Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-04-08
WEST VRG|N|A'S
APPORTIONMENT OF
STATE DELEGATES
DELEGATE" AT LARGE WILL BE
ELECTED IN THE STATE CON-
VENTlON.
HELD ON THURSDAY,
MAY a.
REPRESENTATION OF EACH OF
THE COUNTIES IN THIS RE-
PUBLICAN GATHERING.
(By Aloysius Coll, staff correspond
ent Pittsburgh Dispatch)

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in the big statewide convention
which is to be held in Wheeling May
4, and in the Congressional District
Conventions will be held, probably a.
suggested. May 2. Sentiment on the
Big Four has not crystalized in this
state. and there is no measure by
which the makeup of that part of
the delegation to the National Cdn-
vention which will be elected at the
| Wheeling convention may be fore
easted, at this time. The four alter
mates at large will be elected also in
that convention Many requests are
| made for a detailed method of select
ing the delegates to the Wheeling
convention, the number apportioned
to each of the counties in the state
and the rules for holding the county
| conventions. A study of the resolu-
tions adopted in Parkersburg indl-
Gates the following:
The four delegates and alternates
| at large, elected at Wheeling, will be
| certified as such to the secretary of
| the state by the chairman and secre-
tary of the Wheeling convention, and
their names shall go on the Republi-
can ballot to be voted in the primar-
The So counties of the state shall
elect the delegates to the Wheeling
convention, each county to have one
delegate to each $50 votes and frac-
ton of $50 votes over Is cast for
! Howard Sutherland candidate for
congTessat-large in 1914.
Apportionment of Delegates.
The vote for Sutherland, the head
I of the ticket that year, was 110,520,
and the appointment is as follows, the
first figure the vote for Sutherland,
| and the second the number of dele
gates authorized: Barbour, 1859, ~;
Berkeley, 2,721, IS; Boone 1914, 10;
| Braxton 2,425, 49, Brooke 1854. 8;
Cabell SLY, rs: Calhoun 992, Z;
Clay 1924, z; Doddridge 1876, 10;
Fayette 4,463, 80; Gilmer 1872, 5;
Grant 1896, 8; Greenbrier 1,577, Il;
Hampshire, ASS, g. Hancock LOIS, Z;
Hardy 421. 3; Harrison, 1887, 81;
Jackson, 2,029, IA; Jefferson S21, 5;
Kanawha 6,621, A: Lewis 1895, 13;
Lincoln 1881, 10; Logan 1857. 10;
Marion 1924, 81. Marshall 1899, 10;
Mason 1.946. IL; Mingo 2007, 13;
| Monongalia 2,21St is; Monroe 1886,
8; Morgan 1,044. Z Mcdowell SPAS.
35; Nicholas 1908, II; Ohio, 5,459. SO;
Pendleton S24, 5; Peasants S32, S;
| Pocahontas 1,101, Z; Preston 1921, 81;
Putnam 1888, 8; Raleigh 2,723, IS;
Randolph 1925, H. Richie 2,002, 10;
| Roane 2,34S, 16: Summers 1929, g.;
Taylor 1895, 10; Tucker 1929, 8;
Tyler 1,517, TO- Upshur 1864, Is;
| Wayne 1907, II: Webster sol. 4;
Wetzel, 1,4O7. 8; Writ. $40, :; Wood
1861, %; and Wyoming 1888, 7, a
total of 734 delegates. No alternates
are to be appointed or elected and
no proxies will be valid Only the
delegates present will be entitled to
cast the votes to which the respective
| counties are entitled.
These delegates shall be chosen at
east 20 days in advance of the Wheel
ing convention. The manner of elect
'ng these delegates is left to the de-
cision of the Republican County Elk
ecutive Committees. Meetings will
probably be held in the magisterial
| districts in some counties or all coun-
| ties, but where it is deemed advis-
| able mass county conventions may be
| held. The wishes of the. committee
| men and the sentiment in each coun-
~ will govern this. Notices of con-
tests must be sent to the secretary
| OF the state committee at least 10
! days before the meeting of any coun.
ty executive committee is waived by
the authority of the State Executive
Committee in the resolutions adopted
| in Parkersburg.
District Conventions.
The State Executive Committee
| likewise recognizes the several mem
bers of the different congressional
| district committees from the respec-
tive counties now comprising the six
| Congressional districts as the Repub-
|ican Congressional committees for
the respective Congressional dis
tricts." This means, for example,
that all members of former Congress
sional committees now residing in the
| several counties comprising the new
| Third Congressional district will
meet and from the Third Congression
Al committee, with power to act
| These will meet and issue call for
district conventions. The State Exc.
cutive Committee recommends that
these district conventions be held
Way ?, and recommends further that
the same be held and conducted as
far as practicable in conformity with
the. plans outlined for holding the
Wheeling State Convention" which
means that the county executive com.
mittees will provide the delegates to
The district conventions, as they win
10 for the state convention The Con.
/ gressional committee will certify the
nominations to the secretary Of state
and these will go, on the ballot as
he Big Four. The district convention
win nominate II delegates and IL al,
ternates.
The apportionment of delegates
according to Congressional districts
4 will be as follow on the new ar
rapgements Of the districts First
district, 10; Second, 12S: Third, 127;
Fourth, 120 Fifth, 1872, and Sixth,
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