Evening journal., 1916-02-25
NOTICE.CONYENTION.
STATE

49,
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
y CONVENTION.
state Convention Of the Republican
Party Of the State OF Delaware will be held
90 Dover, on Tuesday, the eleventh day OF
April, 4. ID. 1916. at II o'clock a. m for
the purpose OF selecting four delegates.at.
large and two delegates from the Congress
sional District Of Delaware, together with
one alternate delegate for each delegate
elected who shall serve in case of absence
Of his principal. One delegate az large
with his alternate shall be elected from each
Convention District The two Congressional
delegates. with their alternates, shall be
elected by the Convention at large; one Of
these delegates and his alternate 10 he resi-
dents Of the Third Convention District and
the other delegate and his alternate TO bs
residents Of the Fourth Convention District.
The delegates 80 elected shall represent
he State Of DeiaNare al the Republican
National Convention TO be held in tho city
of Chicago. in the state Of Illinois on We'd
nesday the seventh day Of June A. d. 1916.
for the purpose 0f nominating candidates
for President and NiceP President Of the
United states, TO be voted for AZ the Prcsi-
dental election ON Tuesday, November Z,
1916
Tho said Convention shall also elect nom
bers OF the State Committee and transact
such other business as is usual and which
may properly come before IL.
The Convention shall consist OF one hun.
drcd and sixty delegates, gpportiOned
among the several districts Of the State as
Forty delegates to be chosen from tho
First District.
Thirty.eight delegates to be chosen from
the Second District.
Forty delegates to he chosen from the
Third District
Forty-two delegates to be chosen from the
Fourth District.
The delegates from the above districts
shall be apport.oned among the several
hundreds wards and districts by their re-
spective County Committees
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The delegates. with their alternates. shall
be chosen on Saturday, the eighth day OF
April. A. d. 1916, and the Executive Com
mittees OF the respective Republican
County and District Committees shall name
the election officers for the various districts
and shall designate the time ana places or
holding said election and shall have 9u-
thority in all other matters necessary Tor
the proper holding OF said election.
Upon closing the polls. the judges OF
election shall publicly count the votes ana
make certificates Of the result Of the cleo
tion in duplicate. one Of which shall be
delivered to the delegate or delegates elected
and the other forthwith to the secretary
OF the Republican State Committee at Dover.
At the same time and places that the
delegates TO the said Convention shaH pc
elected the respective County and District
Committees shall cause TO be elected ne"
County and District Committees through
out the four districts of the state; m the
First District bv wards, and in the second
Third and Fourth Districts by election dis
tricts and said Committees. when elected:
shall constitute the Republican County and
District Committees Of the Republican Party
in this state.
Only persons who are known 20 he Re
publicans and who believe in the princi-
ples Of the Republican Party and endorse
ite rolicies shall be entitled to vote.
EDMUND MITCHELL,
Chairman Republican state Committee
THOMAS $. LEWIS.
Secretary Republican State Committee.
Wilmington. Delaware February T. 1915.
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