The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-12
IN ONE PRECINCT CHARLES
TON YESTERDAY THE REPUB-
LlCAN CANDIDATES GAINED
coniey Claims he Has 81 Majority
Progressive Vote Was Not Aided
to Republican.

Slowly. very slowly. the accurate
igurvs on the vote cast In West Nir-
siuia. are being received The can.
Vdssing OF the returns waS started yes
terday and by tonight or early to
morrow. the Indications are that IN,
true hi'Irrs on the votes cast and the
correct majoritivs OF the successful
candidates will hc obtainable Unti
then 10 II q hard matter To give out
any definite figure ou maiurities other
than that ia" figures already given
by The lntelliceucor will not vary tu
any great extent.
Encuuracinc news was received
from throughout the state yesterday
Tor the Republicans when 20 Was found
that In maUN of the counties the Pro-
rr"ssiNe vote. which should have been
couuiCi for the Republican state
ticket. was not tofalcd and given TO
Ia" Republican candidates. Naturally
this sw~lls their maloritic- and instead
ol Thompson earn ur Niu2o. by 500
majority. 10 became known yesterday
that Dr Hatfield had carried the coun-
~ 10y a majority oi 6uo which means
"a change IN the talHlatcd figures of
a thousand votes.
conley CLAIMS Election.
In one prccluci On kauiv ha county
yesterday there Wa difference of -
votes This uumh,r j. not credited
To ia" Republican candidates. Similar
reports were received from other sec.
tiOns
". g. Conlcy. Republican candidate
against Junior Brown iu the Second
cOneressionai district. talking over the
long distance las evening. claimed he
has defeated Rrown by - votes ON
th, face of tho returns. In Grant
county il was found that several pre-.
Cincts had failed To- credit him with
Ia" Progressive vote. which cut down
the majority OF Erown 20 great eN-
tent. n H. reported that similar in.
stances viii De shown IN Hampshire
county which will give him enough
votes 10 win by narrow margin over
Mr. Brown Should hr defeat the
Democratic nominee 90 will give the
Democrats but a single congressman.
Hon. John W. Davis. u the First. and
then. too. hc may prove "a loser il the
Progressive vote was not credited 10
Mr.. Laughlin.
kanawha Canvas.
special bisglatcE fu tHr Intel lEtIrtr.
CHARLESTON. ". Va. NOV. IL
Less than half ot tb" precincts OF
Kanawha county wee canyassed b.
the county court today, but in these
the entire Rel ublican state ticket
made gains In one precinct In this
city from - 10 80 votes we're added
TO all candidate below the electors ON
the Republican ticket The early
totals did not include the vote cast
under the Progressive ticket The
canvass will not b. completed unfit
Tuesday evening or Wednesday fore.
noon
The Socialist vote iu The county
WIil probably reach 900 for Tincher
for sheriff. tic vote for president, gov
crupr and other candidates on the
sam" ticket viii fall a thousand be-
low TincherS vote Two Years ago l..
G Rogers. Socialist candidate Tor con
gress. received 1.sUc. while the Cub
crnatorial caudi6.tc in 1905 received
GA iu the county. The hcrctOfuTc un.
reported precincts are In the dis-
tricis not yet Psccrtainahl"
A. indicated heretofore canvas,
OF the vote viii increase the major
ity of all Republicans elected. Cap
tain Avis received word today that his
vote in Webster bad been increased
due 10 errors boa failina IN add the
Progressive and Republican vote foi
him.