The sun., 1900-06-19
On Thursday, August %, 1900,

ou lHuISudJ, August Z0, IJUU,
It half past ten o'clock II 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
tlon 2, except the Representative Dis
tricts numbers 2 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 Eyector
OF President and Vice President OF the
United States; one candidate for the
office of Representative from Delaware
In the F5fty-seyenth Congress OF the
United States; one candidate for the office
OF Governor; one candidate for the office
OF Lieutenant Governor; one candidate
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.
al OF which offices are to be filled by
persons chosen by the electors Of the
state OF Delaware at the General Flee
tlon In a. D., 1900, and for the purpose
Of transacting such other business as
snail be land before said Convention.
The delegates of each Senatorial dis
srlct OF the State, to said State Conyen-
tlon, 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
MS successor shall be chosen and uuali-
lied; provided, however, that the dele
gates in said convention from Senatorial
district number one in New Castle conpty
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 affi liations 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 party in
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
semble In New Castle county at their re-.
spective voting places on Wednesday.
August the twenty-second, A. D., 1900.
and IN Kent and Sussex counties on
saturday, the 18th day of August, A. D..
i9OO, and then and there by ballot to
choose and elect in each Representative
district aforesaid, by plurality of votes
cast therein, five delegates and five
alternates to said convention, except in
districts numbers two and three of New
Castle county, in each of which last
mentioned Representative districts they
shall choose and elect ten delegates and
ten alternates to said convention,
the polls in New Castle 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 said
counties, shall open at two O'Clock .. m.
and close at four o'clock p. M, on the
day aforesaid.
Upon the closing OF the polls in the
slld several voting places, the election
oiiicers shall publicly count the ballots
IN the presence OF such electors as desire
TO be present, and publicly announce the
result, and shall make certificates in
duplicate, stating in words at length the
number OF votes received by each person
voted for, for delegate or alternate to said
convention, and the said certificate shall
be signed by the election officers, or a
majority OF them; one of said certificates
SHALL be given to the delegates elected.
and the other OF said certificates shall he
forwarded to William I. Smitlers, 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. L. SMITHERS, Chairman.
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