The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-25

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fell Of It's own weight Col. A. r.
Staliings, Of Tucker, member OF the
committee, a Scherr supporter, now a
candidate ON the Schefr ticket, adj
dressed 4he committee, saying, in eff
fectlthat scherr had no case: that he
(stailingsJ was present at the Cabell
convention and that the Swisher
forcesi had fairly won 1t. The COM
mittee, Swisher and scherr men. Yot-
ed, unanimously to seat the Swisher
delegates and against the Scherr con-
testants. Fifteen Of the sixteen mem
bers of the committee voted as a
unit, the one member not voting be-
ing Elliott Northcott, of Cabell, who,
being directly interested, did not vote.
In Harrison county. there was the
same unanimity ON the part of the
committee. 1t voted 15 to seat the
delegates regularly appointed by the
Harrison county committee approved
by Mr.. Reed, under the rules Of the
primary, the one member not voting
being s. G. Denham, OF that county,
whose interest in the matter made it
seem improper to him to sit as one
of the jurors in the case. Like the
Cabell case, the Harrison county case
fell of its own weight. There was
nothing in the case whatever and the
committee unanimously took that
view and voted accordingly. This
county would have been equally di-
yided in convention between Swisher
and Scherr, according to agreement,
had scherr's name been presented to
the convention, or the other delega-
ton been seated.
In Greenbrler there was one con-
test in one district only, Blue Sulphur
district, involving two delegates. The
Scherr delegates, Senator Alex. Mcy.
Miller and G. NJ. Honaker, were
seated. The action of the commit
tee on this proposition was unani-
nous. The Greenbrier delegation
did not bolt, but in the regular con-
vention cast thirteen votes for
Scherr and 2 for Swisher as 1t stood,
and was known to stand, from the
first.
In Braxton county there was a con-
test in one district, involving four
delegates The committee again by a
practically unanimous vote, seated
the Scherr delegates.
In Taylor county there was a con-
test by the Swisher side involving the
seats of two delegates from the
Knottsville district. This contest was
not prosecuted and did not come be-
fore the committee.
! In Hampshire county, the Swisher
delegation seated at the Parkersburg
convention by vote of 10 to 6, was
settled at Charleston the same way
by vote OF IS to 1.
In Monroe, there was one district
in dispute involving two delegates
The contest had been up first at the
Parkersburg convention and was de-
cided in favor of the two Swlsher
delegates. At Charleston the State
committee again voted to seat the
two Swisher delegates by vote of
IA to 2.
In Wetzel it was not u question of
seating five Swisher or five Scherr
delegates from Grant district in that
county. but question of control of
the local delegation. All ten men
We're Swisher men. Swisher. had
carried Grant district at primary
over Scherr by nearly to 1, and,
under the terms of the agreement
under which 1t was held, the county
committee appointed five Swisher
men from that district. The five con-
testants appointed were also Swisher
men. 1t was a fight between local
leaders for control, not one between
Swisher and Scherr. In all his pub
lished tables Of figures Scherr gave to
Swisher 5 delegates in Wetzel. 1t
mattered naught to SwIsher which
five delegates were recognized by the
committee, Vas both sides were for
him. The committee voted to seat
the Judge T. Perry Jacobs delegates.
Remember there was no contest in
Wetzel between Swisher and Scherr
men. 1t was between Swisher men
only for seat the convention.
In Mingo, the committee again
unanimously voted to seat the Scherr
delegation, II in number This was
known as the Sheppard Bias deiega-
ton. At Parkersburg the same dele
CATION was seated. The contest here
involved chiefly the fight of county
factions-the "old Liner" led by
Senator White against the county
ring" The committee was a unit
for seating the Scherr or Sheppard
Bias delegation. Senator Whites
contrasting delegates were instructed
for swisher but were not seated.
The Sheppard-Bias delegation under
the unit rule adopted by the county
convention, voted solIdly for Swisher
in the convention, Scherr not having
majority Of the delegates to control
the vote as unit. =
There was no contest from Barbour
county before the committee. There
was no contest from Putnam county
before the committee. A contest was
instIgated in Buffalo district by r.
l.. Gregory, of Parkersburg, scherr
agent sent into that county. There
was nothing ! nthe contest 1t was
settled by the Putnam Republican
county committee, a Scherr commit
tee, and Col. Mclean, chairman If
tba county cOp,r{ttaa op5 1ao5o, -