Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
CAMPBELL WINS MARSHALL.
Result Of the Republican Primaries in
Marshall County.
Judge Campbell Carries Mounds
vile and McMechen Solid and
Gets All But One Delegate in
Benwood-Dovener Gets a Few
Scattering Delegates j. w.
Leach, Of Benwood. Candidate
for the Legislature, is Defeated
at His Home, But Gets Some Del
egates in Moundsville-Th Re
suit Of the Vote.

The returns from Marshall county
show that Judge Campbell will have a
majority of the delegates to the Con-
gressional convention, Captain Dovener
getting a few delegates in some quar-
tiers. Judge Campbell carried Mounds
vile solid by large majority. AT Nc
Mechen the Campbell delegate was
elected, and two Campbell and one Dow
ener delegates at Benwood. In the con-
test of the Moundsville delegates to the
county convention the majority of
to Leach and Nixon. At BenWood,
Leach's home, he was beaten at both
voting places. He is supposed to be
stronger in the country districts, how
ever, and these are expected to send
enough delegates TO nominate him.
Frank Legge, the young railroader,
gets the Benwood delegates. The fol-
lowing is the list of the Moundsville
delegates elected:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Courthouse precinct-Delegates to
congressional convention: I. M. Cum
ningham, j. T. McCombs.
Delegates to county conventional.
]. McFadden, Thomas Cats, Charles
H. Shaw, David Levi, R. E. Parkinson,
B. E. McCuskey.
School house precinct-Congressio
delegates-Dr. T. M. Steele, Jacob
Crimmes.
County delegates-George H. Jones,
Joseph E. Roberts, Jr., Charles Con-
ner. William Elder, Ed Humes, B. G.
Stillewll.
CLAY DISTRICT.
MCundsville acknowledgement
delegates-R. S. Mcconnell, William
McConkey, w. L. Conner, NJ. TIerce.
County delegates - William Neon
key, Henry Seamon, w. T. Conner,
James Staley, s. Risinger A. D. Pierce,
l.. B. Purdy, NJ. Kull. R. A. Conkle,
Edgar Arnold, Frank Manning, L. A.
DietZ.
Dovener is said to have elected dele
cation from Liberty district and Ter
rill school house precinct. W. A. Wat
| ton and E. P. Hutchinson were elected
as Dovener delegates from Cameron.
At the city building precinct in Ben
wood the Campbell and Legg delegates
were elected. The following is a list
of those selected ait this precinct:
Congressional delegates John P
James, Robert Newton.
County elegates-Henry Riddle. ]
w. Hall, Louis M. Scott, John w. 10y
Paul Reidel, John w. Johns.
Senatorial conferees-Josiah Sinclair
James Farmer.
At McMechen the Campbell delegate
DR.. NJ A Dowler, was elected. There
was a contest between Legg and Hanen
men to elect the delegates to the coun-
ty convention. The Legg delegates
won out easily. The following was the
vote:
Delegate to Congressional convention
M A. Dowler, Campbell, Y; 1ziah
Stephens, Dovener, IT,
Delegates to county conventional
]. MARBLE, Legg, 60; Martin Bosley
Legg. Sc; w. F. Reed, Legg, SO; ]. O
Rhodes, Hanen, 20; w. B. Porterfield
Hanen, 25; w. B. McMechen, Hanen
&c.
Delegate to Senatorial convention
w. S. Porterfeld, 70.
At the Boggs Run precinct Dovenel
is said to have elected his delegate. A
feature of the vote cast at this precinct
was the overwhelming defeat of the
Leach delegates to the county conven-
ton. The following was the vote al
that precinct:
Delegate to the Congressional conven-
tion-Charles Seabright, Dovener, 81;
Charles Holderman, Campbell, 10.
Delegates to county convention
Ernest Smith, Legg, rs; George Rider
Legg, &c; Joseph Eberle, Leach, n;
Charles Miner, Leach, q; Charles Hol'
derman, Leach, 20.