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publlcans OF delaware is hereby called
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-fy Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the
Constitution of Delaware, Article Q, 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 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 Flity.seYenth Congress Of the
United states; one candidate for the
Office OF Governor; one candidate for the
office OF Lieutenant Governor; one carr
ddate 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 by
persons choten 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-
ton, are required at said convention to
elect a 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
fled; provided, however, that the dele
gates III 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 Nationol Republican
party, who endorse its policies and %
are willing tn aid in accomplishing the
overthrow OF the Democratic party in
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
sembie in New Castle county at their re.
specive voting places on Wednesday
August the twenty-second, A. d., 1900
and IN Kent and Sussex counties or
Saturday, the 18th day of August, A. D.,
1900, and then and there by ballot tc
choose and elect in each Rep esentative
district aforesaid, by plurality of votes
cast therein, five delegates and five
alternates to said convention, except in
districts numbers two and three of New
Castle county, in each Of which last
mentioned Representative districts they
shall choose aud elect ten delegates and
ten alternates to said conpention.
The polls in New Cattle County, the
day appointed for said county, shal
open at one O'Clock p. M, and close al
seven O'Clock y. IN In Kent and Sussex
counties, the day appointed for eaid
counties, shall open at two O'Clock q. m
and close at four O'Clock p. M, on the
day aforesaid.
Upon the closing of the polls in IL {
said several voting places, the election
officers shall publicly count the ballots
in the presence OF sch electors as desire
to be present, and lubicly announce The
result, and shall make certificates il
duplicate, stating in words at length tn,
number OF votes received bv each person
voted for, for delegate or alternate to sale
Convention, and the said certificate shal
be signed by the election officers, or
majority of them; one OF said certificate
shall be given to the delegates elected
and the other OF said certificates shall b.
forwarded to William I. Smithers, ESQ.
at Dover, Delaware.
BY order OF the Union Republican Stat
Central Committee, made at Dover thi
second day OF April, A. D., 1900.
j. FRANK ALLEE,
w. L. SMIrHERs, Chairman.
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