Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-21

The following call for the next republican
national convention was issued last night:
Headquarters Republican National
Committee, northwest corner 14th
and G streets, Washington. D. c.
To the Republican Electors of the United
States:
In accordance with established custom
and in obedience to instructions of the ma
tional convention of 1896. the national re-
publican committee directs that national
| convention of delegated representatives OF
the republican party be held at the city OF
Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania,
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for President and Vice President, to be
voted for at the presidential election, Tues
day, November &, 1900, and for the trans
action of such other business as may prop
erly come before it, and that said conven-
ton shan assemble at Il o'clock noon on
TUesIaI, The i1.n day OF June, 1900
The republican electors of the several
states the District of Columbia, and the
territories, and all other electors, without
regard to past political affiliations, who be-
ieve in the principles of the republican
party and indorse 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
number of delegates at large from each
state. equal to double the number of United
States senators 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
b. elected to act IN case of the absence of
the delegate. said alternate delegate 10 be
elected at the time and in the manner of
electing the delegate.
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
torial conventions, of which at least thirty
days notice III All have heen published in
some newspaper or newspapers of general
circulation IN the respective states and ter
ritDrieS.
The congressional district delegates shall
be elected by conventions called by the
congressional committee of each district.
in the manner of nominating the candidate
Tor repre- sentative in Congress in said dis
trict: provided that in any congressional
district where there is no republican con-
gressional committee the republican state
committee shall appoint from among the
republicans resident in such district COM
mittee for the purpose Of calling a district
convention to elect delegates to represent
said district.
The election 81 delegates from the Dis
trict of G 'lumba shall be held under the
direction ana supervision of an election
board. composed CT Mr.. John B. Cotton,
Mr.. W. c. Chase and Mr. l.. NJ. Saunders.
Such board shall have authority to fix
the date for such election and to arrange
all details and regulations incident 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
N the manner of nominating candidates for
DELEGATES IN Congress. and delegates from
the indian territory and Alaska snail he
elected by popular convention.
We recommend that the territories Of
Arizona. Indian territory. New Mexico ard
Oklahoma each elect six delegate; and six
alternate delegates. and that Alaska elect
four delegates and four alternate delegates
and the admission Of such additional dele
gates to the convention is hereby recon-
nended
All notices OF contest shall be submitted
IL writing. accompanied by a printed state
ment setting forth the grounds Of contest
which shall be filed with the secretary of
the national committee twenty days prior
to the meeting of the national convention
Contests viii be acted on by the national
convention in the order of the date of the
filing of notice and statement with the sec
rotary.
NJ A. HANNA, Chairman
CHARLES DICK