The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-21
CONVENTION CALLED.
Chairman Hanna Issues His Official
Summons.


Washington, Dec 21-The following
call for the next Republican national
convention has been issued:
Headquarters Republican National
Committee, Northwest Corner Four
teenth and G Streets, Washington,
D. c.
To the Republican Electors of the Unit
ed States:
In accordance with the esta bIfshed
of the national convention of 1896, the
national Republican committee directs
that a national convention of delegated
representatives of the Republican party
be held at the city of Philadelphia in
the state of Pennsylvania, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for pres
ident and vice president, to be voted
for at the presidential election, Tues
day, November 6, 1900, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before it and that
SAID committee shall assemble at Y
O'Clock, noon, on Tuesday, the 18th day
of June, 1900.
The Republican electors Of the several
states, the District of Columbia and the
territories. and all other electors, with
out regard to past political Affiliations,
who believe in the principles of the Re
publican party, and endorse its poll
cies are cordially invited to unite under
this call in the selection of candidates
for president and vice president
Said national convention shall con-
siSt of a number of delegates at large
from each state equal to double the
which each state is entitled and for
each representative at largesin congress
two delegates at large; from each con-
greSSiOnal district and the District OF
Columbia, two delegates; from each OF
the territories OF Alaska, Arizona, IN
dian Territory, New Mexico and Okla
homa two delegates. For each delegate
elected to said convention an alternate
delegate shall be elected to act in case
of the absence of the delegate, said al
ternate delegate to be elected at the
time and in the manner of electing the
delegates.
All delegates shall be elected not less
than thirty days before the meeting of
the national convention Delegates at
large shall be elected by popular state
and territorial conventions, of which at
least thirty days notice shall have
been published in some newspaper or
newspapers of general circulation in
the respective states and territories.
The congressional district delegates
shall be elected by conventions called
by the congressional committee of each
district, in the manner of nominating
the candidate for representative in con-
greSS in said district, providing that in
any congressional district where there
is no Republican congressional COM
mittee, the state committee shall ap-
point from among the Republicans resi-
dent in such district a committee for
the purpose of calling a district con-
NenIlOn TO elect delegates TO represent
said district
The election of delegates from the
District of Columbia shall be held un-
der the direction and supervision of an
election board composed of John B.
Cotton, Mr. w. G. Chase and Mr. L NJ.
Saunders.
Such board shall have authority to fix
the date for such election and to ar
range all details and regulations Incl
dent thereto and shall provide for a
registration of the votes as cast, such
registration to include the name and
residence of each voter.
The territorial delegates shall be
elected in the manner of nominating
candidates for delegates to congress,
and delegates from the Indian Territory
and Alaska shall be elected by popular
convention.
We recommend that the territories of
, Arizona, Indian Territory, New Mexico
and Oklahoma each elect six delegates
and six alternate delegates. and that
ternate delegates, and the admission of
such additional delegates to the conven-
tion is hereby recommended.
All notices of contest shall be SUBJ
mitted in writing, accompanied by a
printed statement setting forth the
grounds of contest, which shall be filed
with the secretary of the national COM
mittee. twenty days prior to the meet
ing of the national convention. Con-
tests will be acted on by the national
convention in the order of the date of
the filing with the notice and statement
with the secretary.
NJ. A. HANNA, Chairman.
CHARLES DICK, Secretary.