Milford chronicle., 1944-03-24
Call For Republican
State Convention

A State Convention of The Re
publican Party of the State OF
Delaware will be held at Dover,
Delaware. at 1:30 o'clock p. NJ,
on April 18th. 1914. for the pur-
pose of electing Nine Delegates
at-Large and Nine Alternates-at-
Large to be representatives of
those persons who are in accord
with the principles of the Repub-
lican Party. at a National COnven-
tion of the said Party TO he held
at Chicago. Illinois, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, on Monday. June 26th. 1914,
for the purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States to
be voted for at the General Elec-
ton to he held on Tuesday. No
vember Z. 1914 Said State Conven-
tion will also elect the members Of
Republican State Committee and
transact such other business as
may properly come before the Con-
ventiOn.
The Convention shall consist of
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apportioned among the several
Convention Districts as follows:
Forty C40) Delegates from the First
Convention District. City of Will
mington; thirty-eight C3Sl Dele
gates from the Second Convention
District. Rural New Castle County;
forty (40D Delegates from the Third
Convention District. Kent County;
forty-two (42D Delegates from the
Fourth Convention District Sussex
County.
There shall he an Alternate for
each Delegate accredited to the said
Convention Districts. who shall
serve in the absence of said Dele
gate.
The election of said Delegates
and Alternates, who shall he ap-
pOrtiOned among the several Wards
and Representative Districts of
New Castle County and the Several
Representative Districts of Kent
and Sussex Counties in accordance
with the rules of the Republican
Committees of the respective Con-
vention Districts, shall be held on
the afternoon of April Is. 1914. in
the several Convention Districts in
accordance with said rules. The
said Committees shall name the
election officers to conduct said
election. shall select the places
and hours for holding said cleo
tiOn and shall have full authority
in all other matters necessary to
hold said election.
Upon closing the polls the cleo
ton officers shall publicly count
the votes and make certificate of
the result of said election in their
primary election district. said GER
tificate of election to be executed
in duplicate. One of the certificates
shall he Immediately mailed or de-
livered to the Secretary of the Re
publican State Committee. p. o.
Box 965. Wilmington, Delaware,
and the other certificate shall be
delivered forthwith to the Delegate
or Alternate having the largest
number of votes in his District.
The Delegates and Alternates Sc
lected for the several Convention
Districts shall assemble in caucus
at the place designated by the Com
mittee Chairman of their Conven-
ton District not later than II
O'Clock on the morning of the said
Convention for the purpose of
choosing the members of the var
ious Convention Committees and
the transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before the eau
Gus. Immediately upon adjourn
ment of the caucus of each Conven-
ton District. the Delegates assign
ed to such committee shall proceed
to the place announced by the eau
Gus chairman for the meeting of
their joint committee caucus.
The qualified voters of the State
of Delaware. who believe that the
Constitution of the United States is
the safeguard and guarantee of this
land of liberty and opportunity and
are in sympathy with the aim and
purpose of the Republican Party to
preserve its integrity, are eligible
to participate in the election of said
Delegates and Alternates.
(Signedl
ISAAC II. BROWN. .Tr.
Chairman. Republican
State Committee