The San Francisco call., 1896-03-01

VENTURA. e. DAILY.
Holo-W. r. Pond, proxy to w. T. Lessen.
1uba-D. E. Knight.
The rest OF the proceedings concerned
entirely the call for a State convention
and primary election for the selection of
Its members, as reported by the executive
committee, and they were quickly ended.
Upon the completion of the call of the
revised roll, Chairman Cornwall announced
that the report OF the executive committee
would be read. He stated that the eXecu-
tive committee had held o meeting that
day and that the report containing call
for State convention and fixing the man
ner of electing delegates, had been adopted
unanimously. He requested Judge J. c..
Day 10 read the report which he pro-
ceeded to do, prefacing the reading with a
brief statement in which he said that the
plan for the primary election adopted was
in accordance with the call for the National
Convention issued by the National Com
mlttee.
He read the call issued by the National
Central Committee, and then the report OF
the executive committee, which was as
follows:
In accordance with the direction OF the Re-
publican National Committee, that delegate
representatives of the Republican party OF the
several States assemble in National convention
at the city OF st. Louis, in the State of Missouri,
on Tuesday, the 10th day of June, 1896, at II
candidates for President and Vice-President
OF the United States, and for such other busi-
ness as may be brought before said convention,
and in accordance with the instructions given
by said National Committee at the city of
Washington December 81. 1895, directing that
the Congressional district delegates shall be
chosen at conventions called by the Congress
sional committee of each such district in the
same manner as the nomination OF repre-
sentative In Congress as made in such district,
provided that in any Congressional district
a nrQ lC M DAN r. Tnr .COfrv
committee the Republican State Committee
shall appoint from the residents of such dis
tr1ct committee for the purpose of calling the
district convention to elect: district delegates
Therefore, it is resolved by the Republican
State Central Committee of California, repre-
senting the Repu ublican party of said State,
that the Congressional committees of the sew
eral Congressional districts of the State of Cali
fornia are hereby instructed and directed to
coll Congressional conventions of their re-
spective Congressional districts to be held as
hereinafter provided, at which two delegates
shall be chosen to represent each OF such dis
tricts in the National Republican Conven-
ton, TO be held as aforesaid, and for the Sc
lection of two alternate delegates TO act in case
of the absence of the delegates first chosen
The selection of the delegates to the Con-
gressiOnal conventions shall be under the di-
rection of the Congressional committee of each
district, and all primaries neld for the election
of delegates shall be under the exclusive man.
agement and control of the Congressional COM
mittee, provided that the basis of representa-
tion of said Congressional conventions shall be
as follows:
One delegate for each Assembly district
within the Congressional district; one dele
gate for each 200 votes cast for the Hon. NJ. NJ.
Estee. the Republican candidate for Governor
in 1894, and one delegate for each fraction of
100 votes or over.
1t is further directed that the delegates
chosen to the National Convention shall meet
IN State Convention at the city Of on
Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 1896 at o'clock
P. NJ to select four delegates-at-large to the
National Republican Convention above men,
TONED aud four alternate delegates to act in
case the delegates selected be absent, and for
the transaction OF such other and further busi-
ness as may be brought before the said State
Convention.