The sun., 1900-03-23
OFFICIAL CALL FOR
UNION REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION

TN PURSUANCE OF THE OFFICIAL NOTICE
4 and request of the Republican National Com
mittee.
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, April Srd A.
D., 1900, at Ii O'Clock o. m.
said Convention is called to choose two dele
gates from the Congressional District OF the State
OF Delaware and four deegatesaas-large from ON
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 trarsacting
such other business as shall be laid before sad
Convention.
All the electors aforesaid arc hereby requested
to assemble at their respective voting places on
Saturday, the thifty-fTst day OF March,
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, eXcept1n
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
| Convention.
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 Republican party,
and indorse its policies, are cordially invited to
unite under this call in choosing the delegates
| and alternRtes aforesaid.
Tie said Convention shall consist OF five dele.
gates from eacn oil the tn1rty-five Representative
| Districts OF the State ms constituted and men.
toned in the Constitution OF Delaware, Article ,
| 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.
AT the time of choosing said delegates there
shall be chosen in the same manner an alternate
| delegate to said convention for each delegate sc
chosen.
The election shall be held between the hour.
OF clock p; M, and O'Clock p. M upder tlIc
rules of the Union Republican party oil eaci
| county. ~ stl
Upo;l the closing Of thapolls i'm the said sew
eral voting, places, 1.-THE election officers sha !
publicly cotint the ballot in the presence el
such electors as desire to be present and pub
| lliciy announce the result. and shall make
certificate in duplicate, stating in words, ~
/ length the number OF votes received by eaci
person voted for in the primary election district
| for delegate or alternate to said Convention
] from the Representative District in which sal
| primary election district is located.
Said certificate shall be signed by the election
officers, or a majority of them, holding said elet'
| ton, and one of said certificates shall be givei
to the delegate elected and the other of said Ger
| tificates shall be forwarded to William .
Smithers, Esq, Secretary of the STATE Centra
| Committee, at Dover, before twelve o'clocs
noon, of the day next preceding the meeting 9
| the said Convention
BY order Of the Union Republican State Cen
| tral Committee, made at Dover this 22nt
day of February, A. D., 1900.
| W. 7. SMlTHERS, Chairman.
Secretary.