Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-07-21
STURG|SS WINS EASILY.
Secured Enough Votes Saturday
to Give Him Nomination.
GOT PRESTON AND MINERAL
Keim Beaten in County He Was
Expected to Garry Dawson Helped
the Morgantown Man.

A special dispatch from Keyser say
That while the returns from thearuraI
precincts were hot complete at that
time, enough have been received TO
assure the nomination OF George G..
Stureiss. of Moroauto~n for congress
over Noah G.. Keim. OF klkits. The
primaries in the TWO counties were
aleld bv the republicans Saturday.
Preston county was the battle ground
with its 80 votes. IL WINS generally
thought Mr.. Keim would carry Miner.
al county, but Mr.. Sturgiss won in
that county, too
With Keim also went down A.. r..
%Stallings, of Davis, candidate for state
senator, who loses Preston county by
at least 300. Sturgiss' majority in
Preston county is abont /, 200 ont Ct
"A total of $500. Forman's majority
over S~tallings is about the same figure
Sturgiss carried Mineral county by
I5n, while Forman's plurality in that
county is $50. About ! 200 votes
we're cast.
The fight In Preston was most acri-
anonIous. Governor Dawson was on
hand directing the fight for Sturgiss.
With him was a formidable %orgauiza-
tion. The democrats are hopeful OF
winning the district again because Of
the bitter feeling in the republican
ranks. Senator Elkins was opposed TO
Mr.. Keim and is accused of providing
snoney for the Sturgiss campaign.
Mr.. Keim, at the republican conven-
tion held in Keyser in June of last
year to nominate a successor of Judge
Dayton. was the most formidable
opponent of James s.. Lakin. the
nominee, who was defeated at the polls
bs Dol. Thomas y. Davis. Mr.. Keim
conducted the Lakin campaign
Colonel Stallings, as we'll as Mr..
Keim, were accused by their oppon-
ents of dislovalty to the party also
with being candidates of the big in
a companies, the corporations
and railroads. Mr.. Keim and Mr..
Stallings made counter-chsrges
The successful opponent of Mr..
Stallings is l. J. Forman. of Grant
county. al present a member of the
West Virginia senate. The vote at
Ridgelv, opposite Cumberland, Md,
was Keim, II; Sturgiss, lG; Forman,
26; Stallings, ?.
.Ilfss counties in the district that
have held primaries show the follow
Ing results Stnrgiss-Preston, 80
votes: Berkeley, 25; Grant. 10; Ham
phire, =; Morgan, II; M~onongalia,
.32 Mineral, is; total. l45.
Keim-Barbour, 10; Hardy, 6; Jeffer-
son, IL Randolph, 10. total. 81.
The following counties show a
DIVIDED vote
Pendleton-S urgiss. 4 Keim 30;
II ncke--Sturgiss. 8; Keim, 10.
Tavlor county votes next Saturday
'and is conceded to Surgiss. Ii re-
q uires 1876 votes to nominate. Stur-
g.ss win go into the convention with
more than I75 votes.
The republicans of the Thirteenth
West Virginia senatorial district have
nominated Fred o. Blue, an attorney
of Philippi, for state senator over
Mr.. Hodges, of Pendleton county,
who received 80 3-13 votes to 80 1913
for Blue. Upshur, Randolph and
lpeDdleton counties complete the dis
Ctrict.
The democratic primary of Pendle-
t5on county nominated William McCoy
for the house of delegates, and Flick
Wa ner for superinten dent of schools.