The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-04
Delegate Primary VIII Be
Held in the Ten Districts
onApril25.
PRIMARY on COUNTY
To Select County Candidates
Will Be Held on State
Primary Day.

mlttee here Monday afternoon, it was
decided to hold magIsterlal primary
elections April rs to select delegates
to the Huntington and New Martins
Vile delegate conventions and to hold
the county primary June 4, the day
Of the statewide primary.
The members present were Frank
R. Sioore and F. B. Haymaker Of
Clark district, Thomas Jarrett and
Leslie Hawker Of Clay district, M. q.
sperry and j. ]. connell OF Coal dis
trIct Howard Robinson and 4. b.
Monroe of Eagle district, d. l. Young
Of Elk district, Isaac L. DAVIDSON and
Flayius s. Estlack of sardis district,
A. d. Fitzhugh and Howard Mcdonald
of Simpson district, Wesley L. Steele
Of Tennlle district, Simon S. stutler
and Harry P. sturm of Union district
and L. ]. Dayisson of Grant district.
Several suggestions We're discussed
and then the committee with Chair
man A. K. Thorn presiding and Clerk
/. Wade Cofrman keeping the minutes
took up the work of arranging for
the various primary elections.
r. NJ, shuttleworth was selected a
committeeman for Elk district to take
the place of Writ Wilson, deceased.
It was the voice of the committee
that II the funds for holding the del
egate primary election could be
raised other than by assessment that
the money collected from candidates
for delegates would be refunded.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas convention has been
called by the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, to meet at Hunting
ton,- on May is, 1912, to select six
delegates at large, and six alternates,
to the Republican national convention
to be held at Chicago, on the eigh-
teenth day Of June, 1912, to nominate
candidates for president and vice
president of the United States; and
to nominate three presidential cleo
tors, and two candidates for Judge of
the supreme court of appeals; said
convention to be made up of the del
egated representatives of the Repub-
lican party Of West Virginia, appor-
toned among the several magisterial
districts OF the respective counties,
on the basis of one delegate for each
one hundred and fifty votes, or major
fraction thereof, cast for the presi-
Dental elector receiving the highest
number Of votes throughout the state,
at the general election in the year
1908; the number OF delegates allotted
to the county of Harrison being
thirty-three, to be apportioned among
the magisterlal districts OF said
county on. the basis above recited;
and,
Whereas, The Republican Congress
ional Committee for the First con-
gressional district has called a con-
vention to be held at the city Of New
Martlnsville, on the fifteenth day OF
May, 1912, for the purpose. OF select
ing two delegates and two alternates
to the Republican national conven-
ton above mentioned. and nominal
ing one candidate for presidential
elector, said convention to be made
up OF the delegated representatives Of
the Republican party from the coun-
ties making up said congressional
district, apportioned among the sew
eral magisterial districts of the coun'
ties on the basis of one delegate tc
each one hundred and fifty votes cas-
for the presidential elector above
mentioned; the number OF delegates
allotted to the county of Harrison
being thirty-three and said number t.
be apportloned by this committee
among the magisterial districts o
said county on the basis above in
dicated.
therefore De IL ReSOA'Su'
the thirty-three delegates to be choseI
by the Republican voters of Harrison
county be apportioEsd on the bash
above indicated, Iamong the severa
magisterial districts of Harrison
county, to-wit:
Clark district, votes for presiden
tial elector, 1859; delegates s.
Coal district, votes for presidential
elector, 1888; delegates z.
Clay district, votes for presidential
elector, 453; delegates 8.
Eagle district, votes for presidentia
elector; 476 ;;delegates 3.
Elk district, votes for presidentia