The sun., 1900-04-09
Union Republican Call for
a State Convention, at
Dover, August 90,

DONCA, AuS uSb %Os
A State Con sen.ion OF the Tn ON Re-
putiicane OF Delaware Is hereby called
by authority of the State Central Com
mittee of said party TO meet in the town
of Dover
On Thursday, August %, 1900,
at half past ten o'clock in the forenoon
of that day. Said Convention shall con-
sst of five delegates from each of the
thirty. five Representative Districts of the
State as constituted and described in the
Constitution of Delaware, Article 2, Sec.
tion 2, except tue Representative Dis
tricts numbers and 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 E!ector
OF President and Vice President of the
United States; one candidate for the
office Of Representative from Delaware
in the Fifty. y.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,
all of whick Offices are to be filled by
persons choaen by the electors of the
State Of Delaware at the Geaeral 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 Stpte Conven-
ton, are required at said convention to
elect member OF the Union Republican
State Central Committee OF Delaware to
serve for y term of two years and until
his successor shall be chosen and quail.
fed; provided, however, that the dele.
gates in Eaid 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 W 10
are willing to aid in accomplishing the
overthrow OF the Democratic party in
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
, semble III 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. o.
1900, and then and there by ballot tc
choose and elect in each Rep esentatiye
district aforesaid, by plurality of votes
, cast therein, five delegates and five
/, alternatee 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 al,ernaten to said convention.
The polls In New Caatle Cousty, the
day appointed for said county, shall
= open a. one O'Clock p. M, and close al
seven O'Clock p. Ia In Kent and Sussex
counties, .bs day appointed for said
counties, shall open at two o'clock 2. M
and Gloss a. four O'Clock p. m., on the
r day Aforesaid.
Upon the closing OF the polls in the
!. said several voting places, the sloctioI
r officers Hhall publicly count the ballots
in the pressAce OF such electors az desire
10 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 peraor
voted for, for delegate or alternate to said
t. Con, ention, and the said certificate sha
: be signed by the election officers, or
: majority of them; one of eaid certificatel
shall be given to the delegates elected
r and the other OF said certificates shall bt
F.. forwarded to William T. Smithers, Esq
!; at Dover, Delaware.
5 BY order 9th Union Republican Stat,
: Central Committee, made at Dover thi
second day Of April A. D., 1900.
J. FRANK ALLEE,
Z w. I. SMITIIERs, Chairman.
Q Secretary.