the admission of
such additional delegates to the con-
vention is recommended. An alternate
delegate for each delegate to the ma
tional 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 no.
tices of contests must be filed in writ
ing with the secretary OF the national
accompanied by printed
of the grounds of contest
which shall be made public. Preference
In order of hearing and determining
will be given by the conven-
ton In accordance with the dates of
filing such notices and statements with
the secretary.
(Signed) Thos. H. Carter.
Chairman.
Thomas H. Manley,
Secretary.