Milford chronicle., 1920-08-06
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION

A State Convention of the Republi-
can Party of the State of Delaware will
be held at Dover Delaware, on Tues
day the twenty-fourth day of August,
a. D., 1920, for the purpose of nomi-
mating three candidates for electors to
vote for a President and Nice-President
of the United States; a candidate for
the Office of Representative from the
State of Delaware in the y-seventh
Congress of the United States; a cam
dldate for the Office of Governor, can
didate for the Office Of Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor. candidate for the Office of At
torney-General, a candidate for the Of
flee of State Treasurer a candidate for
the office of Auditor of Accounts and a
Commissioner. and for the purpose of
transacting such other business as may
properly come before said convention.
The convention shall consist of one
hundred and sixty (160) delegates ap-
poruoned among the several convention
districts as follows:
Forty (40) Delegates from the First
Convention District-City Of Whining
ton.
Thirty-eight (SS- Delegates from the
Castle County.
Forty (4O) Delegates from the Third
Convention District-Kent County.
Forty-two (42) Delegates from the
Fourth Convention District - Sussex
County.
The said delegates shall be appor-
toned among the several wards in the
districts in Rural New Castle County in
accordance with the provisions of the
rules Of The New Castle County Repub-
ican Committee, and in Kent and Sus-
sex Counties the said delegates shall be
apportioned in the same manner as was
done in the election of delegates from the
said counties to the last State Conven-
! ton. Inere shall also be an alternate
for each delegate accredited to the sew
eral convention districts, who shall serve
in the absence of the said delegate.
The election of the said delegates and
alternates shall be as follows: In the
First and Second Convention Districts
the delegates with their alternates, shan
be chosen on Saturday August 2l, 1920,
4 in accordance with the provisions Of the
Primary Election Law Of New Castle
County. The New Castle County Re-
4 publican Committee shall name the cleo
! tion officers for the several primary dis
1 tricts, shall designate the place for hold
/ ing the said election and shall have au-
I thority in all other matters necessary for
the purpose of holding the election.
/ In the Third Convention District the
/ delegates, with their alternates, shall be
chosen on Saturday, August 21, 1890 in
I accordance with the rules OF the Kent
County Republican Committee. The said
County Committee shall name the felec-
ton officers for the several primary
districts, shall designate the place of
holding the said election and shall have
/ authority in all other matters necessary
I for the purpose of holding the election.
In the Fourth Convention District the
l delegates, with their alternates, shall be
tilOSGll ol SATURDAY august 2lt lJ1Us IN
accordance with the rules of the Sussex
County Republican Committee. The
County Executive Committee shall name
the election officers for the several pri-
mary districts. shall designate the
place for holding the said election and
shall have authority in all other matters
necessary for the purpose of holding the
election.
Upon closing the polls the election
officers shall publicly count the votes
cast and make a certificate of the re-
! suit of the election in their primary dis
trict in duplicate in their primary
districts outside the City of Wilmington
/ one of the aforesaid certificates shall be
delivered or forthwith mailed by the in
spector to the delegates or delegates
elected and the other certificate forth
with mailed to the Secretary of the Re-
publican State Committee at Dover, Del
/ aware. In the primary districts within
the City of Wilmington one of the afore-
said certificates shall be delivered by the
/ inspector to the Chairman of the First
District Committee at Wilmington, who
shall notify the delegate or delegates
elected in the several wards and the
other certificate forthwith mailed to the
] Secretary of the Republican State Com
CHARLES WARNER,
/ Chairman Republican State Committee.
/ Attest:
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND,
Secretary Republican State Committee.
Dated this twenty-fourth day Of July,
1920 7-30-3t