Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-04-08

committee of this county, any canai-
date for Circuit Judge or State Senator
from Berkeley or Morgan counties
who carries precinct in JEFFERSON
will have the right to name the dele
gates from that precinct to the dis
trict nominating convention. The
Berkeley county executive commit
tee, in spite of the request of Jeffer-
son county candidates for more liber-
al treatment, has decided that the
candidate for Judge receiving. the
highest lumber OF votes at the coun-
ty primary april 10y shall name TIA e
entire delegation This course, ex-
cludes any candidate from Jefferson or
Morgan from representation IN the
Berkeley delegation, unless he has a
plurality of the vote in the whole
county, thing plainly impossible.
The Berkeley county executive COM
mittee has fallen short of reciprocal
courtesy in this ma ter to say moth
ing Of fairness. We sug gest-uot in
the interest of the candidate or in I'M
friendliness 20 any-that our friends
across the county line would do wise
ly to consider not only their debt to
Jefferson county for its certain great
Democratic major ity, bat the impor.
lance OF promoting harmony among
Democrats and good feeling among
the counties of the district. Tae can
didstes from Jefferson asked for the
precincts TO be allowed to express
their choice separately, but the com
nittee decided to have the voting all
done in Martinsburg between lam.
and shutdown on the date named
Free Press.
Our esteemed contemporary evil
IDENTIFY has not scrutinized the call OF
the Executive Committee Of Jefferson
County. to which he refers in he
above editorial.
The tenth section of that call reads
as follows The candidate from
JEFFERSON COUNTY receiving
the HIGHEST NUMBER of votes IN
TIE COUNTY shall be entitled TO
ALL the delegates from the county,
and shall appoint the same to the
Senatorial and Judicial Conventions
respectively. Provided that il any
candidate from BERKELEY OR NOR
GAN county shall receive the MA
JORITY of the votes FROM ANY
PRECINCT in Jefferson CO., he shall
name the delegates which that pre-
cinct is entitled to in the respec tive
1t will be observed that this dis
against candidates from
Berkeley and Morgan counties, in
that it expressly excludes any IF
them who may receive the highest
number or votes in the county from
all the delegates from the
county to said conventions. This
privilege is EXPRESSLY RESERV-
ED for the EXCLUSIVE benefit OF
CANDIDATES FROM JEFFERSON
COUNTY. The candidate from .Jeffer-
son county who receives more votes
in the entire county than are cast for
ANY OTHER ONE CANDIDATE,
shall be entitled to all the delegates
from the county. But before a can
didate from Berkeley or Morgan shall
be entitled to all the delegates from
the County he MUST RECEIVE IN
EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT IN
THE COUNTY MORE VOTES
THAN THE COMBINED VOTES
CAST FOR EVERY OTHER CAN
DIDATE in the field, whether from
Berkeley, Jefferson or Morgan. For
under this call, except Tor the prcviso
no candidate is entitled to compete
for delegates.i in Jefferson county, ex-
cept candidates from J, fferson county
and votes cast in Jefferson for Berk-
eley and M organ candidates will have
neithe weight nor value.
Does this proviso remove the pro-
hibitory tariff upon candidates from
Berkeley and Merg IN? Under its pro-
vision the candidates from either of
these counties is allowed to appoint
the delegates TO which any precinct in
Jefferson is entitled, if he receive S
THE MAJORITY of the votes cast in
that precinct. But there are three can
didates for the bench from Jefferson
County. Therefore a candidate from
Berkeley as Morgan must receive in
any precinct in Jefferson, MORE
VOTES than are caat FOR ALL
THREE Of the Jefferson candidates
combined, before he will be entitled
to the delegates from that precinct,
He may receive more votes than any
one of them, or even more than any