The San Francisco call., 1896-06-16
A CALL FOR PRIMARIES.
To Be Held in the Third Con-
gressional District
August IS.
It Is Preparatory to the Nomination
of Candidate on August 22
The Conditions.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, !
908 Broadway, June Is.

908 Broadway, June Is.
The new Congressional Committee has
issued call for Republican primaries, to
be held in all the counties of the Third
Congressional District on August 10,
the polls to be opened from 2 to 1880 P. NJ.
in counties other than Alameda, where
they will remain open from 2 to P. M, to
provide for the election of delegates to
Republican Congressional District Con-
vention to convene at Vallejo on August
%, at IL A. NJ, for the purpose of nomina-
ting candidate for Congress, choosing
Congressional Committee and transacting
such other business as properly apper-
tains to Congressional District Conven-
ton.
BY the terms of the call the delegates to
the convention are to be chosen in each
county under the direction of the Repub-
lican County Committee in each county.
The basis of representation is to be one
delegate for every 200 votes and fraction
of over half cast for Hon. M. NJ. Estee
for Governor, which apportionment gives
Lake County delegates, Glenn 3, Colusa
T. Contra Costa 8, Solano II, Yolo Z and
Alameda AZ.
The delegates from Alameda County are
to be chosen directly from the precincts,
by primary elections, established as pro-
vided, and in the other counties from dis
triets to be designated or by means of a
county convention, as may be determined
by each County Committee of the several
counties other than Alameda.
The test prescribed as to the right of a
person to vote at the primaries is that he is
qualified elector of the precinct where he
offers his vote and for seven days has been
on the great register, and shall swear, if
challenged, that he believes in the princi-
pies of the Republican party, and intends
to vote for ana support its candidates,
National and Congressional, in the No
vember election, 1885, and that he has not
before voted anywhere at SAID primaries
or at primary elections held by any other
party.
The number of precincts and polling
places in each county are to be designated
by the several county committees. In
Alameda County the voting precincts for
the primaries are to be established and
designated upon the boundary lines of the
election precincts now existing, as estab-
lished by the Board of Supervisors, and
are to be so established that there will be
at least one polling place and voting pre-
cinct in any given territory for every 200
voters and fraction over 100.
Outside of Alameda County the several
county committees are to designate and
announce the precincts, polling places and
officers of election for the same at least
TWO weeks DeIOr6 LQ6 QdJ6 SeD IOr the
primaries In Alameda County the
primaries are to be conducted under the
general direction of the Republican
County Central Committee. Each pre-
cinct and polling place is to have two
judges, one inspector and two tally clerks ;
one judge and one tally clerk, in the inter-
est of harmony in the party ranks of Ala
media County is to be named by the
County Central Committee and the other
judge and tally clerk by the members of
the Congressional Committee for Alameda
County, and the inspectors are TO be
named alternately for alternate primary
precincts and polling places by the same
inspector to pass upon all challenges
The ballots to be used are to be of white
paper AXIS inches. Ali returns are to be
sent to the secretary under seal within