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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Republican National Convention

HELD AT

Chicago, June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 25,

1888.

Reprinted by authority of the Republican National Convention, of 1900,

at Philadelphia, as follows:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be re-
quested to republish the Official Proceedings of pre-
ceding Republican National Conventions now out of
print, under the direction of the National Committee."

CHARLES W. JOHNSON, PUBLISHER,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

1903.

I hereby certify that the herewith published record of the proceedings of
the Republican National Convention, held at Chicago in June, 1888, is a full,
complete and true record of said proceedings, and the only official publication
of the same.

EUGENE CARY,

Chairman Committee on Official Reporting and Publication.

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BY

THE BLAKELY PRINTING CO.

1888.

COPYRIGHTED
BY

CHARLES W. JOHNSON.
1903.

The 4th of December, 1887, the Hon. John A. Roche, the Hon. George R. Davis, George B. Swift, Wm. Penn Nixon, Wm. K. Sullivan, A. M. Jones, Ferd W. Peck, Richard Michaelis, Daniel Shepard, Warren Leland and George H. Williams left for Washington, D. C., to attend the session of the Republican National Committee, and urge the holding of the National Convention of 1888 in Chicago.

The National Committee met the 8th of December, and the advantages of the city were presented by Mayor Roche and Senator Cullom. The local committee, aided by Senators Cullom and Farwell, labored effectively, as was shown by the result of a vote for a place, Chicago being selected.

In recognition of their services, the LaSalle Club gave them a reception when they returned home.

The National Committee voted that the duty of taking charge of the preparations for the Convention should be intrusted to a sub-committee composed of nine members, of which the Chairman and Secretary of the National Committee should be ex-officio members, and that the Chairman of the National Committee should appoint the other members from the members of the National Committee. The Chairman of the National Committee, Hon. B. F. Jones, made these appointments, and the Committee was organized as follows: J. S. Clarkson, Iowa; Cyrus Leland, Jr., Kansas; A. L. Conger, Ohio; N. W. Cuney, Texas; Powell Clayton, Arkansas; Church Howe, Nebraska; Garret A. Hobart, New Jersey; and ex-officio, B. F. Jones, Pennsylvania, and Samuel Fessenden, Connecticut.

This committee met on the 9th of December, in Washington, D. C., and selected Hon. J. S. Clarkson Chairman and Gen. William L. Alexander, of Iowa, Secretary. It met again February 9, 1888, at the Grand Pacific Hotel, in Chicago, and appointed the following committees of citizens to take charge of arrangements and look after details, locally, and continued its meetings in carrying out the work given it in charge by the National Committee until the close of the Convention.

EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE.

JOHN A. ROCHE, Chairman.

E. G. KEITH,

SAMUEL B. RAYMOND, Secretary.
JOHN L. WOODWARD, Treasurer.
Chairman Committee on Hotels.

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Transportation.
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