The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17
HANNA ISSUES
The PARTY CALL
Republican Convention to Be
Held in Chicaao June Il.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
METHOD OF SELECTING THE
DELEGATES OUTLINED.


Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Hanna.
Chairman Of the national Republican
committee. tonight issued the following
cali for the next Republican National
: convention:
TO the Republican electors of the
United States:
Nm 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 the dele
gates and representa- Ifves OF the Re
publican party be held at Chicago. in
the state of Illinois. for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for president
and vice-p president, to be voted FOR at
the presidential election, Tuesday. No
VenlbeF s, 1904, and for the transaction
of such other business as may property
come before it, and that said eonven-
ton shall assemble at u o'clock noon
or Tuesday. the 21st day of June. 1904.
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 10 party Affiliations, who believe
IN the principles OF the Republican
party and endorse its policies, are cor
IN the selection Of candidates for pres
ident and president.
Basis Of Representation.
said national convention shall con
sist Of number of elegates-at-large
from each state equal to double the
number Of United States senators to
which each state is entitled and for
each representative t-large in con-
gress, two delegates-at-larg from each
congressional district and the District
or Columbia two delegates. From each
OF the territories OF Arizona, New Mex
leo, Oklahoma and Hawaii and Indian
Territory, six delegates. From
Alaska four delegates For each dele
gate elected to the convention an al
ternate delegate to be elected at the
time and in the manner of electing the
delegate,
An delegates shall be elected not
less than thirty days before the meet
ing Of the national convention. Del
egates-at-iarge shall be elected BY
popular state and territorial conven-
, tions, Of which at least thirty days no.
tice shah have been published in some
newspaper or newspapers of general
circulation in the respective states and
territories.
District Conventions.
The congressional district delegates
shall be elected Dby 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 III
any congressional districts where there
Is no Republican congressional commit
tee the Republican state committee
SHAH appoint from the Republican res
idents in such district a committee for
/ the purpose of calling a district eonven-
ton for the purpose Of electing dele
gates for the representation Of the dis
trict
The election OF delegates from the
District Of Columbia shalf be held un-
der the direction and supervision of an
election board comUosed OF Chaplin
Brown, George H. Harris and John F.
Cook. Such board shall have authority
to fix the date Of such election and to
arrange all details and regulations in
! cident thereto ard shall provide for a
/ registration OF the votes as cast. such
/ registration to include the name and
residence Of each voter
Territorial Delegates.
The territorial delegates shall be
elected IN the manner of nominating
candidates for delegates in congress and
delegates from Alaska and Indian Ter
ritory shah be elected by popular con-
/ Yention
'tAlI notices Of contests shall be sub
mitted in writing, accompanied by 9
printed statement, setting forth the
grounds for the contest. which shall
be filed with the secretary of the ma
tional committee twenty days prior t.
/ the meeting Of the national convention
and viii be acted on in order of fling
PERRY S. HEATH. Secretary.
M a. HANNA. Chairman"