Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-02-06

Convention to be held in the City
Of Chicago, and State Of Illinois, on
Tuesday, June Is, 1908, contains the
I. following directions relative to the
election of delegates and alternates:
"The delegates af-iarge aud their al
ternates shall be elected by popular
State aud Territorial conventions,
of which at least thirty days notice
shall be published in some news
paper or newspapers of general cir
culation i'm the respective State or
Territory.
The Congressional district dele
gates shall be elected by conventions
called by the Republican Congress
iOnal 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 Con-
gressional Committee, the Republi
can State Committee shall be sub
stituted for and represent the Con
gressional Committee in issuing
said call and making said puhlica
ton; and provided, that delegates
both from the State-at-large and
their aiternates and delegates from
each Congressional district and their
alternates, may be elected in con
fOrmity with the laws of the State
i'm which the election occurs, pro-
vided, the State Committee, or any
such Congressional Committee so
direct; but provided, further, that in
no State shall an election he so held
as to prevent the delegates from any
Congressional district and their al
ternates being selected by the Re-
publican electors of that district
In accordance with the call of the
National Committee SO delegates
and IS alternates are TO be chosen IN
Pennsylvania, to wit: Four dele.
gates and foar alternates at large to
be held at Harrisburg, Pennsylva-
mia, April 29, 1908, and two dele
gates and two alternates from each
of the 32 congressional districts.
Petitions of candidates in Con
gressional Districts for delegate and
alternate, signed 10y ten electors as
provided by law, must be filed with
the Board of County Commissioners
not later than Saturday, March II,
1908, and where Il congressional dis
trict is composed of more than one
county the candidate must file his
petition with the Board of County
Commissioners in each county of the
district signed by ten electors resid
ing in the county where the petition
is filed
The Uniform Primaries Act be
ing defective IN ways and means
regulating the certification of elect
ion of National delegates and alter
mates the following agreement has
been reached after consultation with
| the chairman Of the several leading
political parties of the State, the
Attorney General and the Sc retary
of the Commonwealth, to wit:
TT. Is AGREED--that the pro
vision in the Primaries act relative
to the certiflcation OF returns of
votes east for the candidates for
nomination for members of Congress
be followed in tabuiating and certi-
| fying the vote cast for candidates for
Congressional district delegates and
alternates to the National Conven-
tions of the several parties; there
| fore, the County Commissioners
will be supplied with blank certifi
Gates upon which to make their re-
turn of votes cast for National dele
gates and alternates. They will for
ward these returns to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth when they
forward the returns to Congress
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
will then compute the number of
votes cast in the several counties
composing the Congressional district
and will certify the consolidated re-
suit to the Chairm"n of the respect
i've State Committees, and the State
Chairmen will certify to their re
spective National Committee.
The method agreed rron and to
which reference is made in the pre-
ceding paragraph is in strict accor-
dance with the provisions contained
in the call for the National Cnuyen-