The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13
Official Call for a Primary Election
in That Portion Of San Francisco
Lying Within the Fifth Congress
SiOnal District.

At meeting of the Republican County Commit
teemen CT that portion of the City and County OF
San Francisco embraced within the Fifth Con-
gressional District held on the 4th day of April
1895, the following resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, The Republican State Central Com
mittee of the State OF California on the 29th day
of February, 1896, issued a call for Republican
State Convention. to be held in the city of Sacra-
mento, State of California on the 9th day of May,
1895 and also for Republican District conventions
and for the several Congressional districts of the
State Of California, to select delegates the Re-
publican National Convention to be held in st.
Louis Mo-, on the 10th day of June, 1896 and for
the transaction of such other and further business
as may be brought before the said state and dis
trict conventions: and
WHEREAS, The said State Central Com mmittee at
its aforesaid meeting and in said call provided that
the basis of representation in said conventions
should be as follows One delegate for each AS
sembly district within the Congressional disfrict:
one delegate for each 200 votes cast for the Hon
NJ. NJ. Estee. the Repub lean candidate for Gov
ernor in 1884, and one delegate for each fraction
OF 100 votes or over: and
WHEREAS. In accordance with the said last
named provision the Fifth Congressional district
is entitled to fifty-ve delegates in said Slate and
district conventions; and
WHEREAS, The aforesaid State Central Com
rlittee, by resolution duly and regularly passed.
further provided that the members of me state
central committee for each Congressional Dis
trict should constitute committee whose duty il
should be 10 select Congressional COMMITTEES of
seven persons from the residents each such dis
tric: IN whom should be vested the power and au-
thorty 10 provide for the selection of delegates TO
the said State and district conventions within
their respective districts: and
WHEREAS, At a meeting of the said members of
the said state Central Committee from the Fifth
congressional District duly and regularly held
within said district, the said committee of seven
was duly and regularly selected TO compose said
Congressional committee and was invested with
the powers and duties delegated such Congress
sional committee by the Republican National Com
mittee and by the said State Central Committee:
and
WHEREAS. The said Congressional committee
or seven in and for the said Fifth Congressional
District, at meeting thereof held on the 7th day
or March, 1885, duly adopted resolution delegat-
Ing 10 the Republican County Committeeman for
tnat portion of the City and County of San Fran
CISCO embraced In the Fifth Congressional District
and supervision of the selection of delegates to the
said State and district conventions and 10 provide
for the selection thereof by appointment or BY pri-
mary election, as in their discretion shall seem
nest, SUBJECT, however, to the supervision of said
congressional committee of seven. Now, there
fore, be il
Resotued. That the Republican County Commit
teemen or the City and County of San Francisco
embraced within the Fifth Congressional District.
acting under and in pursuance of its aforesaid
authority do hereby order and call primary elec-
ton to be held in the City and County of san
francisco, that portion thereof embraced within
the Fifth Congressional District, on the 18th day
or APRIL 1896, for the purposes hereinafter speci
he'd, in accordance with the laws governing
primary elections as prescribed by the Politica.
and Penal Codes of the state of California
Resotred, That said primary election shall be
held on the 18th day of APRIL 1896 the polls be
Kept open continuously between the hours of one