Milford chronicle., 1912-03-08
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION.

A State Convention of the Republican Party Of
the State of Delaware will be held at Dover. on
Tuesday, the sixteenth day of April. A. D.. 1872 at
II o'clock M, for the purpose Of selecting four
delegates-at-large and two delegates from the
Congressional District of Delaware, together with
one alternate delegate for each delegate elected.
who shall in case of absence of his principal
One deegate-at-large. with his alternate. shall be
elected from each convention district The two
Congressional delegates. with their aternates shall
be elected by the Convention at arge one of these
delegates and his alternate to be residents of the
Third Convention District. and the other delegate
and his alternate to be residents Of the Fourth Con-
vention District
The delegates so elected shall represent the State
of Delawarea at the Republican National Convention
to be held in the City of Chicago in the State of
Illinois, on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of June.
A. D., 1912, for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for President and Vice President of the Uni
ted States to be voted for at the Presidential cleo
tiOn on Tuesday. November 5. 1912.
The said Convention shall also elect members Of
the State Committee and transact such other busi-
ness as is usual and which may properly come be-
Gore it.
The Convention shall consist of one hundred and
sixty delegates. apportioned among the several
districts of the State as follows:
Forty delegates to be chosen from the First Dis
trict
Thirty-eight delegates to be chosen from the
Second District
Forty delegates to be chosen from the Thirt Dis
trict.
Forty-two delegates to be chosen from the Fourth
District.
The delegates from the above districts shall be
appOrtioned among the several hundreds. wards
and districts by their respective County Commit
tees.
The election of delegates shall be as follows:
The delegates. with their alternates, shall be
chosen on Saturday. the thirteenth day of April,
A. D. 1912, and the Executive Committees of the
respective Republican County and District Com
mttees shall name the election officers for the va
rious districts and shall designate the time and
places of holding said election and shall have au-
thority in all other matters necessary for the
proper holding of said election.
Upon closing the polls. the judges of election
shall publicly count the votes and make certifi-
Gates of the result of the election in duplicate one
of which shall be delivered to the delegate or dele
gates elected and the other forthwith to the Sec
retary of the Republican State Committee at Do
yer.
At the same time and places that the delegates
to the said convention shall be elected the respec-
tive County and District Committees shall cause
to be elected new County and District Committees
throughout the four districts of the State in the
First District by wards, and in the Second. Third
and Fourth Districts by election districts and said
Committees, when elected, shall constitute the
Republican County and District Committees Of the
Republican Party in this State.
All persons who believe in the principles Of the
Republican Party and endorse its policies shall be
entitled to vote. EDMUND MITCHELL,
Chairman Republican State Committee.
THOMAS S. LEWIS,
Secretary Republican State Committee.
Dover. Delaware March 4, 1912.