Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
THE CALL ISSUED
ACTION OF CHAIRMAN HANNA OF
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
Announcement of Date Of Convention
Directions as to Election
of Delegates.

Chairman Hanna of the national repub-
lican convention late Saturday afternoon
issued the following call for the next ma
tional republican convention: g
To the Republican Electors of the United
States:
In accordance with established custom
and in obedience to instructions Of the ma
tional convention of 1900 the national re-
publican committee directs that a national
convention of delegated representatives of
the republican party be held at the city of
Chicago in the state of Illinois for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates fcr Presi-
dent and Vice President to be voted for at
the presidential election, Tuesday, Novem-
Der s. 1904, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before
it, and that said convention shall assemble
at IL o'clock noon on Tuesday, the list DAY
of June, 1904.
The republican electors of the several
states and territories the District of CO.
lumbia Alaska and Indian territory, and all
other electors, without regard to past po-
liticaI affiliations. who believe in the princi-
pies of the republican party and 1ndorse It's
policies, are cordially invited to unite under
this call in the selection Of candidates Tor
President and Vice President
Said national convention shall consist Oh
a number of delegates-at-large from each
state equal to double the number of United
States senators to which each state is en-
titled and for each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in Congress two delegates -at-large; from
each congressional district and the District
of Columbia, two delegates; from each or
the territories of Arizona, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Hawaii and Indian territory,
six delegates; from Alaska. four delegates.
For each delegate elected to said conven-
ton an alternate delegate shall be elected
to act in case of the absence of the dele
gate such alternate delegate to be elected
at the time and in the manner of electing
the delegate.
All dlegates shall be elected not less than
thirty days before the meeting of the ma
tional convention. Delegates-at-large shall
be elected by popular state and territorial
conventions, of which at least thirty days
notice shall have been published in some
newspaper OF newspapers Of general circu-
lation in the respective states and terri
tories.
The congressional district delegates shall
be elected by conventions called by the con-
gressional committee of each district, in the
manner of nominating the candidate Tor
representative in Congress in said district
provided, that in any congressional district
where there is no republican congressional
committee, the republican state committee
shall appoint from among the republican
residents in such district. committee for
the purpose of calling a district convention
to elect delegates to represent said district.
of Columbia shall be held under the direc-
ton and supervision of an election board
composed of Mr. Chaplin Brown, MI. George
H. Harries and Mr.. John f. Cook. Such
board shall have authority to fix the date
of such election and to arrange all details
and regulations incident thereto, and shall
provide for a 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 delegates from
Alaska and Indian territory shall be elected
by popular convention.
All notices of contests shall be submitted
in writing, accompanied by a printed state
ment, setting forth the grounds of contest
which shall be filed with the secretary of
the national committee twenty 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 notice and statement with the secretary
NJ. a. HANNA, Chairman
PERRY S. HEATH, Secretary.