Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-29
TAYLOR and NESBH1
Ran AWAY FROM THEIR OPPO-
NENTs IN 1.-THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY ELECTION.
SMITH AND ISRAEL WON EASILY
Some Surprises in the Vote for
County Omiccs-Interest in Some OF
the COnrmfssionershfp Contests.
Present Officials Generally Re-
nominated - Charges OF Illegal
Voting.

The Republican primary election
held yesterday was distinguished by
number of things The vote was ex-
ceedingly large, and the interest in
the result was commensurate with it..
It was a day Of activity for the candi-
dates and their small army of workers,
and the adoption of the Australian bal
lot appeared to have had no effect
upon the manifold schemes which have
been carried out in previous primary
elections of the party. Charges of IL
legal voting are made by the whole
sale, and will probably be heard for
some time from friends of several of
the defeated candidates.
The presence of large number of
strange negroes In the city during
the past few days, naturally excited
the suspicion of candidates who were
not concerned in their visit or its OBJ
ject. A great number of these men
were voted Throughout the city it is
reported that drunken men were taken
to the polls in large numbers. In one
instance an inebriated voter was car
ried in and out of the polls. The des-
peration of the candidates was evil
denced by the fact that they urged
young Democrats to go to the polls.
One we'll known Democrat stated to a
Register reporter that he was solicited
by three different candidates. Very
few voters were challenged, so far as
could be ascertained
AS matter of course, the greatest
interest conferred in the fight for
Sheriff The returns were received in
the First Branch Council chamber and
read by Chairman Hornish. The
close fight for Sheriff kept the crowd
until late hour this morning. The
first few precincts indicated what the
result would be upon the other offices.
1t was generally believed that Schuck
would run Nesbitt very close for
Prosecuting Attorney, and many wag-
ers were made by friends of the former
that he would be nominated. Nesbitt's
majorities were surprisingly large, and
another unexpected result was the
large vote received by ArbenZ. jan
sen, as matter of course, was never
considered in the race at any time, but
a considerable amount was wagered
that he would receive 100 votes.
The expected happened in the race
for City Assessor, but the race fou
Assessor in the country district pre-
scented some surprises. Lester Smith
ran like race horse, and finished an
easy winner, with Waddle nowhere.
The fight for district offices over
Swallowed in Importance all else in sew
eral strongly Republican districts.
Down in Centre, Squire Rogers thew
down the gauntlet to Chas. H. Hen
ming and announced that the fight was
on between the ring and the people.
The result was disastrous for the peo-
pie. The Squire's dodgers failed to
have the desired effect, and it is said
that Henning got at the polls early and
secured all the tickets. The Squire
made overtures to the machine repre-
sentative but to no avail. The con-
test for County Commissioner in this
district resulted in an easy victory for
Andrew Hare.
There were also stubborn contests
for County Commissioner in Clay and
Madison. In both districts it appears
that possession counted the proverbial
mine points" but it was expected that
DR.. Refer would poll larger vote in
Clay.
The principal fight in Union was for
executive committeeman, Matt A. Chew
contesting the reelection of VIM H.
Hornish. Mr.. Hornish was successful,
but his majority was small.
After one o'clock the crowd in the
Council chamber began to thin out, as
a sufficient number of districts had
been heard from to indicate the result
with certainty. The Travis men look
ed very glum, and departed when it
came to a point Of overcoming more
than 400 majority.
An inspection of the winning ticket