The sun., 1900-04-12
On Thursday. August 23. 1900

Uh IHurSday, August 23, 1900,
at half past ten oclock in the forenoon
Of that day. Said Convention shall con.
slst ol five delegates from each of the
thlity'five Representative Districts of the
state as constituted and described in the
Constitution OF Delaware, Article .. See.
ton :, except the Representative Dis.
trcts numbers ? and 3 respectively of
New Castle county, from each OF which
last mentioned Representative Districts
there shall be ten delegates i'll said Con
ventiOn.
SAID Convention is called to choose
three candidates for the office of Elector
OF PRESIDENT and Vice President OF the
United States; one candidate for the
Office oi Representative from Delaware
ia the tlfty'seyenth Congress Of the
United States; one candidate for the office
oi governor; one candidate for the office
ot Lieutenant Governor; one candidate
ior the Office of Attorney General; one
candidate Tor the office of Insurance
commissioner; one candidate for the
ofilce OF Auditor of Accounts, and one
candidate Tor the Office of State Treasurer
all OF which offices are to be filled by
persons chosen by the electors of the
otate OF Delaware at the General Elec-
tlon In A. D., 1900, and for the purpose
OF transactlng such other businesa as
snail be laid before said Convention.
Ihe delegates of each Senatorial dis
trlct OF the State, to said State Conyen-
tlon, are required at said convention to
eject member OF the Union Republican
state central Committee oil Delaware to
serve Tor term OF two years and until
DIS successor shall be chosen and quail.
ned; provided, however, that the dele
gates In said convention from Senatorial
district number one in New Castle county
are required to elect two such members
OF said State Committee.
All electors OF the Union Republican
party OF the State OF Delaware. and ali
otner electors without regard to past
poiltlcal Affiliations who believe in the
principles OF the Nationol Republican
party, who endorse its policies and VINO
are willing to aid in accomplishing the
overthrow OF the Democratic nartv in
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
sempie In New Castle county at their re-
spectlve voting places on Wednesday.
August the twenty-second, A. d., 1900,
ana IN Kent and Sussex counties on
saturday, the 18th day of August, A. d..
l9oo, and then and there by ballot to
cnoose and elect in each Rep: esentative
olstrict aforesaid, by plurality of votes
cast therein, five delegates and five
aiternates to said convention, excpnt in
districts numbers two and three of New
castle county, in each of which last
mentioned Representative districts thew
snail choose and elect ten delegates and
ten alternates to said convention.
The polls in New Ca, tie County the
DAY appointed for said county. shall
open at one O'Clock p. M, and close at
seven O'Clock p IN In Kent and Sussex
counties, the day appointed for eaid
counties, shall open at two O'Clock Il. IN,
and close at four O'Clock D. M, on the
day aforesaid. '--o
Upon the closing of the polls in tbe
salu several voting places, the election
ollGers snail publicly count the ballots
in the presence OF such electors as desire
10 pe present, and publicly announce the |
iesuie, and shall make certificates in |
duplicate. stating in words at length the |
NUMBER OF votes received by each person
voted Tor, for delegate or alternate to said |
convention, and the said certificate shall |
De slgneu by the election officers, or |
majority OF them; one of said certificates
SHALL be given to the delegates elected. |
and the other OF said certificates shall be- |
forwarded to William I. Smithers, ESQ,
at Dover, Delaware. ''
by order OF the Union Republican State
central Committee, made at Dover this
second day of April, A. D., 1900.
~, j. FRANK ALLEE,
w. 7. SMITHERs, Chairman
Secretary.