The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-07
Secretary. of States Office
Closes the Tickets for Nom
nations at Primary.
SENATOR BURTON FILES
Two Democrats Go on the Pri-
mary Ticket in State for
Presidential Nomination.
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+. Burton. Of Ohio: William Grant
Webster. of Chicago. and Edward
Callaghan, of Charleroi, Pa, are the
only persons who have formally filed
certificates Of candidacy for nomina-
ton for president with the secretary
OF state OF West Virginia. Other GER
tihcates may arrive before the close of
business at midnight. Mr.. Burton an
nounces for the Republican nomina-
ton and the other two for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Democrats are not very hungry for
West Virginia state offices judging
from the fact that but one for each
Office has filed his certificate, except
for governor. for the nomination for
which Office there are three candidates.
Republicans are more numerous who
desire state offices. From four to five
candidates have announced for each
office. Two is the minimum. there be-
ing but two candidates for the guber-
Material nomination and two for the
nomination for auditor.
Scores Of candidates have made for
mai announcement for county officers
In every county. There are many can
didates on both tickets for the state
senate and for membership In the
house of delegates.
AT midnight the secretary of states
office closed and the curtain was run
ming down on filing nomination pa
pers to participate in the coming
state primaries. The office force of
tie department stayed on the job un-
til midnight. but so heavy was the
work In filing the announcements for
committeeman and other minor state
offices that only the following more
important announcements fere made
public:
Presidential nominees = Edward
Callaghan. Democrat, Chaleroi, Pa;
William Grant Webster, Democrat,
Chicago, H.; and Theodore E. Bur
ton, Republican, OF Cleveland, Ohio.
United Stat =s Senate-William +.
Hite, Republican. Huntington; Ben
jamin L. Rosenbloom, Republican,
Wheeling; William E Chiffon, Demo-
crat. Charleston; A. B. White, Re-
publican, Parkersburg. and Howard
Sutherland, Republican. Elkins.
Delegates to the national conven-
tlOl Adl6Ss DdNlb,
Flkins, Elkins; ]. w. Dawson, Char
lesion; the Rev. ]. T. Gibbons, Hunt
ington; the Rev. E. P. Moon, Charles
Town; Herschel G. Ogden, Wheeling;
and Henry D. Hatfield, Eckman. Dem
ocrats; Louis Bennett. Weston; John
]. Contf, Wheeling; JEFF sNewberry,
Huntington, and John T. McGray,
Grafton.
District delegates-First District
NJ. A. Chew, Republican. Leather
wood; A. w. PAUL, Democrat. Wood
dale; Thomas ]. Sherrard, Republ-
can, Wellsburg; Robert T. Cunning
ham, Republican. Fairmont, ald
Owen S. Mckinney, Democrat, Fair
mont. Second district: H. S. Ben
nett, Democrat, Parsons; c. NJ. Sci
bert. Democrat. Martinsburg; A. r.
Stallings, Republican. Parsons; W. F..
Heskitt, Republican. Piedmont.
Third district: Percy Byrd. Democrat.
Clarksburg; John D. Sutton, Demo
crat, Sutton; ]. B. Bradley, Repub-
l'can. Dundon, and Harry B. Curtin.
Republican, Clarksburg. Fourth
district: ]. Mentor Caldwell, Repub-
lican, Parkersburg; T. f. Graham,
Republican, Parkersburg; Walter
Pendleton, Democrat. Spencer; E. ".
Phellis, Republican, Huntington.
Fifth district: James F. Beavers,
Democrat, Matewan; John B. Stew
enson, Democrat, Huntington; VIII
liam H. Thomas, Republican, Bram-
we'll. and H. S. White. Republican,
Matewan. Sixth district: Philip Kon-
rad, Democrat, Kanawha Falls; S. A.
Scott, Republican, Harvey; S. B. Avis,
Republican, Charleston: H. H. Hare
wood, Democrat, Beckley; Hayward
r. stiles, Democrat. Charleston, and
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