The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-27

at the Democratic primaries, Mr.. w, W.
Irwin received 1929 voteE with no op-
position. Naturally, Republicans take
In the present political situation In this
county with placidity and satisfaction.
The general opinion is that Saturdays
primary election showed that the de-
fection from the Democracy In the tall
OF 's4 Is staying In Its more congenial
Republican berth!
The primaries passed of without uns
due excitement, and entirely without
any Of the ',Ecraps" that had been pre-
dlcted with so much confidence by the Z
Democratic organs. There were several
very earnestly contested struggles for
supremacy, but very little bad blood
was shown, and the election can be satd
to have been one Of general good order.
The polls opened at II o'clock and
closed at o'clock except In the country
where the opening hour was p. m,
Early in the afternon It was seen by
those who were watching the vote, as Il
was cast over the city, that It would
reach very large figures. When the polls
had closed the county committee had
the total vote cast reported. When Il
was found that It had nearly reached
the $500 mark, there was no one who
was not agreeably surprised. Had the
total vote reached 5000 or $500 most
Republicans would have been satisfied
knowing that that many Republicans
would represent sufficient strength 70
whip the Democrats next November.
The Unexpectedly heavy vote i9 ex-
planned principally on account OF the
very earnest contests waged for three OF
the county nominal ations-Sherltf, clerk
OF the circuit court and prosecuting at=
torney. Particularly for sheriff was the
battle earnest throughout the day. The
three leading candidates, Messrs, Monat,
Travis and Richards. were IN the con-
test for keeps" and lost sight Of no
point that might aid them. For clerk
OF the circtlt court, too, Messrs, Hen
nIrE and Davis, who early assumed the {
lead In the count, were engaged m an
exciting and closely contested battle for
the Job to defeat Mr.. John A. White,
Henning got there on the smallest plpr-
ality OF the day, 1872.
The Immensity OF Mr. Meyers victory
for prosecuting attorney surprised even
his friends and prominent supporters.
That he would lead the next man ~
over 1900 votes was not thought prob
able MesRrs. Boyce and Garvln were
very poor third and second respectively.
The remarkable plurality OF the day was
that of Mr. Robert Anderson, for as
SCISSOR In the country district. HIS plur-
allty OF 2,4O4 Is indeed remarkable.
Bob" spent a busy day yesterday IN
shaking the hands OF the nearly forty
one hundred who voted for him on sat-
urlay Another very handsome victory
was Mr. Richard Robertson's for clerk
OF the county court. There were seven
candidates for this nomination, and OF
the six others only one. Mr.. Wheat.
polled n vote that at all approached
Robertsun's. Mr.. Addison Israel, for
assessor in the city district had a de-
clded majority over Bowers, aEgrega'
ting $50 votes.
The returns were received at the ohice
NJ City Clerk DannenberE, who made
every possible ARRANGEMENT for the com.
fort OF those interested In hearing the
returns. The first precincts to report
were the two small ones In Clay ana
Madison. Then came the bicycle cour-
iers. the first to arrive being HerzberB,
from dlenn's Run school house. IN Rlch-
land, He was followed a few minutes
later by Cochran, from Brick school
house in Rlchlnnd, making that couns
try district In complete at 1880 p. m. Tho
first large city precinct to report was
CLAY, which came In about midnight.
Then the others followed In rapid sue
ceasion for Hn hour or two, followed BY
a period when none came In. At o'clock
there were six precincts out, po,ilng
moro than half OF the vote OF the entir9
county. They were: Island Second
ward, Union, Washington, md the two
Rltch!e precincts, II was s O'Clock sun
day morning when Union finally came
in. giving Richards a plurality OF la&
and practically insurlpE bin nomination.
Then the county committee adjourned
until o'clock last evening when the
other precincts reported RItchle did
not show up with the expected heavy
plurality for Travis, on which hs was
expected to pull out q little ahead or
Richards. Before this It was seen thRs
Mr. Mofrat would probably hardly line
I'm with as many yotes, MS Captain
Travis. The result, shown In tabulnted
form elsewhere. shows that this Waa