Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-09
CHAIRMAN new ISSUES CALL
REPUBLICANS NOTIFIED OF
THE JUNE CONVENTION.
Manner Of Election of Delegates
Specified-Arrangements in she
District of Columbia.

The official call for the republican ma
| tional convention, to be held in Chicago
June 16 next, has been issued by Chair
man Harry S. New and Secretary Elmer
Dover of the republican national COM
mittee. The call which is addressed
ITO the republican electors of the United
States is as follows:
In accordance with established custom
and in obedience to instructions of the re-
publican national convention of 1904, the
republican national committee now di-
reefs that a national convention of dele
gated representatives of the republican
party be held in the city of Chicago, in
the state of Illinois, at IL o'clock noon.
Tuesday, the 10th day of June. 1908. for
the purpose Of nominating candidates for
President and Vice President, to be voted
for at the presidential election, Tues
day, November g. 1908, and for the trans
action of such other business as may prop
erlys come before it.
THE republican electors of the several
states and territories, including Hawaii,
the District of Columbia, Alaska, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands, and all
other electors, without regard to past po-
litical utilization, who believe in the prin-
ciples of the republican party and in
dorse its policies are cordially invited to
unite this call in the selection Of dele
Number Of Delegates.
Said national convention shall con-
sist of four delegates at-large from each
state, two delegates for each representa-
tive-at-large in the Congress, two dele
gates from each congressional district
and from each of the territories of Ari-
IONA, New Mexico and Hawaii, two dele
gates from the District of Columbia. and
two delegates each from Alaska, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands For
each delegate elected to this convention,
an alternate delegate shall be chosen
to serve in case of the absence of his
principal.
The delegates-at-large and their alter
mates shall be elected by popular state
and territorial conventions, of which
at least thirty days notice shall have
peen puolShed In some newspaper or
| newspapers of general circulation in the
respective state or territory.
The congressional district delegates
shall be elected by conventions called by
the republican congressional committee of
each district, of which at least thirty
days notice shall have been published in
some newspaper or newspapers of general
circulation in the district; provided, that
IN any congressional district where there
| is no republican congressional committee
the republican state committee shall be
substituted for and represent the congress
slonal committee in issuing said call and
making said publications; and provided,
that delegates, both from the state-at-
large and their alternates and delegates
from each congressional district and the
allernates may be elected in conformity
with the laws of the state in which the
election occurs. provided, the state COM
mittee,a or any such congressional COM
mittee SO direct; but provided further,
that in no state shall an election be so
held as to prevent the delegates from any
congressional district and their alternates
being selected by the republican electors
of that district