The San Francisco call., 1896-03-22
Resolutions Favoring the Choos-
ing Of Delegates by Popu-
lar Ballot.
BUTTE COUNTY MAss-MEETING.
Protest Against Appointments Being
Placed in the Control of
Committeeman.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 21.-The
Sixth District Republican Congressional
Committee met in this city to-day. There
were present Chairman Luken, Secretary
Brown, Arthur w. Kinney. John Burns,
DIR. w. G. Cochran and j. c. Daley. The
following resolutions offered by Mr.. Kin
ney were unanimously adopted without
discussion:
WHEREAS, By resolution of the Republican
State Central Committee the selection of dele
gates to the Congressional convention shall be
under control of the Congressional committee
OF each district, leaving it to the discretion of
the latter to appoint the delegates to the State
and district convention or call the primary
conventions for the selection of the same; and,
whereas the only true Republican method Of
obtaining popular expression is by free and
open primaries, honestly conducted; that in a
government of the people the will of the people
should be supreme; and whereas, the Repub-
lican party, with its grand record for pure pol
itics, freedom and enlightenment, has achieved
its high position in the hearts OF the people by
its constRntchampionshi OF free ballot, be 1t
RESOLVED, That the welfare of the Republican
party in this district demands that the selec-
ton OF delegates TO the district and State con-
ventions be left to popular preference, and
that this Congressional committee now assem-
bled records itself squarely in favor of, and
hereby recommends, that necessary arrange
ments be made for popular primary elections
throughout the Sixth Congressional District.
By virtue of the authority of the COM
mittee this call was then issued
Republican convention for the Sixth Con-
gresSional District of California is hereby
called to meet in the city of Sacramento at 9
o'clock A. NJ. on the 5th day OF May, 1896, for
the pu rpose of selecting two delegates and two
alternates to the Republican National Conven-
ton, and for the purpose of nominating one
Presidential elector for the Sixth Congress
sional District 10 be recommended to the Re-
publican State Convention, and for the pur-
pose of nominating one member of Congress to
represent said Sixth Congressional District in
the Fifty-fifth Congress of the United States,
and to transact such other business as may
come before said Sixth Congressional District
convention.
The delegates to said Sixth Congressional
District Republican convention are also to be,
in accordance with the call and directions of
the Repu blican State Central Comm ittee, dele
gates 10 the Republican State convention, TO
be held at Sacramento, CAL, on the fifth day of
May, 1896. And in the event that second
convention should be called during the year
1896 for the Sixth Congressional District, or
that q second Republican State convention
delegates CHOSEN under this call shall be dele
gates to such Republican Sixth Congressional
District or State convention.
Regarding Assembly District conven.
tions, the following was issued:
For the purpose of choosing the number of
delegates to the Sixth Congressional District
Republican convention and the Republican
State convention, to which each Assembly Dis
trict is entitled under the cali. Repub blican As
sembly District conventions hereby called
to meet on Saturday, the second day of May
1896, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, in each Assembly Dis
trict within the Sixth Congressional district,
at such places within the boundaries of each of
Assembly districts may hereinafter be
named by the persons authorized in this call
to make such designations, and to fix the
places for holding the primaries within the
several Assembly districts, and to appoint the
officers thereof.
That such primaries shall be held on
Wednesday, the 29th day of April, 1896, from
u o'clock noon to 8 PM
That the basis of representation TO said Re-
publican Assembly District convention shall
be es follows: One delegate for each election
precinct as the precincts existed at the time of
the general election in 1894, one delegate for
each twenty-five votes cast for the Hon. NJ NJ
Estee, Republican candidate for Governor in
1894, and one delegate for each fraction of
twelve votes or more.
1t was directed that the test for voters
at the primary elections should be that
fixed by the Republican State Central
Committee, as follows: II believe in the
Republican principle and indorse the Re
publican policy and intend to support the
nominee of the Republican party