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On Thursday, August %. 1900,

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On Thursday, August %, 1900,
It half past ten o'clock n the forenoon
OF that day. Said Convention shall con-
sist of five delegates from each OF the
thirty. five Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the |
Constitution of Delaware, Article ., Sec
tion 2, except the Representative Dis
tricts numbers and 3 respectively of
New Castle county, from each Of which |
last mentioned Representative Districts
there shall be ten delegates in 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 Of Representative from Delaware
in the Fifty-sixth Congress of the United
States in lieu OF the Hon. John II. Hof-
| fecker, deceased one candidate for the
office of Representative from Delaware
| in the Fiftv-seyenth Congress Of the
! United States; one candidate Tor the
office of Governor; one candidate for the
office of Lieutenant Governor; one can
didate for the office of Attorney General;
one candidate for the Office OF Insurance
Commissioner; one candidate for the
office OF Auditor of Accounts. and one
candidate for the office Of State Treasurer,
all of which offices are to be filled by
persons chosen by the electors OF the
State OF Delaware at the General Elec-
tion in A. D., 1900, and for the purpose
OF transacting such other business as
shall be laid before said Convention.
The delegates of each Senatorial dis
trict of the State, to said State Congen-
tion, are required at said convention to
elect member of the Union Republican
State Central Committee oil Delaware to
serve for term of two years and until
his successor shall be chosen and quail
fed; 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 all
other electors without regard to past
political affiliations who believe in the
principles of the Nationol Republican
, party, who endorse its policies and wnc
: are willing to aid in accomplishing the
!. overthrow of the Democratic party in
/. Delaware, are hereby requested to as
2 sembe in New Castle, Kent and Sussex
}. counties at their respective voting places
:, on Saturday, August the fourth. A. d
e 1900, and then and there by ballot II
: choose and elect in each Representative
district aforesaid by plurality OF votei
cast therein, five delegates and five
alternates to said convention, except il
l. districts numbers two and three OF New
a Castle county, in each of which las
/ mentioned Representative districts they
n shall choose and elect ten delegates ant
it ten aternates to said convention.
The polls in New Castle County, til,
,s day appointed for said county, ehal
,s open at one O'Clock p. M, and close a
seven O'Clock p. IN In Kent and SUISSE,
3 counties, the day appointed for eaiC
10 counties, shall open at two O'Clock p. m
IS and close at four O'Clock p. M, on th
Is day aforesaid.
10 Upon the closing of the polls in th
said several voting places, the election
officers shall publicly count the ballot
" in the presence of 81 ch electors as desir
d. to be present, and publicly announce tn
j. result, and shall make certificates il
k duplicate, stating in words at length tn
IN number of votes received by each persol
voted for, for delegate or alternate to sal
Cons and the said certificate sha
N be signed by the election officers, or
Is majority of them; one of said certificate
W shall be given to the delegates elected
g. and the other of said certificates shall b
o. forwarded to William D. Denney
e at Dover, Delaware.
II By order of the Union Republican Stat
it, Central Committee, made at Dover thi
rs Sixth day of August A. D., 1909.
al j. FRANK ALLEE,
IL w. D. DENNEY, Chairman.
rh Secretary.