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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.ive Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the
Constitution OF Delaware, Article ., Sec
tion ., except the Representative Dis
triets numbers 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 Eector
OF President and Vice President of the
United States; one candidate for the
office OF Representative from Delaware
| in the Fiity-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
Office of Governor; one candidate for the
office OF Lieutenant Governor; one cam
didate for tine 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 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 Conven-
tion, are required at said convention to
elect member of the Union Republican
State Central Committee OF 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 all
other electors without regard to past
political affiliations who believe in the
principles of the National Republican
party, who endorse its policies and VINO
are willing to aid in accomplishing the
overthrow of the Democratic party in
Delaware, are hereby requested to as.
semble in New Castle county on Wednes
day, August 90, and in Kent and Sussex
counties at their respective voting place!
on Saturday, August the eighteenth, A
D., 1900, and then and there by ballot tC
choose and elect in each Representative
district aforesaid, by plurality of votel
cast therein, five delegates and five
alternates to said convention, except il
districts numbers two and three of New
Castle county, in each OF which las
mentioned Representative districts they
shall choose and elect ten delegates anC
ten aternates to said convention.
The polls in New Castle County, thu
day appointed for said county, shal
!, open at one O'Clock p. M, and close a
i seven O'Clock p. IN In Kent and Susse1
counties, the day appointed for sait
counties, shall open at two o'clock p. m
i and close at four o'clock p. M, on tn
day aforesaid.
Upon the closing of the polls in tn
4 said several voting places, the election
q officers shall publicly count the ballot
+ in the presence Of ST ch electors as desir
n to be present, and publicly announce th
4 result, and shall make certificates il
II duplicate, stating in words at length tn
q number of votes received by each persol
a voted for, for delegate or alternate to sal
n Convention, and the said certificate shal
y be signed by the election officers, or
II majority of them; one OF said certificate
U shall be given to the delegates elected
Z and the other Of said certificates shall b
Il forwarded to William D. Denney
n at Dover, Delaware.
BY order Of the Union Republican Stat
II Central Committee, made at Dover thi
U Sixth day of August A. D., 1900
j. FRANK ALLEE,
w. ID. DENNEY, Chairman.
a Secretary.