The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-03
That Gave Him Enough
Votes and it Was All
Over.

tOrney Ross a. Watts, 4j. In oh
words. Judge Vincent was shoI
S664-260S5 Of a vote Of being named
Immediately. Before the rusty math-
ematicians could dope out the finer
rules relating 10 numerals, Manning
ton district swung its entire ~ votes
to Judge Vincent's column. which
ave the incumbent an aggregate oi
1924 and 1742l-260S5 TO his credit.
The switch was rather unexpected. as
Attorney Sturm is a native OF Man
ningtOn district. The fact that Man
. nington district stampeded 10 Judge
/ Vincent before the second ballot was
/ taken gave him the nomination on
/ the first ballot
As was promised. the Democratic
/ politicians kept their hands If the
wrangle, and it was apparent that ev-
erybody expected more than one bal
/ lot because some of the districts di-
vided their vote for the purpose OF
! feeling out the strength Of the candi-
/ dates. The Sturm camp got its first
bump when Warrington district turn
ed its native son down more than
four to one. Judge Vincent secured
a shade the better in his home dis
= Winfield. Mr. StuTm carried
Lincoln district, and developed his
next greatest strength in Fairmont
district. Judge Vincent carried every
I district except Lincoln. Attorney
i Watts ran second in Fairmont dis
trict. His showing was creditable
D considering the fact that he got into
the race only a few days ago. Judge
Vincent doomed up strong in Paw
Paw district. The fight. while waged
actively, was not ~ bitter type, and
both of the defeated men boosted the
party. thanked their friends and de-
parted with the intention OF rolling
up their sleeves and working at the
urinary next Tuesday.
Il was one OF the largest Democrat
- mass conventions ever held. and
,llv from 600 to 700 men turned out
nd crowded the court house. Trolley
ans were held until the convention
yoke up. which was shortly after 10
o'clock
4 Ex-Sherifi c. n. Conway presided
over the convention, he being the
chairman Of the Democratic party OF
Marion county. In a neat speech he
told those assembled he was glad to
see such q large turnout Of Demo
Gratis, especially because so many are
busy at war work or other activities.
, We was gratifed TO see such interest
manifest in the local convention. He
stated that the delegates could not
| make any mistake in selecting a
/ nominee as all Of the three were able
( gentlemen and could preside over the
court with dignity. He then intro
duced Hon. William s. Raymond,
Judge Of the circuit court, as the tenn
porary president Of the convention.
and T. S. Schwenck as temporary
secretary. Later they were made
permanent officers by reclamation.
Judge Raymond, upon arising to
address the convention, said: 1T has
been a number OF years since ] have
attended a political convention. Six
years ago this fall the good citizens
of Marion county placed me in the
elevated position Of judge Of the Cir
cult court" He stated that his idea
| that the ethics of the office did not
permit him to participate in politics,
/ This, he said. had been the course he
/ had taken for five and a half years.
1 during the time he held the bench.
but he believed it proper to act in the
capacity Of chairman over the conven-
ton because he felt. like President
Wilson. that politics had been ad-
journed.
At the suggestion OF J. B. Fowler,
OF Lincoln district. America" was
sung by the convention. Later the
convention decided to organize by
districts. electing a president. secre-
| tary and a member of the resolutions
| committee upon the motion OF Attor-
/ ney Tusca Morris.
Congressman NJ. NJ Neely was then
presented TO the convention. amid
storm Of applause that went over the
delegates. His talk was largely one
Of patriotism and loyalty TO the flag,
but a strong plea was made in ia
vor of having politics laid aside and
the tried and trusted men returned TO
Congress.
When the chairman called for NOM
nations from Fairmont district.
Smith Hood. Of Fairmont. presented
the name OF Attorney Ross a. Watts.
He stated he had known Mr. Watts
90 years and that he is an able lawyer
and an honorable man. The name of
Attorney Marshall l.. Sturm was pre-
sented to the convention by l.. ]. |
Thomas. the Main street grocer. He
said he believed Mr.. Sturm measured
up TO all Of the qualifications that
Judge Raymond said a Judge should
have. T. J. Fast. of Fairmont dis
trict. presented the name Of Hon.
George A. Vincent, but made no adj
dress
j. 3. Fowler. OF Loncoln district. |
seconded the nomination OF Judge
Vincent, saying lit was no time 10
break the link in the chain" and 1T
is no time TO swap horses"
The Resolutions.
Attorney Tusca Morris then read
the resolutions that were passed by
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