Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-11

election Stanton and WOodall began
20 make SURROUNDINGS within the hog
combine to insure their own election.
They made a pool With Dilcher, for
sheriff, and induced him to pay into
the pool $1,000, TO De used on the day
OF the election TO insure the election OF
the three men-StauntOn, WOodall and
Dicher. The two former then went TO
CCpenhayer and made a pool and in
dUced him 10 pay money into the pool
to use in cOrrupJing voters and to in
sure the election Of Stanton, Woodall
and COpernaver. stanton and Wood
all then went to Isaac Connally and
made a pool with him TO use him as a
running mate ia Jefferson district, be-
cause he was especially strong in that
district. These two men did the same
with candidates for prosecuting attor-
ney. They took $500 from S. B. Avis
and used the money to defeat him and
elect BurietJe. the man with whom
they made the last deal. This scheme
was worked az down through the list
o. candidates. Wherever they found a
candidate particularly strong they made
pool with aim without letting him
know that a pool had been made with
anyone else.
The work OF the commissioners and
poll clerks was disgraceful. The vot-
ers who had been brlbed, and nearly
all had been, did not claim the author
ity or right TO make out their own tick
els. This was done by the election Off
GERS. who appeared to think they had
been appointed only for that purpose.
BY such means the Stanton crowd
were enabled to pull through, but the
decent Republicans declare they will
not support the ticket. 4 general bolt
may be expected.
The fight for the Republican nomina-
ton for the circuit judgeship presents
just now an interesting phase. As the
readers of the Register will doubtless
remember, the Republican County Com
mittee Of kanawHa some time ago de-
cided that the two candidates, Judge
Frank A. Guthrie. of Mason, the pres
ent judge, and Capt. II. c. McWhOrter
should each so on the ticket to be voted
for at the Republican primary election,
and that the candidate receiving the
highest number Of votes in Kanawha
should be permitted TO name the entire
delegation TO the Judicial Convention,
having fixed" the county in q way
that il would give McWhorter a major
ity. Kalawha's vote in the convention
will be more than that Of the other two
counties combined. consequently Kama
VIVA would nominate the candidate for
iudpc This 9bsOIutp1y7 Shut Guthrie
out. and he addressed a letter to the
committee declining to permit his name
20 so on the ticket. His name was
therefore not put on, and McWhorter
carried the county last Saturday with
Cul any opposition, and viii, of course,
have the delegation to the Judicial Con-
vel-iOn solid for him. Judge Guthrie
wiz not reveal his plans at present, but
his friends say that he will repudiate
the county committee Of Kanawha, have
a convention Of Republicans of Kama
wha called. and will ask for his share
of the delegates TO The Judicial Conyen-
ion. I'm this event there Will be two
delegations from KanawAa to the Judi
ciGl Convention and a contest
The delegates from Putnam and Ma
son will decide the contest in favor of
Guthrie and viii seat his delegates from
Kanawna in the place CT the ones TO be
named according TO the vote Of the pri-
mary. The delegates from Putnam and
Mason VIII doubtless be unanimous for
Guthrie ana If he has half of the dele
gates from karawta it will be sufficient
TO nominate him.