The sun., 1900-08-01
On Thursday, August %, 1900

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 9, Sec
tion 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 Elector
OF President and Vice President of the
United States; one candidate for the
office Of Representative from Delaware
in the Fifty-siSth Congress of the United
States in lieu Of the Hon. John Ii. Hot
fecker, deceased; one candidate for the
Office Of Representative from Delaware
in the Flfty-seyenth Congress of the
United States; one candidate for the
Office OF Governor; one candidate fer the
Office oil Lieutenant Governor; one cal :
dIdate for the Office OF Attorney General
one candidate for the office of Insurance
| Commissioner; one candidate for tile
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 Conyen
Jiop, are required at said convention te
elect member OF the Union Republican
State Central Committee oil Delaware tt
serve for term of two years and unit
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 count,
are required to elect two such member
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 affiliations who believe in tn
principles of the Nationol Republican
party, who endorse its policies and W u
are willing to aid in accomplishing th
overthrow OF the Democratic party il
Delaware, are hereby requested to at
semble in New Castle county at their re
speclive voting places on Wednesday
August the tWenty-second a. D., 1906
and in Kent and Sussex counties 81
Saturday, the 18th day Of August, A. D.
1900, and then and there by ballot t
choose and elect in each Rep esentativ
district aforesaid, by plurality Of vote
cast therein, five delegates and fv
aternates to said convention, except i
districts numbers two and three Of NeS
Castle county, in each Of which las
mentioned Representative districts the
shall choose and elect ten delegates an
ten alternates tn said convention.
The polls in New Cattle County, til
day appointed for said county, sha
open at one o'clock p. M, aid close Q
seven O'Clock p 10 In Kent and SUISSE
counties, the day appointed for sai
counties, shall open at two o'clock p. II
and close at four o'clock p. M, ON th
day aforesaid.
Upon the closing OF the polls in IL
said several voting places, the electio
: officers shall publicly count the ballo
/, in the presence of 81 ch electors as desi
to be present, and publicly announce tt
result, and shall make certificates
i duplicate, stating in words at length I'll
number Of votes received by each persc
!, voted for, for delegate or alternate to ga
! Convention, and the said certificate sha
oe signed by the election officers, or
\ majority Of them; one Of said certificat
shall be given to the delegates eecte
!! and the other of said certificates shall
i forwarded to William I. Smithers, ESQ
{ at Dover, Delaware.
By order ofthe Union Republican Sta
l' Central Committee, made at Dover I'll
Y second day of April. A. D., 1900.
T j. FRANK ALLEE,
II wv. IN SMITHERS Chairman.