The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-20
REPUBLICAN CAUCUSEs.

The republicans of Portland are hereby
notified to meet in caucus in their respec-
tive Ward Rooms on Monday, May 18th,
A. D. 1896, at 7.80 O'Clock in the evening
to select seven delegates from each ward
TO attend the Republican State convention
to be held at Bangor ON Tuesday, the and
day of June, A. D. 1896, at O'Clock P. NJ.
for the purpose of nominating candidate
for Governor also to select seven dele
gates from each ward to attend til Republic
oan county convention for the county of
Cumberland, to be held in Portland, on
the Sd day of June, A. D. 1896, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon. for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the following
offices, to wit: Hour Senators, County
Attorney, Sheriff, Judge of Probate,
Register of Probate, County Treasurer,
one County Commissioner, and a County
Committee for two years.
The polls will be kept open until 9
O'Clock p. M. and for suoh further time as
Aany caucus may vote.
A check list prepaid by the Republican
City Committee will be usd in each
wald and no person whose name has not
been marked thereon as a Republican.
will be- allowed to vote. Errors In mark
ing said list will BIZ corrected by the sever
al ward committees upon application to
them at any time prior to five o'clock in
the afternoon of Monday. May 25th, 1896,
but no correction of any kind will be
made after the hour above mentioned.
Republicans should see that their names
are correctly marked upon this list.
For the purpose of these caucuses, each
person entitled to vote as above will vote
in the ward wherein he was registered
for the city election, March I'd, 1895,
The ballots to be used at the several
caucuses will be prepared and printed by
| the city committee and will contain the
names of candidates for delegates to said
conventions. Names of candidates for
said delegates will be placed upon these
ballots upon the written request of twelve
| voters residing in the ward for which said
delegates are to be chosen. Such request
should be fled with the chairman of the
| city committee on or before 10 o. clock,
noon, May 21st, A. D. 1896.
| The chairman and secretary of each
| ward will make record of the names
of all persons for whom ballots are cast
and the number of votes cast for each
candidate, and certify and deliver the
same with credentials for each convention
properly filled out and signed by said
| chairman and secretary, to the Republic
can Headq uarters, Room, Brown block,
Immediately after the adjournment of..the
caucuses.
To accommodate those residing within
the voting precincts of Island Ward !
| and Island Ward 2. the oauouses for Is
land Ward will be held on Long sIsland
and for Island Ward 2 on Peaks Island
at 7.30 P. M. on the day appointed.
A plurality Of the votes cast in any
caucus will be required to nominate can
didates for delegates to each convention.
The delegates selected to attend the
State con ven ton at Bangor are request
ed to meet at Republican Headquarters,
Room g. Brown block, on Wednesday,
May 9th 1896, at O'Clock in the after
noon, for the purpose of choosing five
delegates at large to attend said State
convention. The delegates selected to at
tend the County convention are requested
to meet at the same place on Wednesday,
May 9th, 1895. at 4. 80 p. m. for the pur-
pose of choosing five delegates at large to
attend said Republican County conven-
| tion.
Per order Of the Republics City Com
mittee.
GEORGE H. ALLAN, Chairman,
| THOMAS A. BOW EN, Secretary.