The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-28
MARSHALL COUNTY.

Delegation Divided Between Dovener
and Campbell for Congressional
Nomination-Hall Men Score
Great Victory Over schsrr and La
toilette.
In Marshall county, Saturday the
Republican primary election for dele
gates to the state and congressional
nominating conventions took place. For
the state convention, on the face Of the
returns, the delegation is largely for E.
NJ. Lewis, the home candidate. for au-
ditor. But under the surface there was
a three-corneredl night with Lewis out
OF 1t. and Hall, scherr and Lnfolletse in
1t. The trio were In the fight 70" Sec
ond choice Of the delegation on audi
tor: and the result is q magnificent
victory for Mr.. Hall. Ohio couHty's
candidate for the office. OF the thirty
SIX delegates Marshall sends to the
state convention, thirty-fve were on
the ticket his friends throughout the
county were supporting. The other
delegate, too, it is thought, will be for
Hall after Mr.. Lewis withdraws. Some
of the delegates were instructed for
Hall, and will not vote for Lewis even
on the first ballot, The victory
achieved by the Ohio county man is In
deed a decisive one, and he was receive
ing congratulations from his many
Marshall county friends yesterday.
The delegates TO the state convention,
chosen at the primary election, are the
following:
Union-C. H. seabright, Charles Ri
der. Charles .schad. DR.. j. W. Nc.
Donald, c. p. Kinney, George Artz. D,
F. GIesler, Martin Brown, John 7.
Marley, VIII Snyder.
Neutrality-suspicious. McMechan. ].
W. Maxwell, Ed. wenzei Major W. ].
Burley, C. W. Connor, William Grit.
nth. A. j. seamon.
Cameron-~LewIs Allen, Walter Nc
Glumphy, Robert Watson, w. A. Wal.
ton.
Meade-s. II o'Neul, Charles wayt.
Clay-D. D. Gaines. Lewis Dietz
Walter Purdy.
Sand Hul-GeOrge Tulmer L. C.
Thompson.
Ltberty-1. w Dowter. Andrew Mat
hews. and one other.
FranklIn-Dr. o. c. Wilson and one
other.
webster-Three delegates; names not
learned.
Mr. Hall Pleased.
Mr.. Hall, when seen last night, by an
1ntellIgenccr reporter. spoke confidently
Of the result in Marshall, and took oc-
caslon to give heartfelt thanks to his
friends in that county for the handsome
endorsement they had given his candl-
dacy.
Marshall was the county where
schcrr and Lnfoiiettc predicted they
would make inronds upon my support
from the First congressional district,
and they have signally and utterly fail
cd. In the event Of It's being demon
strnted that Mr. Lewis cannot win, /
VIII have at least thlrty-nve of the
county'B thIrty-slx votes In the con-
vention. In many places my friends
made no night on Mr.. Lewis, but In
some instances they voted instructions
and these delegates win vote Tor me
from the start.
"The light was between Scherr, In
toilette and myself. the understanding
being in some places that the Delegates
would be for Lewis at the start, II they
so desired, and then come over to tho
second choice In whose intercst they
were chosen AZ said, all but one Of
the candidates on the tickets supported
by my friends we're elected. una he.
iievc the delegation WIN be for me sol-
idly soon after the bnllotIng for auditor
begins.
AT the court house precinct in
Moundsville the biggest fight OF the
day was made against n. j. scRmon, 1859