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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 r. the forenoon
OF that day. Said Convention shall con-
sist of five delegates from each of the
thirty.ti Representative Districts OF the
State as constituted and described in the
Constitution of Delaware, Article 2, Sec
tion 2, except the Representative Dis
tricts numbers and 3 respectively of
last mentioned Representative Districts
there shall be ten delegates in said Con,
vention.
i 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-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 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 a 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 al
other electors without regard to pas
political affiliations who believe in the
principles of the Nationol Republican
party, who endorse its policies and wnC
are willing to aid in accomplishing tn,
overthrow OF the Democratic party il
Delaware, are hereby requested to as
semble in New Castle county at their re
: spective voting places on Wednesday
, August the twenty-second, A. D., 1900
and in Kent and Sussex counties OF
Saturday, the 18th day of August, A. d.
, 1900, and then and there by ballot t,
choose and elect in each Representative
district aforesaid, by a plurality of vote
: cast therein, five delegates and fiy,
alternates to said convention, except il
: districts numbers two and three of New
: Castle county, in each of which las
). mentioned Representative districts the
shall choose and elect ten delegates ant
' ten alternates to said convention.
The polls in New Castle County, th
: day appointed for said county, shal
! open at one O'Clock p. M, and close a
y seven o'clock p. 10 In Kent and SUISSE
= counties, the day appointed for eai
q counties, shall open at two o'clock Z. N
= : and close at four O'Clock p. M, on tn
: day aforesaid.
:; Upon the closing OF the polls in til
: said several voting places, the electio
= officers shall publicly count the ballot
: IN the presence OF such electors as desr
!. to be present, and publicly announce til
: result, and shall make certificates j
i duplicate, stating in words at length til
= number of votes received by each perso
!; voted for, for delegate or alternate to sal
! Convention, and the said certificate sha
be signed by the election officers, or
majority Of them; one OF said certificate
shall be given to the delegates elected
,f and the other OF said certificates shall /
I forwarded to William I. smithels, Esq
I, at Dover, Delaware.
By order ofthe Union Republican Stat
!, Central Committee, made at Dover tn
! = second day OF April, A. d., 1900.
/ j. FRANK ALLEE,
8, w. I. SMITHERs. Chairman