West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-03-26
SECOND ROUND.
SEVERAL cHANGEsIN THE RACE
FOR THE sHERIFFALTY.
The Field Combines Against Lenhart.
CHAPTER III.

debt (most of us), and surrounded
on all sides with candidates for
Office, we know not what day may
bring forth, therefore be We ready,
for you know not what hour the
candidate breaks in on upon you
and solicits your vote to save the
country and some fat Office that is
going astraY. The fight for Sheriff
has been fast and furious since our
last issue and lightning like changes
have taken place, but the race has
finally settled down into dead
match. The free for all, go as you
please, catch as catch can, devil
take the hindmost race, has been
ruled off by the Committee and the
race narrowed down to sweep
stakes.
First, Col. Bob Hollis, of Rowles-
burg, came out in manly card in
last weeks Journal and withdrew
from the race, in the interest OF e.
Is. Stone for Clerk and to give
Lloyd Shaffer q clear track in his
through run against Lenhart. AS
we said last week, it was not likely
that the two best Offices in the
county would go to Rowlesburg and
advised the people over there to
agree on one or the other, which
they have done. Stones friends
claim that he kept out Of the way
before for Hollis, ana that it was
Bob's turn now to take siding. The
Colonel is a good railroader, and
he realized that both couldn't win
on single track. so reversed him.
self and took siding at home. If
the Prophet Elisha fails to make
connection with the County Clerks
Office on schedule time now, it
won't be the big-hearted engineers
fault.
The Republican County Com
mittee convened here Monday and
all the candidates were present. 1t
was lively session, and lots of
wire pulling and button. boiling was
done. Several pools, trusts, anti
trusts and combines were formed,
of which we shall make mention as
the occasion demands.
1t was finally decided to hold an
early Primary and relieve the strain,
not only on the candidates, but the
voters also, in order that the farm.
ers can get some spring work done.
Saturday, May End, was the date
fixed for counting the friends of
the candidates and determining on
whose name goes on the blanket
sheet ballot the voter has to "wras-
sle' with Tuesday, NoveM Der 3rd.
We cautioned the candidates for
Sheriff last week to keep an eye on
Lloyd Shaffer, of Carmel, and now
ne has gobbled them all up but
Lenhart. Ike Criss draws of and
announces that he is a candidate
for the Office of Constable only, in
Lyon district. "What fall was
there, my countrymen !" He will
probably be Deputy Sheriff for that
district also. Poor old "Criss Kin
gle," they didn't treat him right at
all. He has been beating up the
red brush for six months, honestly
believing himself a candidate for
Sheriff and depending on Staley
Shaw to hold the East Side for
him, and now A. Staley delivers
the goods to another party.
The fight is now battle ROYAL
between Lenhart aud Shaffer. Both
are IN the prime OF life and sue
cessful business men, and either
will make first-class Sheriff.
Shaffer will get most OF the rail
road vote, while Lenhart will lead
IN the country. The river will not
be the dividing line, and while one
IS the East Side candidate aud the
other now located on the West Side,
each expects to invade aud divide
the others territory. Lcnhart ex.
poets to carry Pleasant and Grant
and Valley aud Kingwood districts,
with a scattering vote ia the others.
Shaffer will get Union solid, ex-
poets to carry Portland, Reno and
Lyon, but it will DO by small ma.
jorities IL he does. lie will also
get some votes in all the other dis
tricts, and will hustle James too
close for comfort. In fact, on the
face Of the returns, as the situation
now stands, is the strongest candi.