The Republican journal., 1896-01-09

THE OFFICIAL CALL FOR THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The official call for the National Repub-
lican Convention has been issued, as fol
lows:
ed States:
In accordance with usage and the in
structions Of the Republican Convention of
1872, and by direction of the National
Committee, a National Convention Of
delegated representatives OF the Republi-
can party viii lie held in the city Of st.
Louis, in the State of Missouri, on Tues,
day, the 16th day of June, 1896. at II
o clock, noon, Tor the purpose of nominat-
ing candidates for President and Vice
President 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 he brought be
fore it. The Republican electors in the
several States and territories and voters
without regard to party political atflia-
lions, who believe in Republican princi-
pies and indolsing the Republican policy
are cordially invited to unite under this
call in the formation of Il national ticket.
Each State will be entitled to four dele
gates at large and for each Representa-
tive in Congress at large two delegates,
and each Congressional district, each ter
ritory and the District of Columbia to two
delegates. The delegates at large shall
be chosen by popular State Conventions,
called on not less than 30 days before the
meeting of the National Convention.
The Congressional district delegates
shall be chosen at conventions called by
the Congressional Committee of each
such district, in the same manner as the
nomination of a Representative in Con-
gress is made in said district; provided,
/ that in any Congressional district where
I there is no Republican Congressional
Committee the Republican State commit
tee shall appoint from the residents of
such district committee for the pur-
pose of calling a District Convention to
elect district delegates.
The territorial delegates shall be chosen
in the same manner as the nomination of
a delegate in Congress is made. The
delegates from the District of Columbia
shall be chosen at convention to be call
I'd by the committee of three provided
for by the National Committee at it's
meeting in Washington city on December
10, 1895, and such convention shall be
! constituted of members elected in dis
trict primaries to be held at such time
and place and presided over by such
judges of 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 con-
vention is recommended.
| An alternate dele gate for each delegate
to the National Convention, to act in case
of absence of the delegate, shall be elect
ed in the same manner, and at the same
time as the delegate is elected.
All notices of contests must be filed
with the secretary of the National Com
mittee in writing, accompanied by print
ed statements of the grounds of contest,
which he made public. Preference in the
order of hearing and determining contests
will be given by the convention in ac-
cordance with the dates OF filing such
notices and statements with the secre
tary.
(Signed)
THOMAS H. CARTER, Chairman.
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Secretary.
Washington, y. c., December IA, 1895