The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
Plans of Procedure Outlined by
the Officers of the Com
mittee.
FROM STATES AND TERRITORIES
Prominent Men Will Go to Represent
the Party at the st. Louis
Gathering.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
official notice for the National Republican
Convention was issued to-day, as follows:
ITO the Republican electors of the
United States: In accordance with the
usage and instructions of the Republican
National Convention of 1892 and by direc-
ton of the National Committee, a Ma
tional convention of delegated Repub-
licans of the Republican party will be held
in the city of st. Louis, in the State OF Mis-
souri,, on Tuesday, the 18th day OF June,
1896, at - O. clock noon, for the purpose Of
naming candidates for PresidelU and.Vice-
President of the United States to be sup
ported at the next National election, and
for the transaction of such other business
as may be brought before it.
1.-The Republican electors in the several
States and Territories and voters, without
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
formation OF National ticket.
Each State will be entitled to four dele
gates at large, and for each Republican in
Congress at large two delegates. and each
Congressional district, each Territory and
the District of Columbia two delegates.
The delegates at large shall be chosen by
the popular State convention. called on
not less than twenty days published
notice and not less than thirty days be-
fore the meeting of the National conven=
ton.
The Congressional district delegates
shall be chosen at the conventions called
by the Congressional committee of each OF
such districts in the same manner as the
nomination of Republican 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.
1.-THE Territorial delegates shall be
chosen in the same manner as the nomina-
ton of a delegate in Congress is made.
The delegates from the District of Colum-
bia shall be chosen at a 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,
1895, and such convention shall be consti-
tuted of members elected in the district
primaries, to be held at such time and
places and presided over by such judges of
the 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 advises each of said Territories
to elect four delegates, and the admission
of such additional delegates to the conven-
ton is recommended.
"An alternate for each delegate to the
National Convention to act in case of ab-
sence of delegates shall be elected in the
same manner and at the same time as the
delegate is elected.
"All notices of contests must be flied
with the secretary of the National Conven-
ton in writing, accompanied by printed
statements of 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 secretary.
THOMAS II. CARTER, Chairman.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Secretary.
washington, D. c., December IA, 1895. :"