The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-16
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REPUBLICANS,
State Committees Issue
Call for Convention
Candidates Will
be Named.

! TIE fQ,loEing. call has beea issued b.
! the Union Republican State Central Com
| mittee:
The Union Republican party Of Della
ware in making the following call for (
state convention again openly oxpres, o!
the desire for union of all Republicans 0
Delawars upon the following broad ant
| equitable principles:
First Aconvention of delegates chosen
and elected, ut common primaries, by and
from tho r publican voters Of he several
representative districts of the state, es-
tabl,shed by our constitution.
Second. The number Of delegates to
such convention to be Us follows: Each
of said thir!y-fve represent ,tive districts
of tho stale to have five of such delegates,
except the second and third representative
districts Of Now Castle county (being that
portion Of the city of Wilmington lying
north of tho centre line OF Eighth street),
each Of which :ilned representa-
tive districts to have ten of such dele9a. es.
Third. AT such primaries each kapub-
lican political organization to have repre-.
>entatives OF their own choosing to So
euro free ballot and an honest and fair
count,
Fourth. All future state central COM
mittces of the united party to be comp0s-
ed OF one member from Oach of tho seven-
teen senatorial districts of the State. The
delegates from he respective said sena-
torial districts to q state convent ion to
choose or elect one member OF tho state
central committee.
Fifth. A pledge to loyalty support all
candidates for all state, county and dis
trict offices thus nominated. in order to
overthrow by sincere and united effort. the
disgracefui. dishonest and corrupt rule Of
tue Democratic party IN Delaware.
A State convention Of tho Unicn Rspub
lican party of delaware il hereby called by
authority o. the stnte central committee Of
said party, to meet In the town Of Dover on
Tuesday. the tOth day of August, A. D.,
1898, at II O'clock a. IN. Said convention
shall consist Of i've delegates from each of
the thirty-fve representative districts of
the state, ~ constituted aud men ioDed in
the Constitution of Delaware. article 2
section 2. except the second aud third rep.
resentative districts of New Castle county,
from each of which last .lment toned repre-
sentative districts there shall be ten dele.
gates iu said convention.
Said convention Is called to choose q
candidate for the office OF represenl alive
from Delaware In the Fifty Congress
OF the United States; acnndidhte for the
office of audi; or of accounts all OF which
offices arc to be filled by persons chosen
by the electors Of tho Stae of Delaware,
at the general election held in 1898. and
for the purpose of transhcting such other
business as shall be laid before said con-
vention. Tie delegates Of leach senator.
al district to the said state convention ure
required. ut said convention, to elect
member of tho Republican STATE Central
committee of Delaware to serve for u term
of two years, and until his successor shall
be chosen and qualified.
All electors OF tho Union Republican
party OF the State Of Delaware; all other
electors OF said state who supported the
principles and candidates OF the National
Republican party in the last campaign,
and all other good and conservative cleo
tors OF sald s'ate. who are willing to aid in
accomplishing the overthrow of the rule of
he Democratic party in Delaware. arc
hereby requested to assemble at their re-
.pective voting places on Friday, the 2G.h
day of August, A, d. 1873, and then and
there, by ballot, o ctoo or elect in each
representative district, by plurality Of
F"tes cast thereln, i've delegates and five
tlsernHtes to said convent'o > rxrept in ii q
second and third r. pres, NATIVE Iis;r cts
OF New Ca tie county, in each of which |
aforementioned rcnre:entatve I districts
they sha'l choose or elect len delegates and |
ten nlternate' to said convention.
All delegnles and heir alternates to said
convention elected from the several repre-
sentative districts in New Castle county
shall be chosen in accordance with ths re-
qu'rements OF the primary election law of
the said county. The pollsin said county |
shall open at two O'Clock p. IN. aad
close at seven o'clock y. m, As the
primary election law Of Delaware applies
only to the county Of New Castle the dele.
gates and their nlternates to said conyen-
ton elected from the several representa-
i've dist lets In tho counties Of Kent and |
sussex shall be chosen ut elections held in |
the several districts between the hours of
= ana O'Clock p. III on the day afore aid.
IN accordance with the rules of the Union
Republican party of said counties.
Upon tho closing of the polls in the said
several voting places, the election officers
hhall publicly count tho ballot in tho
presence OF such electors as desire to b
present, and publicly announce the result,
ana snail make certificates In duplicate.
stating III words at length the number of
votes received by cach person voted for in
that primary election dlstrics for delegate
or alternate ic said convention from the
ntive district in W aich said prlm.
ary election district / located.
said certificate shall be signed by the
elec' ION officers. or q majority of them
holdlng said election, md one of snid Ger.
tllichtes shall be given to the delegate clec.
ted, and the other of said certificates shall
be forwarded to William L. Smithers,
secretary OF tho state central committee,
ut Dover before II O'Clock, noon, of the
day next preceding the meeting of tho
said convention.
BY ordcrof the Union Republican state
central committee, made at Dover this 13th
lay of July, A. d.. 1898.
}: Frank Alice, Chairman.
Attest. w. ~. Smithars Cacrnt,u,,