Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-12-26

Chairman Hanna Issues the Call
and Specifies How Delegates
Are to be Elected.

Washington, D. c., Dee. 21.-The fol
lowing call for the next Republican con-
yention was issued last night:
To the Republican Electors of the United
States: IN accordance with established
custom aud in obedience to instructions Of
the national convention Of 1896. the Nj
tonal Republican committee directs that /
national convention of delegated representa-
tives Of the Republican party be held at the
city Of Philadelphia in the state of Penn
sylYanla Tor the purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice-Presi-
dent, to be voted for at the presidential
election, Tuesday, November 6. 1900, and
for the transaction Of such other business
as may properly come before it, and that
said convention shall assemble at i O'Clock
1900.
The Republican electors of the several
states, the District of Columbia and the
territories and all other electors without re-
tard to past political affiliations. who be-
Heve IN the principles Of the Republican
party and endorse its policies, are cordially
invited to unite under this call in the Sc
lection of candidates for President and Vice
President.
Said National convention shall consist of
z number Of delegates at large from each
state, equal to double the number of United
states senator, TO which each state is en-
Titled and for each representative at large
IN Congress. two delegates at large; from
each congressional district and the District
OF Columbia, two delegates: from each of
the territories of Alaska. Arizona, Indian
Territory. New Mexico and Oklahoma. 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 alternate delegate to be Sc
lected 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 terri
torfal 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 ter
ritories. The congressional district dele
gates shall be elected by conventions called
trict, in the manner of nominating the can
didate for representative in Congress in
said district. provided that in any congress
sional district where there is no Republican
congressional committee the Republican
state committee shall appoint from among
the Republicans resident in such district a
committee for the purpose of calling dis
trict convention 70 elect delegates to repre-
sent said district.
We recommend that the territories of
Arizona. Indian Territory, New Mexico and
Oklahoma each elect six delegates and six
four delegates and four alternate delegates
and the admission of such additional dele
gates TO the convention is hereby recon-
mended
All notices OF contest shall be submitted
il writing. accompanied by q printed state
ment setting forth the grounds of contest
which shall be filed with the secretary OF
she National committee twenty days prior
to the meeting of the national convention
Contests Will be acted on by the national
convention in the order of the date of the
filing of the notice and statement with the
secretary.
NJ A. HANNA, Chairman
CHARLES DICK, Secretary.