Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-04-22
HETzEL AN EASY WINNER
Captured Four Out Of Five Wards
at Primaries MONDAY Night.
WILL GET SOLID DELEGATION
With Berkeley and Morgan Counties
and Five From Hampshire, His
Chances are Promising.

The primaries in the six county
districts on Saturday afternoon for
the selection of 10 delegates each TO
the county convention. which Will
select % delegates to the congress
ionai convention at Keyser. were
about rbe warmest proposition the
republicans have figured IN for num-
Der Of years, and resulted in an almost
even break between Mr.. John j..
Hetzel and DR.. w. 4. Henshaw. Mr..
George #. Evans claims to have secur-
ed one vote from the Failing Waters
district, but this is denied by the
Hetzei forces. who introduced and
passed resolution that the delegates
from that district vote solidly for their
candidate.
FOR HETZEL.
Arden-Ten delegates. with total
OF 267 votes.
Falling Waters-Ten delegates.
with total Of 1913 votes.
Hedgeswlle- delegates. with
q total OF 306 votes.
Total Thirty, delegates, with 778
votes.
FOR BENSHAW.
Opequon-Ten delegates, with
total OF 22S votes.
Gerrardstown--T Ten delegates, with
a total of $50 votes.
MIL Craab Tan dalouatac xutIh a
total of 140 votes.
Total-Thirty delegates, with 7l8
votes.
THE CITY PRIMARIES.
The primaries in the five wards of
the city, held Monday night to select
four delegates from:each ward to the
suited in decisive victory for John
j. Hetzel over DR.. W. T. Hanshaw
and Nj. George f. Evans. Mr..
Hetzel captured four out of the five
wards by majorities ranging from one
to 36 votes, and would have captured
the entire five bat for clever coun
executed in the first by the followers
of DR.. Henshaw.
There was pronounced activity |
among the workers Of both the lead |
ing candidates all dav Monday. and /
practically every trick known to
skilled workers was brought forth and |
sprung upon the opposition. 1t is
said that money was plentiful in |
every ward, and that the price of votes
in at least two went above the usual |
election day scale
1t was apparent on every hand that |
a hard and bitter fight was in progress
all over the city. but there was moth
ing on the surface to indicate how the
contest would terminate. and it was
freely stated that the heavy "vest |
pocket VOTE" COMPOSED largely of |
property-owners business and profess |
sional men, who do nor, as rule,
proclaim from the eurbstone how they |
will vote, would determine the result. |
This prediction proved to be correct.
Both Hetzel and Henshaw were
well backed by active partisaus. who |
put in their best ticks seeing
doubtful or weak kneed electors. car.
giving with those who needed it
and giving directions TO others who
might possibly help to land a voter III
the proper column. All this was of
interest to the onlookers, and the DEM (
ocrats were about in groups. watch
ing the fray keenly and tryiDgto get
line ON how matters were likely TO
terminate. 1t was evident that the
large part of the democrats openly
svmpathized with Hetzel, aud in
several instances gave his workers
quiet tins" about some voter who
could be persuaded. to get in line
tor the gentleman from Arden. AS a
rule, the democrats don't love DR..
Henshaw overly we'll. and while thew
admitted it was no fight of theirs. they
perhaps didn't lose anv sleep over the
very handsome manner in which he
was trimmed by his fellow-republic
At least two of tie ward meetings
were OF very spirited character, tile
feeling between the workers becoming
so warm that personal encounters
were avoided only because cooler
heads got between the combarants
and prevented trouble. II was notice.
able that democrats. who attended the
meetings in both the second and third
wards. were active as peace makers,
and on several occasions prevented
trouble by separating belligerents and
counseling each. So far as can be
learned, there was no trouble except of
"a trivial nature, although there was
plenty of noise, each yell of defiance
from one set of partisans being i'm.
mediately answered by one of like
volume from the other.
FIRST WARD.
The first ward meeting was short