The herald., 1896-06-18

entitled the president of the convention
shall announce the question to be ''Shall
the nomination of the candidate be made
unanimous?" But if no candidate shall
have received such majority the chair shall
direct the vote to be taken again, which
shall be repeated until some candidate
shall have received q majority vote; it
shall so stand unless in the case Of numeri-
cal error.
Ninth-In the recording of votes by states
the vote of each state, territory and Dis
trict of Columbia shall be announced by
the chairman; and in case the vote of any
state, territory or District of Columbia
shall be divided the chair shall announce
the number of votes cast for any candidate
or for or against any proposition, but if ex-
ception is taken by any delegate to the cor
rectness of such announcement by the
chairman of his delegation the president OF
the convention shall direct the roll of men,
bers of such delegation to be called and the
result shall be recorded in accordance with
the votes individually given.
Tenth-No member shall speak more than
once upon the same question, nor longer
than five minutes unless by leave of the
convention, except in the presentation of
the names of candidates
Eleventh-A Republican national COM
mite shall be appointed, to consist of
one member from each state, territory and
District of Columbia. The roll shall be
called and the delegates from each state,
territory and District of Columbia shall
name, through its chairman, the person
who shall act as the member Of such COM
mittee. Such committee shall issue a call
for the meeting of the national committee
six months, at least, before the time fixed
for said meeting; and each congressional
| district of the United States shall select its
delegate to the national convention in the
same way as the nomination for member
of congress is made in said district and in
territories the delegates to the convention
shall be elected in the same way as the
nomination of a delegate to congress is
made; the said national committee shall
prescribe the mode of selecting delegates
from the District Of Columbia An alter
nate delegate for each delegate to the ma
tional convention to act in case of the alb
sence Of the delegate shall be elected in the
same manner and at the same times as the
delegates are elected. Delegates at large
for each state and their alternates shall be
elected by state conventions in their re-
spective states.
Twelfth-The Republican national COM
mittee is authorized and empowered to Sc
lect an executive committee to consist of
nine members who may or may not be
Thirteenth-All resolutions relating to
the platform shall be referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions without debate.
Fourteenth-No person except members
of the several delegations and officers of
the convention shall be admitted to the
sections of the hall apportioned to dele
gates.
Fifteenth-The convention shall proceed
in the following order of business:
Ttrst-Report of the committee on ere.
dentials.
Second-Report of the committee on per-
manent organization.
Third-Report of the committee on reso-
lutions.
Fourth-Naming members Of the national
committee.
Fifth-Presentation of candidates for
president.
Sixth-Balloting.
Seventh-Presentation of candidates for
vice e-pres!dent.
Eighth-Balloting.
Ninth-Appointment of committee to noti-
fy candidates of their nomination.
The report of the committee was
adopted by unanimous vote. On motion
of Mr.. Grosvenor, the convention ad-
journed until tomorrow morning at 1C
o'clock