Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-02-04
Formal Announcements of Repub-
lican and Democratic Gather
ings Are Made. U.s.
text OF The DOCUMENT GIVEN
OUT BY CHAIRMAN hanna
Basis of Representation for COnven-
ton Ex-senator Jones Requests
All Loyal Democrats to Send Dele
gates to st. Louis MeetinS-SOcial-
lists Issue Call

Washington, Jan. 19-The much-dis-
cussed call for the assembling of the
republican hosts at Chicago on June 81
has been issued by Senator M. A. Han
ma, OF Ohio, chairman OF the national
republican committee It follows in
its important details the wording of
the call for the last national republican
convention and reads as follows:
ITO 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 republic
can party and indOrSe its 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 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-large in con-
gress two delegates-at-large; from
each congressional district and 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.
Cali notices of contest shall be SUBJ
mitted in writing, accompanied by a
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"