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rtE SIN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY. FEBRUA
OFFICIAL CALL FOR
UNION REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION

VN PURSUANCE OF THE OFFICIAL NOTICE
and request Of the Republican National Com
mittee.
A State Convention OF the Union Republicans
of Delaware is hereby called by authority OF the
state Central Committee of said party to meet in
the town OF Dover on Tuesday, February q, A.
D., 1900, at III O'Clock a. m.
Said Convention is called to choose two dele
gates from the Congressional District of the state
of Delaware, and four delegates-at-large from
said State together with alternate delegates for
each OF said delegates from said State to the
National Convention of the Republican party of
the United states to be held in the CITY of Phila-
delphia, State of Pennsylvania on the 18th day
of June, 1900, and for the purpose OF transactiug
such other business as shall be laid before said
Convention.
All the electors aforesaid are hereby requested
to assemble at their respective voting places on
Saturday, the twenty-fourth day OF February,
A. D., 1900, and then and there by ballot 10
choose and elect in such Representative district
by plurality of votes cast therein five delegates
and hve alternates to said Convention, except in
| the second and third Representative Districts in
| New Castle county. in each of which last men
| toned Representative Districts, they shall choose
or elect ten delegates and ten alternates to said
| AL electors OF the Union Republican party OF
the State of Delaware and all other electors
without regard to past political affiliations, who
believe in the principles of the Republican party
and indorse its policies, are cordially invited tc
unite under this call in choosing the delegates
and alternates aforesaid.
The said Convention shall consist of five dele
gates from each OF the thirty-five Representative
Districts OF the State as constituted and men
toned in the Constitution of Delaware, Article 2
Section 2, except the second and third Repre-
sentative Districts of New Castle county from
each of which last mentioned there shall be tel
delegates to said Convention.
At the time of choosing said delegates thert
shall be chosen In the same manner an alternate
delegate to said convention, for each delegate 81
chosen.
The election shall be held between the hour
of O'Clock p. m and O'Clock p M, under tn,
rules of the Union Republican party of eacl
county.
Upon the closing OF the poles in the said sew
eral voting places, the election officers shal
publicly count the ballot in the presence 0
such electors as desire to be present, and pub
licy announce the res ult. and shall maxi
certificate in duplicate, stating in words, a
length the number of votes received by eacl
person voted for in the primary election distric
for delegate or alternate to said Convention
from the Representative District in which saif
primary election district is located.
said certificate shall be signed by the election
officers or a majority of them, holding said elec
tion, and one of said certificates shall be givel
to the delegate elected, and the other OF said Ger
tiiicates shall be forwarded to William T
Smithers ESQ, Secretary of the Sta'e Centra
Committee, at Dover before twelve O'Clock
noon, Of the day next preceding the meeting o
the said Convention.
by order of the Union Republican state Cen
tral Committee, made st Dover this thirteenth
day of February, A. D., 1860.
W. T. sMITHERs, Chairman.
Secretary.