Middletown transcript., 1920-08-14
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION

A State Convention of the Republi.
can Party of. the State Of Delaware VIII
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 70
vote for President and Vice-Presldent
of the United States; candidate Tor
the office of Representative from the
State of Delaware in the Sixty-seventh
Congress Of the United States; candl-
date for the office of Governor, candl-
date for the office of Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, candidate for the office Of At
torney- General, a candidate for the
Office of state Treasurer, a candidate
for the office of auditor of Accounts;
and for the purpose of transactlng such
other business as may properly come
before said convention.
The convention shall consist of one
hundred and sixty (16O) delegates ap-
portioned among the several convention
districts as follows:
Forty l4O) Delegates from the First
Convention District-City of Whining
ton. !,
Thirty-eight (30 Delegates from the
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Castle County.
Forty (4Ol Delegates from the Third
Convention District-kent County.
Forty-two (42) Delegates from the
Fourth Convention listrict-Sussex
County.
The said delegates shall be apportion-
ed among the several wards in the City
of Wilmington and the election dls-
tricts in Rural New Castle County In
accordance with the provisions OF the
rules of The New Castle County Repub-
lican Committee, and in Kent and Suss
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 Con-
vention. There shall also be an alter
nate for each delegate accredited to the
several convention districts, who shall
serve in the absence of the said dele
gate.
The election of the said delegates and
alternates shall be as follows: In the
First and Second Convention Districts
the delegates, with their alternates,
shall be chosen on Saturday, August q,
1920, in accordance with the provisions
Of the Primary Election Law Of New
Castle County. The New Castle County
Republican Committee shall name the
election officers for the several primary
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.
In the Third Convention District the
delegates, with their alternates, shall
be chosen on Saturday, August 2l, 1920,
in accordance with the rules of the
Kent County Republican Committee.
The said County Committee shall name
the election officers for the several pri-
mary districts, shall designate the place
of holding the said election and shall
have authority in all other matters
necessary for the purpose Of holding
the election.
In the Fourth Convention District
the delegates, with their alternates,
shall be chosen on Saturday, August 21,
1920, in accordance with the rules of
the Sussex County Republican Commit
tee. The County Executive Committee
shall name the election officers for the
several primary districts, shall desig-
nate the place for holding the said elec-
ton and shall have authority in all
other matters necessary for the pur-
pose of holding the election.
Upon closing the polls the election
officers shall publicly count the votes
cast and make certificate of the re-
suit of the election in their primary
district in duplicate. In the primary
districts outside the City of Whining,
ton one of the aforesaid certificates
shall be delivered or forthwith mailed
by the Inspector to the delegate or dele
gates elected and the other certificate
forthwith mailed to the Secretary of
the Republican State Committee at
Dover, Delaware. In the primary dis
tricts within the City of Wilmington
one of the aforesaid certificates shall
be delivered by the inspector to the
Chairman of the First District Com
mittee 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 Committee at
Dover, Delaware.
CHARLES WARNER,
Chairman Republican State Committee.
Attest:
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND,
Secretary Republican State Committee.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of July.
1920.