The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
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"a CIR ANT
sRYs W MAJORITY OF 6a2-RARkER
WON FOB SHERIFF. BY a
BIG NOTE
CHARLEY GOODWIN WAS SWAMP
Ed FOR PROSECUTING At
RNEY-AMMoNs AND WAR
MAN 60 TO THE LEGIs-
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&. LATURE-
s(Morgantown Post.)

ae1ection Of the following ticket:
state Senator---Joseph II. Mcper-
mott
House of Delegates Am
mons and Altha Warman-
County Comm MISREPRESENTATION II.
Phillips,
Sheriff. W. Barker.
Prosecuting Attorney-C w. Cra-
mer-
County Surveyor George W. John
son.
ASSESSED East sideo, George E.
Vanglder.
Assessor CWest side), Peter r.
Gore.
The primary aroused more local in-
terest than have many Presidential
elections. There was a screen thrown
out in front of the postofhce, and
large crowd stood in the streets until
two o'clock Sunday morning watching
the returns. BY that time it was evil
dent that McDernott had lead that
Grant could not overcome, though who
would be selected! for the Legisla-
tnre, the count 5comnlissionership and
for prosecuting attorney was st;'i a
question with big question mar * af-
sterSit. - -
early in the evening it was cvi
dent that Barker was running ahead of
his competitors for the snrieva1ty and
that Vangilder and Core were way
ahead for the East and West SHE
assessorships. johnson for surveyor
had no opponent, SO very little atlen-
ion was paid to his vote
] According to the latest unofficial
returns NfcDernott received 1887
votes to Grants 965 for the Senator
ship This gives the former a mi
sjoritytof 632. Captain Garrison is next
with 757 votes, 20s behind Grant. Ge-
rean Brings up the rear with 26.
That Captain Garrison did not rH
a larger vote is a surprise to many
I who picked him for the winner
<.Grant and McDermott Will divide the
city and Garrison will carry the CO 81
ty,,'s was a prediction that was glen
wide currency before the primary. It,
was also said that Garrison being in
tie race would tend to cut McDer.
m otis total, but that also seems to be
a fa1lacy. It looks much more as if
Garrison had cut Grants vote than
that the reverse is true Gerests
small vote5was not Unexpected, there
being several bets at heavy odds That
his total would not reach 100.
In the race for sheriff, Barker hat.
things all his own way His vote was
a ,4so: Morgan came next with 52S;
Arnett had 5O7; Coonnbs 3e6 and Sine
IA.
s Cra1ner and Snee for prosecuting at
Storney ran the closest OF any candi-
dates on the ticket. Which was the
!. winner was not evident until Saturday
afternoon when the last precinct was
heard from. Cramer polled 1-03.'
( votes to Snee's 4 ,O22 John dtfeatea:
4 Goodwin, the votes being 572 and 557S
respectively:
Although he was sick in bed and
unable to canvass vanglder received
the largest vote Spolled. twenty-five
hundred and thirty=seven ballots-werc
cast for hin, and SOS for Hawkins, his
competitor for the East Side assessor
ship
Gore easilyfwon out on the assessor.
ship for. the West Side, his vote being
81 ,333s to 1924 for Martin and 2ss for
Morris.
There was a good deal OF drunken
ness In the city and more or less in
the county. Several small fights oc-
Cured, but none of them very serious
AT the polling places good order was
maintained
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