Arizona republican., 1904-01-17
HANNA $ GALL
National Republican COnyen=
 tiOn June Fist.
CHICAGO IS THE PLACE
The Manner in Which Delegates from the States and Territories Shall Be Chosen is the Same as that PresCri- bed for Previous Conventions.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Senator Han na, chairman of the national republican committee, today issued the following call for the next republican convention:
 ITO the republican electors of the United States:
 Tn accordance with the established custom and in obedience to the in structions of the national convention of 1900, the national republican com mittee directs that the national con- vention of delegates and representa- tives of the republican party be held at Chicago, in the state of Illinois, fer the purpose of nomnating candi- dates for president and vice president,
 to be voted for at the presidential election, Tuesday. Nov. s, 1904, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, and
 that said convention assemble at F o'clock, noon, on Tuesday, the Fist day of June. 1904.
 The republican electors of the sev- eral states and territories, the Dis
 trict of Columbia, Alaska, and Indian Territory. and all other electors, with
 out regard to past political af
 fliations, and who believe in the principles of the republi- can party and endorse it's policies are cordially invited under this call to par
 ticipate in the selection of candidates
 for president and vice president.
 The said national convention shall consist of a number of delegates at
 large from each state, equal to double
 the number of United States sena- tors to which each state is entitled and for each representative at large in congress, two delegates at large from each congressional district and
 the District of Columbia two dele gates.
 Prem each of the territories of Arizona, New Mexico Oklahoma and Hawaii and the Indian Territory, six delegates; from Alaska four delegates. For each delegate elected to the said 1 convention an alternate 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. | All delegates shall be elected not | less than thirty days before the meet ing of the national convention. Dele gates at large shall be elected by pop
 ular state and territorial conventions. | of which at least thirty days notice | shall have been published in some 1 newspaper or newspapers of general l circulation in the respective states and ! territories.
 "The congressional delegates shall ! be elected by conventions called by | the congressional committee of each
 district in the manner of nominating a candidate for representative in con- Sress in said district. provided that in ! any congressional district where there
 is no republican congressional commit ftee the republican state committee shall appoint from republican resi- dents in such district d committee for the purpose cf calling a district con vention to elect delegates to represent the said district.
 "The election of delegates from the District of Columbia shall be held Un- der the direction and supervision of an election board composed of Champin Brown and George H. Harris and John F. Cook. Such board shall have au- thority to fix the date of such election and arrange all the details and regula tions incident thereto and shall pro
 vide for the registration of the votes as cast, such registration to include the name and residence of each voter.
 "The territorial delegates shall be elected in the manner of nominating candidates for delegates in congress and the delegates from Alaska and Indian Territories shall be elected by popular convention.
 All notices of contests shall be sub mitted in writing, accompanied by a printed statement, setting forth the grounds of contest, which shall be filed with the secretary of the nation al committee twenty days prior to the
 meeting of the national convention
 and the contests will be acted upon by
 the national convention in the order of
 the date and filing of the notice and statement with the secretary.
 PERRY s. HEATH, Secretary.
 "M. A. HANNA, Chairman"