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by authority of the State Central Com
mittee Of said party to meet in the town
OF Dover
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-fve Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the
Constitution of Delaware, Article 9, Sec
ton 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
! ventl0n.
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 Fifty-seyenth Congress of the
; United States; one candidate for the
lotfice of Governor; one candidate Tor the
Office of Lieutenant Governor; one car
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 filed by
persons chosen by the electors OF the
[ State of Delaware at the General Elec-
tion in A. D., 1900, and for the purpose
| r s,e. .al ~ Itsas nj g
shall be laid before said Convention.
, The delegates of each Senatorial dis
trict Of the State, to said State Conven-
ton, are required at said convention to
elect a 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 al
other electors without regard to pas
political afli iations who believe in Tx
principies Of the Nationo Republican
party, who endorse its policies and wnt
4 are willing to aid in accomplishing tht
i overthrow OF the Democratic party il
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
!. semble in New Castle county at their re
e spectiye voting places on Wednesday
August the twenty-secOnd, A. d., 1900
= and in Kent and Sussex counties OF
# Saturday, the 18th day Of August, A. d,
1900, and then and there by ballot h
choose and elect in each Rep esentativ
= district aforesaid, by plurality of vote
cast therein, five delegates and fiv
alternates to said convention, except il
+. districts numbers two and three OF Ne,
l. Castle county, in each OF which las
mentioned Representative districts the
shall choose and elect ten delegates an
ten alternates to said convention.
n The polls in New Ca>tle County, tn
day appointed for said county, sha
open at one o'clock p. M, and close {
seven o'clock p. IN In Kent and SUISSE
counties, the day appointed for sal
counties, shall open at two o'clock 2. n
20 and close at four O'clock p. M, on I'll
day aforesaid.
a Upon the closing of the polls in II
said several voting places, the electic
officers shall publicly count the ballo
in the presence of 81 ch electors as desi
to be present, and publicly announce Il
result, and shall make certificates
duplicate, stating in words at length Il
number of votes received by each pers,
voted for, for delegate or alternate to SO
Convention, and the said certificate sht
be signed by the election officers, oi
majority of them; one Of said certificat
shall be given to the Delegates electe
and the other of said certificates shall
forwarded to William T. Smthers, Es
at Dover, Delaware.
BY order of the Union Republican Sti
Central Committee, made at Dover Il
second day of April, A. d., 1906
]. FRANK ALLEE,
2. w. I. SMITHERs, Chairman