Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-21
CONVENTION CALLED.
chairman Hanna Ma. I..ued ome,al


Washington. Dec. 2l.-The following
call for the next republican convention
was issued yesterday:
Washington, d. G., Dec. 20. TO the
Republican Electors OF the United
States: The nationa. republican cons
sn,iste@ directs the national convention
Of delegates and representatives of the
republican party to be held in Philadel-
phia, Pa. for the purpose of nominate
ing candida tes for president and vice
president, 10 be voted for at the presi-
Dental election Tuesday, November 6.
1900, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before it. said convention 10 assemble
at l2 o'clock noon, Tuesday, the 10Th
day of June. 1900
'''rhe republican electors of the sew
eral states, the District of Columbia,
the territories aud all other electors
without regard to past political affii-
iations who believe in the principles of
the republican party and endorse its
po.lcies, are cordially invited to unite
in the selection of candidates for pres
ident and vice president. Said conven-
ton shall consist CT a number of dele
gates at large in each state. equal to
double the number of United States
senators to which each state is en-
titled; fer each representative al large
in congress Two delegates ut large in
each congressional district: District of
Columbia, TWO delegates. and for each
of the territories of Alaska. Arizona,
Indian Territory, New Mexico and Ok
lahoma, tsro delegates. For each del
egats elected to said convention an
alternate delegate shall be elected to
act in case of absence OF the delegate.
said alternate to be elected III the time
and in the manner of the election OF
the delegate.
''Al the delegates shall be elected not
less than thirty days before the meet
ing of the national convention. The
delepates at large shall be elected by
popular state and territorial conven-
ticns of which at least yhirty days
notice shall be published in the news
papers.
''rne congressional district delegates
shall be elected by conventions called
by the congressional committee in each
district. in the manner of nominating
4 candidate for representative in con-
gress, provided that in any congress
sional district where there is no repnb-
lican congressional committee the re-
publican state COMMITTEES shall APP
point from among the republican resi-
dents of each district committee for
the purpose of calling a district con-
venton to elect delegates TO represent
said district.
Delegates from the Indian Territory
and Alaska shall be elected by popular
conventions.
.NWe recommend that the territories
of Arizona, Indian Territory. New
Mexico and Oklahoma each elect six
delegates and six alternate delegates
and that Alaska elect four delegates
and four alternate delegates and the
admission of such additional delegates
to the convention is hereby recon.
mended.
'sAll notices of contest shall be sub
mitted in writing, accompanied by Il
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. The
contests will be acted on by the ma
tional convention in the order of the
date of filing of the notice and state
ment with the secretary.
''M. A. Hanna. Chairman.
Charles Dick, Secretary.