Middletown transcript., 1922-08-05
NOTICE!
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION

CONVENTION
A State Convention of the Republican
Party of the State of Delaware, will be
held at Dover, Delaware, on Tuesday,
the twenty-second day of August. A. ID.
1922, at IL o'clock, A. M. STANDARD
time) for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for the office of United States
Senator from the State of Delaware, to
fill the unexpired term from November
Z, 1922, to March a, 1923, a candidate
for the Office of United States Senator
from the State of Delaware for full
term of six,years, beginning March 4,
1923, candidate for the office of Rep
resentative from the State of Delaware
in the Sixty-eighth Congress of the
United States, candidate for the office
of State Treasurer, candidate for
the office of Auditor of Accounts and
a candidate for the office of Insurance
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 16O delegates, ap-
portioned among the several conven-
tion districts as follows: Forty (40)
delegates from the First Convention
District-City of Wilmington.
Thirty-eight (38) delegates from the
Second Convention District-Rural New
Castle county.
Forty (4O) delegates from the Third
Convention District-Kent County.
Forty-two (42) delegates from the
Fourth Convention Dstrict-Sussex
County.
The said delegates shall be appor-
toned among the several wards in the
aitu of w and fha a1antinp
districts 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 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 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 19,
1922, 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 tine 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 10, 1922,
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
for 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
of the Sussex County Republican Com
mittee. The County Executive Com
| mttee 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 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 of the city of Will
mington, one of the aforesaid certiti-
Gates shall be delivered or forthwith
mailed by the Inspector to the delegate
or delegates elected and the other GER
tificate forthwith mailed to the Secre-
tary of the Republican State Commit
tee at Dover, Delaware. In the prl-
mary districts, within the city of Will
mington, one of the aforesaid certifi-
Gates 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 GER
tificate forthwith mailed to the secre-
tary of the Republican State Commit
tee, at Dover, Delaware.
CHARLES WARNER, Chairman.
Republican State Committee.
Attest Charles H. Grantland, Secre-
tary Republican State Committee.
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