The evening Republican., 1902-08-09
CALL FOR A
CONVENTION.
Union Republican Call For
q State Convention at
Dover, Sept. 2.

To all the Electors Of the State of Del
ware, who supported at the polls in said
State in the year 1900, the successful
candidates for the Offices of Electors for
President and Vice President Of the
United States.
The Union Republican party of Della
ware in making the following call for Il
State Convention again openly expresses
the desire for union of all Republicans
of Delaware upon broad and equitable
principles.
T A convention of delegates chosen and
elected. at common primaries, by and
from the Republican voters of the several
Republican districts of tla State, estab-
lshed by our Constitution.
4 State Convention of the Union Re-
publican party Of Delaware is hereby
called by authority of the State Central
Committee of said party to meet in the
town o. Dover.
al eleven o'clock, a. m. Said convention
shall consist Of five delegates from each
of the thirty-tive Representative districts
of the State. as constituted and men
toned in the Constitution Of Delaware.
Article 2. Section 2. except the second
and third Representative districts Of
New Castle county, from each of which
last mentioned Representative districts
there shall be ten delegates i'll said con
vcntion. Said convention is called to
choose a candidate for the office of
Representative from Delaware in the
5Nth Congress of the United States; a
candidate for the Office of State Treas
urcr. aud candidate for the ollice of
Auditor of Accounts, Ill Of which offices
%rp to be filed by persons chosen by the
Electors of the State Of Delaware at
The General Election held in 1902. and
for the purpose of transacting such other
business as shall be laid before said con
v"ntlon.
The delegates of each Senatorial dis
trict to the said State Convention are
required, at said convention. to elect n
member Of the Republican State Central
Committee of Delawagc to serve for Il
term of two years. and until his sue
russor shall be chosen and qualified.
All electors of the Union Republican
party of the State of Delaware; all
other electors of said State who supports
ed the principles and candidates Of the
National Republican party in the last
campaign. and all other good and con
sclyativc electors of said State who are
willing to aid in continuing Republican
policies in Delaware, are hereby request
cd 10 assemble at their respective voting
places
and there. by ballot to choose or elect in
each Representative district by plur-
alty of votes cast therein, five delegates
and five altcrnatcs to said convention.
tativc districts of New Castle county. in
each Of which last mentioned RcpreSen-
tative'districts they shall choose or elect
ten delegates and ten alternates to said
convention
All delegates and their altcrnates to
said convention elected from the several
Representative districts in New Castle
comfy shall be chosen in accordance
with the requirements of the primary
election law of the said county. The
polls in said county shall open at 9
O'Clock p. m, and close at O'Clock p.
m.
As the primary election law of Della
ware applies only to the county of New
Castle. the delegates and their alternatcS
to said convention elected from thc Snv-
"ral Representative districts in the coln-
ties of Kent and Sussex shall be chosen
NJ elections held in the several districts
between. the hours of and 4 o'clock p.
m. on the day aforesaid. in accordance
with the rules of the Union Republican
party of said counties Upon the closing
OF the polls in the sSd several voting
places. the election officers shall publicly
Icount the ballot in the presence of such
electors rs desire TO be present and
publicly announce the result, and shall
make certificates in duplicate stating in
words at length the number Of votes re-
coivcd by each person voted for in that
primary election district for delegate or
alternate to said convention from the
Representative districts in which said
primary election district is located. Said
certificate shall be signed by the election
officers. or anjerity Of them, holding
said election. and one of said certificates
IralI be given to the delegate elected, and
II" other of said certificates shall be for.
wardod 10 William ID. Drnney, Esq,
secretary Of the State Central Commit
tee. at Dover. before 6 o'clock p. NJ. Of
the day next preceding the meeting Of
the said convention.
BY order of the Union Republican
State Central Committee, made at Dover
this 9Th day of August A. ID. 1902.
j. FRANK ALLEE. Chairman.
Attest:
WILLIAM d. DENNEY, Secretary.