The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1900-02-21
OFFICIAL CALL FOR
UNION REPUBLICAN, = !.
STATE CONVENTION.

TN PURSUANCE OF THE OFFICIAL NOTICE
i ana request OF the Republican National Com
mittee:
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 ~ A.
D.. 1890, at i O'CLOCK u. m.
Said Convention is called TO choose two dele
gates from the Congressional District of the state
OF Delaware, and four decg ates-at-large from
said State together with alternate delegates for
each o. said delegates from said state to the
National Convention of tie Republican party of
the United States to be heldin the CITY of Phila-
delphia, State of Pennsylvania on the 18th da@
OF June, 1900, and for the purpose OF trarsactiug
such other business as shall be laid before said
ConYention.
All the electors aforesaid are hereby requested
to assemble at their respective voting places OH
Saturday, the twenty-fourth day ot February,
A. D., 1900 and then and there by ballot to
choose and elect in such Representative district
by plurality of votes cast therein five delegates
and five alternates TO said Convention except in
the second and third Representative Districts in
New Castle county in each of which last mem
toned Representative Districts, they shall choose
or elect ten delegates and ten alternates TO said
Convention.
All electors OF the Union Republican party of
the State OF Delaware and all other electors
without regard to past political affiliations, who
beieyein the principles OF the Republican party.
unite under this call in choosing the delegates
and alternates aforesaid.
The said Convention shall consist OF five dele
gates from 6hcu Oh Ile tHlTIy-nVe Representative
Districts OF the State as constituted and mem
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 ten
delegates to said Convention.
Atthe time of choosing said delegates there
shall be chosen in the same manner an alternate
delegate to said convention, for each delegate so
chosen.
The election shall be neld between the hours
of Q O'Clock p. m, and o'clock p. M, under the
| rules of the Union Republican party of each
county.
Upon the closing of the poles in the said sew
eral voting places the election officers shall
publicly count the ballot in the presence OF
such electors as desire to be present, and pub,
licly announce the result. and shall make
certificate in duplicate, stating in words, at
length the number of votes received by each
person voted for in the primary election district
| for delegate or alternate to said Convention
| from the Representative District in which said
primary election district is located.
Said certificate shall be signed by the election
officers or majority of them, holding said cleo
ton, and one of said certificates shall be given
To the delegate elected and the other of said Ger
tificates shall be forwarded to William T.
Smithers Esq, Secretary of the State Central
| Committee, at Dover, before twelve O'Clock
noon. OF the day next preceding the meeting Of
| the said Convention.
By order of the Union Republican State Cen
| trail Committee, made at Dover this thirteenth
| day OF February, A. D., 1900
w. I. SMlTHERS, Chairman.
Secretary.