Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-09
REPUBLICANS MEET IN
CONVENTION ON
JUNE IS
Official Call Issued Yesterday
Territories to Send
Two Delegates
Each.
SIX FROM ARIZONA
AND NEW MEXICO

Washington. d. c., Dec. e.-The
official call for the next national
republican convention for the nomi-
nation of a candidate for president
was issued yesterday. The conven-
ton is called for June 16 at Chicago.
The call as in former years allots
two delegates to each territory, but
National Committeeman Soloman
Luna from New Mexico stated that
while the call was for two delegates
New Mexico would send six as
formerly, and that they would be
seated by the convention. The off,
cial call is as follows:
I'm accordance with the establish
ed custom and in obedience to in
structions of the republican national
committee of 1904 the republican
national convention of delegates, rep
resentatives of the republican party,
to be held in the city of Chicago in
the state of Illinois, at 12 O'Clock
noon on Tuesday, the 10th day of
June, 1908, for the purpose of nom
mating candidates for president and
presidential election Tuesday, Novem-
ber 3, 1908, and for the transaction
of such other business as may prop
erly come before it.
The republican electors of the sew
eral states and territories, including
Hawaii, the District of Columbia,
Alaska, Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands and all other electors,
without regard to the past presi-
Dental affliation, who believe in the
principles Of the republican party and
endorse its policies, are cordially in
vited to unite under this call In the
selection of delegates to said conven-
tion.
"Said national convention shall
consist of four delegates at large from
each state; two delegates for each
representative at large in congress;
two delegates from each congresslon-
al district and two from the terri
tories of Arizona. New Mexico, Ha-
wall; two delegates from the District
of Columbia and two each from
Alaska, Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands.
For each deegate eected to this
convention, an alternate delegate
shall be chosen to serve in case of the
of his principal.
THE delegates at large and their
alternates shall be elected by popular
state and territorial conventions, Of
which at least thirty days notice !
shall have been published in some |
newspaper or newspapers of general |
in the respective states or
territories.
"The congressional district dele |
called by the republican congression- |
al committee of each district, of |
which at least thirty days notice /
shall have been published in soma |
newspaper or newspapers Of general !
in the district; provided |
that in any congressional district |
where there is no congressional COM
mittee the republican state commit /
tee shall be substituted for this and
represent the congressional commit
tee in issuing said call and making
said publication and provided that 4
delegates both from the states at 4
large and their alternates may be
elected in conformity with the laws
Of the state in which the election
occurs provided the state COMMITTEES
,r any such congressional committed
80 directs, but provided further that
N no state shall an election be so
leld as to prevent the delegates from
any congressional district, and their
llteTnates, being selected by the re-