Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-15

CONVENTION
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS oC.
CURLING AFTER LEADER
WENT TO PRESS YESTERDAY
OTHER NOMINATIONS.

nominations:
Treasurer--D. G.. Lilly.
Supervisor-W r. Gibson.
Councilman, 5th Ward--J s.
Kahlc. -. !.
Councilman. Sth ward-Geo. Il.
Hale
At the time OF going to press YES.
terday the convention had not com.
pleted ticket. Ballots had been
taken and the count was in progress.
The FIRST ballot resulted as followe:
For councilman. 5th Ward---I. s.
kahle, l62: M. X. Harman, 100:
majority for Kahle, 3. Kahle was
declared nominated.
Councilman. Sth Ward-Geo. f.
Hale, ego; w. j. Updyke. 81. Hale
was declared the nominee.
For supervisor-W. r. Gibson
zee; w. r.. Dawson. gS: RI. f. sta
ley, 10 MIR Gibson was declared
the nominee
For treasuror-W. ]. Newenham,
90; ID. G.. Lilly. 1919; DR.. j. E.
Martin, 20; w. NJ Doak, 20; Il.
Bond. so.
The second ballot was required
TO decide the nomination for the city
treasuryship, as no one received a
majority of all the votes. MIR. Lilly
only lacked Q votes OF having a ma
jority of the entire number cast on
the first ballot. All the candidates
then withdrew. with the exception
or Mr.. Doak AZ first it appeared
that Mr.. Doak would be elected. but
the Lilly supporters were soon re-
enforced .by the immense negro vote
OF the city which went almost as a
unit for the present treasurer Mr.
Doak's friends are asserting that Mr.
Lilly was nominated by the negroes.
In regard TO the general row and
free-for-all-nght, Il is generally ad-
mitted that the Leader gave a very
fair and unbiased report. The Lead
er representative today interviewed
several OF the participants In the
row and their statements are pub
lished below without comment:
Mr.. w. n. Doak, one OF the defeat
ed candidates for the nomination as
city treasurer, upon being inter
viewed by representative OF the
Daily Leader. said with reference TO
the row yesterday:
The first | knew OF it Lee Har
less and II. Bond were talking Har-
less said that he did not believe that
they were getting a fair deal. and
that old man Lilly and his crowd
were tearing up tickets of other can
didates and giving his own as the
voters came in at the gate Then
Phillip Lilly, son OF ID. G.. Lilly. can
didate for city treasurer, came up
and told Hairless that he was a damn
liar and they got I'm scrap and they
were being held. | went up there
and when / got there | told them
that this was n fact That cheating
was being done and tickets being
torn up. Fred Stinson said / was
a damn liar and used other vile
names We then got into n scrap
and they held me. also Stinson. Mr.
McCroskey then took It up. Mr..
Crockett hit Charles Stinson.
don't know what transpired after
this. They took me away from there
then"
Mr. Doak further stated that the
report I'm yesterdays Leader was fair
and impartial
Mr. Doak was then asked the fol-
lowing question:
Q. ~ is a common report on the
streets that the negroes were rushed
in. which elected Mr. Lilly and de-
feated you. What have you TO say
with reference 10 thiS2
He replied by saying that 81 don't
know whore the negroes came from,
but they were rushe ed In and defeat
ed me"
Mr. f. Bond. who was also a can
didate for the nomination for city
treasurer. was seen today by rep
rescntative Of the Daily Leader, and
upon being asked whether he
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fair or not. he said that he could not
gay. Then the following question
was asked Mr.. Bond:
1T is reported that Mr. Lilly's
crowd rushed a large negro vote OF
the city I'm and were thus enabled TO
nominate him. is 70 a fact that Mr..
Mlly's nomination was due 10 the
negro vOte2"
lie said: ut looks that way.
know ! only got a very few votes"
Dr j. y. Martin. one OF the de-
feate1 candidates for the nomination
for city treasurer. was also inter
viewed by a Representative OF the
Daily Leader. Upon being asked
for q statement DR. Martin refused
TO speak for publication But with
ont being asked he stated publicly
that the election was all One-sided
and that the negro vote was manipu
lated Goa the interest OF Mr.. Lilly. He
thought the Leader had given a fair
statement OF what occurred
Mr. q. J.. StinsOn who was in-
volved in the fight was also inter
viewed by the Daily Leader repre-
'ntativc and said
MY brother. W. r. Sunson. and
DOak were GghtinR I ran mp 10 stop