The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-14
TO HOLD
/ PRIMARIES.
Union Republican State
Central Committee
Issue q Call.


| Republican voters of Delaware tho Union
Republican State Central Committee is.
| sued be following call today.
In pursuance of the Official notice and
request of The Republican National Com
mittUu:
IA State Convention of tho Union Re-
publicans Of Delaware il hereby called by
authority of the STATE Central, Committee
Of said party TO meet In the town Of Dover
OIL Tuesday, February ~, A. ID. 1900, at II
o'clock a. IN.
''snid convention Is called to choose two
delegates from tho Congressional district
OF the SIate OF Delaware and four dole
gates-at-large from said Sta g, together
with alternate deleg atcs for zach OF said
delegates from said state to the National
Convention Of tho Republican party OF
tho United States, TO be hold in the city of
Philadelphia, Stute OF Pennsylvania, on
the 18Th day of June, 1899, and tor the
purpose of 'ransucting such other business
US shall bv laid 'beo; e said convention
"All the electors aforesaid arc hereby
requested to assemble at the respective vot-
lug places ON Saturday, he Twenty
fourth day OF February A. ID. 1900, and
then ana there by ballot to choose anu
elec5 in such Representative dislric5 by q
plurality OF votes cast therein, five dele
gates and five al tCrEates to aid conven-
ton, except in the second and third Rep
resentative districts in New Castle county,
in each OF which last mentioned Repre-
sentative districts, they shall choose or
elect ten delegates aad ten alternates to
said convention.
"All electors OF the Union Republican
party OF tho State OF Delaware and all
other electors without regard to past po-
litlcal affiliations, who bell yo in the priu-
crles of the Republican party, and indorse
lis policies. are cordially invited to unite
4 nult rpn I'm. H. al
and alternntes aforesaid
THE said convention shall consist Of
five delegates from each OF tho thirty-hv
Representative districts of the State rs
constitu cd and mentioned in the Con,ti-
tuition of Delaware, Arlicleo Section 2,
except he Second and Third Represrnta.
tive districts OF Now Castle county, from
each OF which last mentioned thore shall
be ten delegates to said convention.
AT he time Of choosing said delegates
there shall BIO chosen in tho same manner
an alternate delegate to said convention,
for each delegate chosen.
Tho election shall bu held between tho
hours of o'clock p III. and Z o'clock p
IN under the rules OF the Union Republic
can par of zach county
Upon the closing of the poles in the
sniti several voting places, tho election
officers shall publicly count the ballot in
he presence of such electors as desire to
DO pleseDt, and publicly announce the
result. and sbali make certificate in dupii-
cate, stating in words ut length the num-
Der of votes received by each person voted |
for in the primary election district for del |
eRath CT alternate to said convention from
the Repre- sentative district in which said |
primary election district Is located |
sail certificate shall bo signed by tho |
election officers, or u maj IT, ty of thon, |
holding sad election, and one of said |
certificates shall be given to the delegate
elected and the other OF said certificates
shall be forwarded to William J.. Smith
ers, Esquire, secretary of the State Central
Committee, AZ Dover, before II o'clock,
noon.of the day next preceding the meet
ing of the SAID convention.
"By order of the Union Reuubiican
State Central Committee, made ut Dover
this thirteenth day Of Fol ruary, A. d.,
1907
} FRANK ALLEE. Chairman.
w. T. Smithers, SECRETARY.
Under this call Wilmington will have 80
delegates to the state convention chos On.
Five will be allowed each representa- i've
district in the state, except Districts No. 2
aud No. in Wilmington, which are
allowed ten delegates each. Tho. are the
Republican sIronghods there. Under this
ratio Wilmington will be allowed thirty
five delegates rural New Castle county
i'ApJ "N'~ StpsEI ANSuN toNuiJ iIlpJ 'luiOshlOb |
and Sussex county fly delegates. Under
The regular Republican ropressn tacion
there are to be 100 delegates in their state
The committee meet in executive session
at O'Clock this af ernoon. chairman Alec
presiding. In the absence of Secretary
William I. Smithers, Dr. George w. Maj
shall was made secretary protein. In tho
executive SOS ion were the following
Walter II, Hayes Stansbury j, Wiley,
Francis S. Bradley, James Foster, New
Castle; George d. Money, Delaware City
Thomas f. hurn, Middletown; William
u, Money. Townsend; j. Frank Alice, u.
Milllin Wilson, Dover; David S. Clark,
kenton: William !harp, Harrington:
Senator {. John Abbott, Milford; New
ell Ball, Bridgevile; Harvey L. Spicer
Bethel; u. U. Moore, laurel;
Frank W. Lawson, Holleyvllle; Charles
II. Atkins. Milton; DR.. George w. Mar
shall, Milford; State Senator S. S. Penne-
will, Bridgoville: Dr. c. Il. Layton,
Georgetown DR.. Thomas c. Moore, Sny.
rna, and 5. l.. Shaw, Harrington.
Tho session was harmonious one and
Tho members of the Union Republican
party arc satisfied that Republicans will
carry tho state in 1907.