The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-21

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Hon. Charles w. Swlsher dispelied
all doubt of his ability to secure the
republican nomination for governor
Saturday when he got instructions In
Berkeley county and was given al.
most a solid delegation in Mercer
county. The action of these two
counties assures him of more than
enough delegates to secure the nomi-
| nation and there will be less interest.
taken In the counties to select from
| this time on. But few counties
| have not yet selected and they are
among those having but a few votes
In the state convention. Whichever
way they go will not change the re-
suit though it Is likely Mr.. Swisher
Will continue his, work for delegates
IN order to make his majority in the
convention as large as possible. -. e
While no uneasiness was felt in
the Sw1sher camp as to how Berkeley
and Mercer would go there were
some who were not satisfied until
they had a detailed report of the con-
Ventions. Of the forty-one delegates
selected Saturday Mr.. Swisher' Will
have. at least thirty-seven, perhaps
the entire number. In Berkeley he
had a large majority in the county
mass convention and the seventeen
delegates were instructed for him.
The victory Of Mr. Swisher in
Berkeley was one of the largest in
the campaign. Being in the Second
congressional district the friends of
Mr. Scherr held that it would be for
their candidate whose home is in
that district. Another claim of the
opposition that Mr.. Swisher was noA
strong in the agricultural counties
was proven false in Berkeley and
farming and fruit growing are the
principal industries there. But after
clean campaign the convention
showed that Mr.. Swisher had two
thirds OF the people at the conven-
ton on his side. This expressed the
sentiment Of the county generally.
In Mercer county Mr.. Swisher will
have at least twenty of the twenty
four delegates. The republican lead
ers Of the county did not favor in
structions and the fact that the con-
Vention divided off by districts made
such thing announcement. However.
it was admitted generally in advance
| that the Swisher sentiment would
warrant the sending Of delegates ia
Vorable to the Secretary of State. For
the sake Of local harmony three or
four of Mr.. Scherr's warmest sup
porters were placed on the delega-
ton and it is probable that they will
vote for the Auditor in the state CON
Vention. But Mr.. Swisher will get
at least twenty delegates from that
county and when the time for the
convention arrives it is not improba-
bic that the other four will join in
with the majority giving the Secre-
tary the solid delegation. ..
This week delegates will be select
ed in Taylor and Gilmer counties.
The Berkeley county convention
was held at Martinsburg and was
| largely attended and harmonious
Every man present was allowed time
TO vote by ballot on the matter and
no ill feeling was displayed. Swisher
received $50 votes and Scherr 328,
giving Swisher a majority Of 222.
After the meeting all seemed salts
fed
The convention chose Alex. CRohan
as chairman and two sets Of dele
| gates were nominated, one favorable
to SWisher and the other favorable
to Scherr. A ballot box was arrang-
ed and the 878 men present voted.
The ballots were then counted and
the result learned, following which
Swisher instructions were adopted.
The leading candidate was then mott
fed and addressed the convention.
The Mercer county convention
was held at Bluefeld and besides
selecting delegates the county ticket
was named. The convention divided
by districts and reported the list Of
delegates chosen. The following
county ticket was chosen:
Sheriff /. j. Ellison; County Clerk
e. J.. Bowman; Circuit Clerk, w. B.
Honaker; Prosecuting Attorney, A.
VI. Sutton; Assessor, G. p. Hylton;
House of Delegates, w. p. Haw1ey
and r. G. Lilly; County Commission
er, David Thorn; County Surveyor,
Forest Walker.