The Portland daily press., 1900-02-13
REPUBLICAN CAUCUSEs.


after designated. srs notified to meet In
caucus In their respective ward rooms, on
Wednesday, February eist, A. ID. 1900. ut
. o'clock p. M, TO select Eve delegates
form each ward to attend the Republican
State Convention to be held In city hall,
Lewiston, Maine. on Wednesday, April
11th, 1900, at II O'Clock q. M. for the
purpose Of selecting six candidates for
electors Of President and Vice President OF
the United States. and four deiegates-at-
large and four altsrnstss to attend the
National Republican Convention to be
held ut Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday. June 10. 1900; also to select five
delegates from each ward to attend the
Portland Republican Mayoralty Conven-
tion for the purpose Of nominating q can
date for Mayor. and three female candi-
dates for members of the School Commit
tee, also to nominate candidates for each
ward rs follows. to wit, One Alderman.
three Couucilmen. Warden. Clerk, and
two Constables; and IN Wards 1, 3. 4, and
8, n candidate for member OF the School
Committee; also to select for each ward
five memb'rs of the Republican City
COMMITTEES for tho ensuing year.
The polls will be open at four o'clock
and will remain open until nine O'Clock
p. M. and for such further time rs any
caucus may vote.
A check list prepared by the Reepubli.
can City Committee will be used In each
Asld, and any person whose name has
not been marked thereon as . Republi-
can, is not included In this call and will
rot TO allowed to vote or take any part
in said caucus.
Said check lists will be verified by the
respective ward committees and all errors
or omissions In the marking thereof. win
be corrected upon application to said
Ward Committees, who will be In session
for that purpose at Republican Head
quarters, Room 3, Brown block, 6S7 Con-
gress street, Portland, from 7.30 to 0
olook In the evening. Of the 10th and
2oth Of February, and at any time prior
to 5 O'Clock on the day Of the caucus, but
no corrections Of any kind viii be made
aft r the hour above mentioned, provided
that Republicans who register on Monday
and Tuesday previous to. and on the
day of the caucus, and whose names have
not been marked on said list may vote
upon presentation of satisfactory evidence
that they have Registered and after salts
tying the Ward Committee that they are
Republicans.
All Republicans are requested to see
that their names are correctly marked
upon this list, and to be present and take
part in their respective ward caucuses.
A plurality Of votes cast In any ward
caucus will be required TO nominate can
didatss for Office.
To accommodate those residing In the
voting precincts of Island Ward and Is
land Ward Q, tho caucus for Island Ward
will be- held at Long Island, and for
Island Ward Q at Peaks Island, at four
O'Clock p. m. on the day appointed.
The official ballot to be used at the sew
eral caucuses will be prepared aud print
ed by the Republican City Committee
aud will con tain the names Of candidates
for delegates to the several conventions
and all other ward officers. The names
Of candidates for said delegates and ward
officers will be placed upon these ballots
on request. such request to be made to
the chairman of the City Committee on
or before twelve o'clock noon on Tuesday.
February Goth. 1900, but any other writ
ten or printed ballots, not In Imitation
of the official ballot, will be received.
The chairman and secretary Of each
caucus will make o record of the names
of all persons for whom ballots are cast
and the number of votes cast for each
candidate, and certify and deliver the
same, together with the check list at Re-
publican Headquarters Immediately
after the adjournment OF the caucus
The de legates rejected to attend the
State Convention at Lewiston, are re-.
auestsd to meet at Republican Head
quarters on Thursday, February 22d, at
four O'Clock p. M. for the purpose Of &C.
iecting three delssates-at-large.
The delegates selected to attend the
Mayoralty Convention are requested to
meet at Republican Headquarters on FRI
day, February Esd. at four O'Clock In the
afternoon for the purpose OF nominating
q candidate for Mayor, and three female
candidates for members Of the School
Committee.
Per order Of the Republican City Com
GEO. II. ALLAN, Chairman.
THOMAS A. BOWEN. Secretary.
Portland, Jan. 30, 1900.