Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-04-13
ROOSEVELT GETS
MAJORITY OF vcTgm
Carries City Convention BY 70 Votes
and Gets Majority Of Dele
gates In County.
aates n county.

Il30 TO ~ by the Roosevelt cohorts az
the republican mass convention IN.
Saturday IN Fremeas Hall for dese-4
gates to the convention AT Keyser
May Is and TO the convyntion at Hnp,.
tington May 49,
The following is the list In mn an
the delegates to the two conventions
Martinsburg District.
Delegates to Keyser-,T. n vac
thews, ], r. Paulding, ! o. Henson.
Nat T. Frame, Leonard LinthtcunA
Edward Rrandenburg r W. Troae
Geo, w. Feidt, r. s, Bouic, i. Il. Pc.
land and John j Hetzel, Ir.
Delegates to Huntineton--J d. Mas..
thews, J. r Paulding J. o. henson
Nat T, Frame, r. w Trout, 7. Il. pee
and, r. s. Bousc and John I. TfseT
Jr.
Arden District.
The convention was held al Mason !
chool house
Delegates TO Keyser--Isaac p. Wax
Metre, Harry G Bowen end Paul n
Martin
Martin and Harry c. Bowen.
Mill Creek District.
The convention was held at Bunker
Hill.
Delegates to Keyser--A. g. raekso-m
nd u. p. Henshaw
DELEGATE to Huntingdon. c. Jace44
son.
Hedoesvilie District.
The convention was held at Hedges
willie.
Delegates to Keyser--Dr .. r.
Ross, l.. G. Harper, r. r. Miller ants
7. T. Keesecker.
Te Huntington--c, w. Fesa and r..
&c. Quinn, all Taft men.
Failing Waters District.
The convention was held at Falling
Waters.
Delegates to Keyser--John T. Lefr-
man and VIM. d. Leevy.
To Huntington ]. Whitmore
Mr. Lehman Is Roosevelt maqsS
while Mr.. Leevy and Mr.. Whitmors
are for Taft.
Cpcquon Gistrict'
The convention was held at Smoke
town and the Taft men had 1t all theis~
own way down there.
! Delegates 10 Keyse--Ward Mc-
,Lanahan and w, NJ. Miller.
cerardstown District
The convention was held at Shaag
hal. There were As ballots cast ana
the Taft men got SO OF them, so Doc
Shipper says.
/, Delegates 10 Keyser-Dr. J. ~
Shipper. Robert G.. Horner and John
b. Masters.
/ To 1iuntington--Dr ]. II. shipper
and J. y. Masters.
4 lnasmuch as the unit rtilln mas pre-
walled in republican conventions rFa
this state for some years. and tho
majority OF the delegates elected SAT-
,urday IN Berkeley county being Tor
! Roosevelt for President. 1t is presuni.
ed that those delegates viii vote as
n unit In the conventions at Keyser
and Huntington
AT the Keyser convention two dele
gates and two alternates will be se-
Ilected to the National Convention in
. Chicago, June 1S, and also the canda~
date for congress from this diser1sS-,
Al the Huntington convention SIN
ldeleqates-at-large and six aternates-l
will be selected for the national COM
vention, two candidates for Judge Of
the Supreme Court and three pres:Ss
dental electors.
The convention met at q O'Clock
that is the doors were closed at thar
. hour and those who were not in the
room did not get v9te-and was-
: called 70 order by DR.. W. T Hem
! shaw C VI. Lamar was made chair
, man and N r. Frame and John r.
, Patemaa were made secretaries. The
. tellers were Charles r. Dawson. ]. Fl.
Zirkle. A. r. Fuilr and Ralph r
| Staubly.
, There were 7e7 ballots cast and as
. tated above. the Roosevelt delegates
received 1877 end the Taft delegates
! ~. or almost two 30 one IN favor of-
! Teddy. who was here yesterday str
ring things up.
Roosevelt Gets Arden
Mass conventions were also hei1
this afternoon In the Ardea. Falling
Waters. Gerardstown. lTedgeswlle.
Mil Greek and Opeguor districts or
Berkeley county for delegates to tbe
conventions mentioned above.
For the Arden district the conven-
ton was held al Masons school house
at 2 D. m There were only 80 mem
there and ~ Of them voted for the.
Roosevelt delegates, the remaining
three fpresumably Taft men) did NOT
register their votes SO "Bess'' Van
Metre carried the day unanimously
for Teddy The three delegates elect
ed TO Keyser were II. C. Bowen. Isaac
Van Metre and Paul FL Martin