River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-01-21
CONVENTION IS
CALLED BY HANNA
Formal Announcement Is Made by
the Ohio Senator.
FULL TEXT OF The DOCUMENT
Basis Of Representation for the Re-
publican National Convention,
Which Meets in Chicago ON
Tuesday, June II.

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| Washington, Jan. 1S.-The much-dis-
cussed call for the assembling of the
republican hosts at Chicago on June 81
was issued late Saturday afternoon by
Senator NJ. A. Hanna, of Ohio, chair
man OF the national republican COM
mittee. 1t follows in its important de-
tails the wording of the call for the
last national republican convention and
reads as follows:
To the republican electors of the
United States:
In accordance with established Gus
! tom, and in obedience to instructions
| of the national convention of 1900, the
national republican committee directs
that national convention of delegated
| representatives of the republican party
be held at the city of Chicago, in the
state of Illinois, for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for president
and vice president, to be voted for at
the presidential election, Tuesday, No
vember s, 1904 and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly
come before it, and that said conven-
ton shall assemble at II o'clock (noon)
on Tuesday, the 21st day of June,
/ 1904
Invitation to Electors.
"The republican electors of the sew
eral states and territories, the District
of Columbia, Alaska and Indian Terri
| tory and all other electors, without re-
gard to past political Affiliations. who
believe in the principles of the republi-
can party and indorse it's policies 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
number of United States senators TO
which each state is entitled, and for
each epresentative-at-larg in con-
gross two elegates-at-large; rom
| each congressional district aud the
District of Columbia two delegates;
| from each of the territories of Arizona,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Hawaii and
Indian Territory six delegates; from
Alaska four delegates. For each dele
gate elected to said convention an al
ternate delegate shall be elected to act
in case of the absence of the delegate,
such alternate delegate to be elected at
the time and in the manner of electing
the delegate.
! Election of Delegates.
"All delegates shall be elected not
less than 80 days before the meeting of
the national convention. Delegates-at-
large shall be elected by popular state
and territorial conventions, of which at
least 80 days notice shall have been
published in some newspaper or news
papers of general circulation in the re-
spective 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; provided, that in
any congressional district where there
is no republican congressional commit
tee the republican committee shall ap-
point from among the republican resi-
dents of such district committee for
the purpose of calling district con-
vention to elect delegates to represent
said district.
District of Columbia Delegates.
THE election of delegates from the
District of Columbia shall be held un
der the direction and supervision Of an
electional board composed of Chaplin
Brown, George H. Harries and John r.
Cook
Such board shall have authority
to fix the date of such election and To-
arrange all details and regulations in
cident thereto, and shall provide for a
registration of the votes as cast, such
registration to include the name and
residence of each voter.
1.-THE territorial delegates shall be
elected in the manner of nominating
candidates for delegates in congress,
and delegates from Alaska and Indian
Territory shall be elected by popular
convention.
"Al notices of contest shall be sub
printed statement setting forth the
grounds of contest, which shall be filed
with the secretary of the national com
mittee 20 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 filing of no.
tice and statement with the secretary.
IN. A. HANNA, Chairman
PERRY S. HEATH, Secretary"
Was short 81, 900.