West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-04-26

patriotism and prosperity in the
Buckwheat county and the candi
dates all made home run, most of
them TO remain there, while the elect
few are called up to preserved seats
in the bald headed row, or row.
whichever you choose TO term il.
but from the disturbance since. the
CIV" should be sounded as plainly
as possible.
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The battle of the ballots opened
at two p. m, and waged fercely
till seven O'Clock. 1t was a spirited
affair, although mostly of cheap
brand, not over So per gallon. Here
in kingwood, the spirits of the oc.
casion was mostly absorbed before
the polls opened, and as a result.
Some of the most enthusiastic
shouters were too full for utterance
and laid out worse than some OF the
candidates. From other places
comes report of "tangle-foot" by
the jug and hard cider by the barrel
being on tap in the interest of GER
tain prominent church members and
the "God and morality party" in
general.
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Over at Mannheim, a new voting
place, ut the Cement Works down
below Rowlesburg, they voted about
sixty darkeys who have been
brought in there from Maryland and
Virginia and had no more right to
vote than the Man in the Moon.
About twenty of them were only
brought in two or three weeks ago
and the others this winter and per
haps not one of them will be en-
titled to vote this fall, but the Re-
PN''SsN"o VIII u W vote them
anyhow. They were bought up in
jobs lot two or three times during
the Primary canvass, by different
candidates and then sold out again
to the highest bidder by their
bosses. On the day of the election
their present owner and proprietor
simply counting them and then made
out that many tickets according to
the most advantageous arrangement
he could make, and then voted
them like SO many sheep. The
tickets were all made out and
virtually voted before dinner, and
before the poles opened
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The whole business was so openly
brazen and corrupt that the Repub-
licans themselves are kicking about
1t, and several candidates will be
here Monday when the committee
meets to canvass the returns aud de-
clare the result, to insist on this
poll being thrown out. On this
vote depends the County Com
missionership for Portland district
and the Terra Alta Justiceship.
Counting this vote, Ben. w Ar
mold is elected Commissioner, and
l.. v Reed Justice, but throwing it
out gives the Offices to Rev. James
{. White as Member of the Court,
and A. Judson Elliott as Justice.
Scott FELTON, was nominated as the
other Justice, by safe majority, as
he stood in with both factions, being
a pretty smooth article, like Ed.
Messenger of this place.
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The race in Kingwood district
for Member of the Court, was not
much of fight after all, as Judge
Messenger went through with flying
eolors, beating Jas. l.. McKinzie
three to one. Edmund is as proud
of it as boy with his first pair OF
pants and has been patting himself
on the back ever since the returns
came in. He brags powerfully on
Mckenzie as an honorable oppo-
nent and says he is the squarest
man he ever ran against
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Neil J. Fortney for Prosecuting
attorney, a. +. Mcmillan for
County Surveyor and Julius
Scherr and ]. Nelson Baker for the
Legislature had no opposition and
for Justice Of the Peace in this dis.
trict, James w. Flynn, Of King
wood, and Sam y Montgomery, of
+ Iunnelton, went through in the same
lonesome like way as did George
w. Hartman, Of the Camp Ground
for Member Of the Board Of Edu-
cation and John NJ Duvall, Of
Iunnelton, for Constable. But for
the latter Office al this place, there
was a lively fight between Charles
W Fawcett the present incumbent,
and John S. White, the celebrated
road-maker, but the people we're
SO taken up with Whites work on
the roads that they refused to let