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punlicans OF Delaware is hereby called
by authority of the State Central Com
mlItee 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.
slst OF hive delegates from each OF the
thirty. hve Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the
constitution OF Delaware, Article 9, Sec
tlon =, except the Representative Dis
trlcts numbers and 8 respectively OF
New Castle county, from each of which
last mentioned Representative Districts
there shall be len 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 Flfty.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 which offices are to be filled bv
persons chosen by the electors of the
State OF Delaware at the General Elec-
ton in A. D., 1900, and for the purpose
OF transactlng such other business as
shall be laid before said Convention.
The delegates of each Senatorial dis
trict of the State, to said State Conyen-
ton, are required at said convention TO
elect member of the Union Republican
State Central Committee OF Delaware To
serve Tor term Of two years and until
his successor shall be chosen and quail.
lied; provided, however, that the dele
gates in said convention from Senatorial
district nun Der 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 an
other electors without regard to past
political affiliations who believe in the
principles Of the Nationol Republican
party, who endorse its policies and VINO
are wiling to aid in accomplishing the
overthrow OF the Democratic party ia
DelaWare, are hereby requested to as
semble IN New Castle county al their re.
spectiye voting places on Wednesday
AUGUST the twenty second, A. d., 1900,
ana IN hent and Sussex counties on
saturday, the 18th day OF August, a. d
l900, and then and there by ballot &c
choose and elect in each Rep esentatiye
ulstrlct aforesaid, by plurality OF votes
cast therein, five delegates and five
f anernates to said convention, except in
districts numbers two and three OF New
i Oastle county, in each of which last
mentioned Representative districts they
/ shail choese and elect ten delegates and
ten alternates to said convention.
! The polls in New Castle County. the
uay appointed for said county, shall
open at one o'clock p. M, and close al
seven O'Clock p. 10 In Kent and Sussex
counties, the day appointed for said
counties, shall open at two O'Clock =. m
and close at four o'clock D. M, on the
day aforesaid.
Upon the closing of the polls in the
i ! said several voting places, the election
officers shall publicly count the ballots
In the presence of such electors as desire
TO be present, and publicly announce the
+ result, and shall make certificates in
I duplicate, stating in words at length the
numper OF votes received by each person
voted Tor, Tor delegate or alternate to said
convention, and the said certificate shall
De signed by the election officers, or a
majority OF them; one of said certificates
shall be given to the delegates elected,
and the other of said certificates shall be
forwarded to William t. Smthers, ESQ,
, at Dover, Delaware.
BY order OF the Union Republican State
, Central Committee, made at Dover this
, second day OF April, A. D., 1900.
/ ~, - J. FRANK ALLEE,