The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-05
For the Republican National
Convention to Nominate a
Presidential Ticket.
DELEGATES ARE APPOINTED
Members of the Convention Are
to Be Fewer in Number
Than -Four Years Ago.

CnarleS u. HllleS, chairman or tnt
Republican National Committee, hat
issued the following official call fol
the next Republican national con.
vention:
To the Republican Electors of the
United States:
In accordance with established Gus.
tom and in obedience to instructions
Of the Republican national convention
Of 1912, the Republican National
Committee now directs that nation.
al convention Of delegated represen-
tatives Of the Republican party be
held in the city of Chicago, in the
state Of Illinois, at II o'clock a. M.
on Wednesday, June Z, 1916, for the
purpose of nominating candidates
for president and vice-president, tc
be voted for at the presidential cleo
tlon on Tuesday, November Z, 1916
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come be-
fore 1t.
The Republican electors of the sew.
eral states and the district Of Colum.
bia, Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippine Islands. and all other
electors without regard to past politi-
cal affiliations, who believe In the
principles Of the Republican party
and indorse Its policies, are cordially
invited to unite under this call in
the selection Of delegates to said con-
vention. Said national convention
shall consist Of four delegates at large
from each state, and two delegates at
large for each representative at large
in Congress; one delegate from each
congressional district; an additional
delegate for each congressional dis
trict in which the vote for any Re
publican elector in 1908, or for the
Republican nominee for Congress in
1914, shall have been not less than
$500; two delegates each from the
district of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Is
lands. All delegates from any state
may however, be chosen from the
state at large in the event that the
laws of the state in which the cleo
tion occurs so provide. Alternate
delegates shall be elected to this con-
yention for each unit of representa-
tion equal to the number Of delegates
elected therein. In the absence OF any
delegate at large or delegate from Q
congressional district, the roll OF al
ternates for the state or the district
shall be called in the order In which
the names are placed upon the roll OF
the convention.
Delegates at large and their al
ternates, and delegates from congress
sioual districts and their alternates,
shall be elected in the following man
ner:
az BY primary elections, In ac-
cordance with the laws Of the state
In which the election occus, In such
states as require by law the election
of delegates to national conventions
of political parties by direct primar-
les; provided, that in any state In
which Republican representation
upon the board Of judges or inspec-
tors Of elections for such primary
election is denied by law, delegates
and alternates shall be elected as
hereinafter provided.
(2) BY congressional, territorial
or state conventions, as the case may
be, to be called by the congressional
territorial or state committees, re-
spectively. Notice of the call for
such conventions shall be published
in a newspaper or newspapers OF gen.
eral circulation in the district, ter
rltory or state. In congressional
district. where there is no Republi-
can congressional committee, the He-
publican state committee shall issue
the call and make said publication.
No delegates or alternates shall be
deemed eligible to participate in any
convention to elect delegates to the
national convention who were elected
prior to the adoption Of this call.
Delegates presenting certificates OF
election from the canvassing boards
or officer created or designated by
state law to canvass the returns ana
issue certificates of election to deie-
gates to the national convention Shall
he placed upon the temporary roll
of the convention by this committee.
The election Of delegates from the
District of Columbia shall be under
the direction and supervision OF an
election board, composed OF Charles
Iinkins, Charles H. Bauman and
Jesse Fl, Foster, Of the District of Co.
lumbia. This board shall have au'
thority to fix the date of said conver-
lion. subject to the provisions of thi
call and to arrange all details incl
dental thereto; and shall provide for
/, registration Of the votes cast, sucn
registration to include the name and
reSidence of each voter.
The delegates from Alaska, Hawaii,
Porto Rico ana the Philippine Islands
shall be elected in conformity with
The rules and regulations adopted BY
this committee, copies of which VIII
he furnished to the governing com
mjttee Of the Republican party IN
such territory and insular posses
sions. .,o,,
he elected not earlier than thirty days
after the date Of this call. and not
later than thirty days before the date
NJ the meeting Of the Republican ma.
tional convention, for which this call
n issued, unless otherwise provided
by inc laws OF the state In which tne
election occurs. :, i,...