Milford chronicle., 1924-03-21
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN
STATE 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 April, A. d. 1924 at
eleven O'Clock A. n: for the purpose of
electing nine delegates-at-large and one
alternate delegate to each delegate, who
shall represent the Republicans of the
State of Delaware at the Republican Ma
tional Convention to be held in the City
of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, at
eleven o'clock A. M. on Tuesday, the
tenth day of June, 1924, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for President
and ice-President, to be voted for at
the Presidential Election on Tuesday,
November 4, 1924 and for the transact
tion of such other business as may prop
erly come before it.
The said convention shall also elect
members of the Republican State Com
m1ttee in accordance with the rules of
the Republican Party and transact such
fore it.
The convention shall consist of one
hundred and sixty (160) delegates ap-
pointed among the several convention
districts of the State as follows:
Forty (4O) delegates to be chosen
from the First Convention District
City of Wilmington.
Thirty-eight (38) delegates to he .
chosen from the Second Convention /
District-Rurai New Castle County.
Forty (40) delegates to be chosen
from the Third Convention District
Kent County.
Forty-two (42) delegates to be
chosen from the Fourth Convention
District-SusseX County.
For each delegate there shall be chosen
)ne alternate delegate, who shall serve
n the absence of the principal.
Said delegates and alternate delegates,
o be apportioned among the several rep
esentative districts and wards by their
espective County Committees, shall be
lected on Saturday the 18th of April A.
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n the said representative districts and
Yards, and the time for holding said pri-
nary elections shall be not less than five
ours on the day above designated.
pectiVe County Committees shall name
he election officers for the several cleo
on districts and designate the hour for
pening and closing the polls at the afore-
aid elections Said primary elections
hall he held in the several counties in
ach election district of each representa-
We district at the usual polling places, r
nd the allotted delegates shall be chosen
a uniform and like manner in each of -
le several representative districts and
ards throughout the counties. a
Upon closing the polls. the judges of n
ection shall publicly count the votes !
hich shall be mailed forthwith to the d
acretary of the Pepublican State Com C
ittee at Dover, Delaware 81
At the same time and places there shall u
elected, throughout the several dis "
lets of the State, a County Committee a
r each of the respective counties in q
cOrdance with the rules governing the 8
id Committees and it is recommended "
i'd urged that there he equal represen- &
tion on all County Committees for both 4;
en and women. Said Committees when h,
'cted and duly organized. shall consti- cC
te the dulv authorized County Commit "a
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Legal and qualified voters of this State. di
10 are in accord with the princinles of Sc
2 Republican Party. believe in its dec
alton of policies and are il, svrono+b,y isi
tn its aims and purposes are cordially u
,ited to unite in tho selection of the Of ttnn
als set forth in fhis call b6
A. r. BENSON. Chairman.
aries II. Grantland. Secretary
ne at Dover, Delaware this Fifteenth
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