The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-15

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be entitled TO the proportIonats
strength Of that district In estImat.
ling the result. In the plan adopted
by the committee the whole State is
the unit and every vote cast in The
state figures In the result as a whole.
The Debate, &.
Advocates os the Lilly plan stated
on the floors OF that injecting that they
feared the state wide plan simply be,
cause they anticipated the return Of
enormous maioritles for certain can,
didates from certain counties OF the
state. 1t was noticeable that most
OF the advocates Of the Lilly tplan
came from the northerrf portion OF
the state and the supporters Of the
opposing plan from the southern sec,
tlon ofthe state. In as much asfftsis
in the southern counties that these 81;
regularities are most feared the att.
tude Of the members of the commit.
tee may be well understood.
The committee met at II o'clock
this morning, following late night
session Mr.. H.. c. Ogden of Wheel.
Ing presented the proxy OF Hon. Sam.
uel Dixon Of Fayette, which was ad.
mitted in compliance with an agree.
ment to that effect reached the even.
ing before. The first business was
the reading Of the details OF the pro.
posed primary plan. The nnly, fight
OF today was on section 20 Of the rules
adopted which section. explicitly made
the entire state the unit Of the pri.,
mary. When the section was read
ex-cohsressman Harry c. Wiodyard
moved the adoption Of substitute
embodyihg the principal features Of
the Lilly plan, which made the mag.
isterial district 4 the unit. "a he,ted
debate. followed the Introduction Of
the Wopdyard resolution. An attempt
was made to declare 1t out Of orde..,
but, the chairman ruled 1t was in oil.
der. Following the resolution, or
motion, was put to vote and lost
Six to seven, the vote being as fol:
lows: !; B L ~
Ayes-Hazlett. Doyle, woodward.
Ogden, Bright Forman.,
Z Noes-Whyte, Saunders. Matthews,
Fleming, Denham. Martin, Petty. 3
" offleeholders Resign. &
In the last hour before adjournment
the committee took up the resignation
OF the state and federal officials from
membership of TIE committee, & and
then arbitrarily, proceeded Il oofiils the
FIVE vacancies The members eof:Ithe.
committee reslgning were Al Howard
Fleming, postmaster al, SFairn,ont:
Sherman Denham d, postmaster. at
,clarksburg; S. W. Matthews, state
bank examiner: ]. E. Doyle, Of Nc.
Meehen. United States marshal, and
Robert Hazlett, postmaster at Wheel.
ing. z j s.
Virgil :Highland, :of Clarksburg. was
elected to the vacancy on the commit
tee caused by the resignation Of She's
man Denham. Mr.. Highland was va.
elected chalrmanaofl the committee.
A Sweeney Fleming, nephew of,2X%!
Howard Fleming was, elected to Hfffil
the vacancy created blythe resIgsnnaI.
ton OF A: Howard Fleming.
John A. Boyd. OF Moundsyille. was
chosen to MI the vacancy caused BY
y. E. Doyle reslgnlng.
DR.. G. A. Aschman OF Wheeling
was elected to fill the vacancy caused
oy the resignation of Robert Hazlett,
OF Wheeling.
Judicial Convention.
a resolution calling state conyen.
ton to nominate delegates to the M.
tional Republican convention ana
members Of the supreme court, to be
held at Huntington, the date to 4 be
hxed after the fixing OF the date for
the national Republican convention.
was adopted. Judge Saunders, e. Il,
2. Martin and Wv. Whyte were M m
pointed a committee to have charge
OF arrangements for the convention.
The meeting OF the state commit.
tee here attracted many notables ami
the several sessions at the Chancellor
were closely followed: One OF the
matters under consideration in the
rules for the primary was brought up
BY Mr.. woodward. It was that the
number OF colored members Of the
state committee to be elected at largo
be one in place Of two as the report
recommended Mr. OhedIar patt,