The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-14

Shaw Believed to Have
Switched Candidates
Over Sunday
DAVIS REPUDIATES SHAW
Carskadon Believed to Be
Setting Up Shaw Elec-
tion Organization.

Interest in tomorrow's Republican
primary election at which the party's
candidates for members of the runic.
ipal board OF directors will be chosen
reached fever heat this morning when
1t dawned upon most of the workers
for the four candidates that II had
become free for all contest in which
original factional lines had been badly
stretched, If indeed they were mot en-
tlrely severed.
A week ago Harry Shaw was beliey-
ed TO be backing Uncle Zack Davis OF
the East side and w. E. Arnett for the
nominations. He admitted that they
were his choice, although at the time
ne was ardently trying to put across
6 movement to have the party renoni-
mate the two men who were defeated
five years ago and have no contest at
the primaries. These two were Mr..
Davis and c. C. Meredith.
Yesterday another change deyeiop,
ed in the character of the Shaw marty
syntpathies II reports on the street
are to be believed and the Shayian
ticket is now Davis and Meredith
The explanation usually advanced IN
support OF this situation is that the
Meredith supporters have come TO an
understanding upon the basis Of the
original Shaw, proposition to renoms
mate the old candidates.
But in the mean time Uncle zack
Davis has been getting some of the
BACK fire from the report generally
on all hands. by the way, that is The
Shaw candidate. AS a result the for
mer deputy sheriff was UP town this
morning really busy for the first time
since the campaign opened, explaining
10 all the Republicans he could get
mold Of that he is not Shaw's candidate
but the candidate of the whole party.
lie further adds that he consented to
run rlucantly and that there Is only
one place on the city board Of direc-
tors that hefeels he Is qualified to fill
finance commissionership. Just how
much Importance there is to be attach
ed to Mr.. Daviss declaration of indie
pendence the gossips were not prepar-
ed TO say this morning, but there was
general agreement that it means that
the Davis crowd have discovered that
while Shaw is a fine manipuiator he
Is not much Of an asset in party
show down such as a primary.
Next in interest to the fine tangle
into which the campaign itself has
got is the suppression OF the names
of the officers who will conduct the
election tomorrow and here again the
politically wise say they can detect the
fine hand of Shaw. BY being little
quicker than any one else Shaw man
aged to get complete control Of the
Republican City Executive committee
right after the new city charter was
ratified and he had Attorney Carskad-
on made chairman. Carskadon has
been trailer in the Shaw procession
for number of years. He was an echo
OF Shaw in East side school board af-
fairs and in matters of less public in
terest, but it was believed that he
would stand on his own feet to cer-
tain extent as the head of the party
organization and no protest was made
against the Shaw methods of reorgan-
izing the City executive committee.
However, It has been suspected for
the past two or more days that Shaw
with the willing assistance of Cars
kadon was preparing to control aIbso-
lutely the city election tomorrow and
as part Of the scheme was preparing
to spring 100 per cent strong Shaw
primary election organization. M. B.
Cobun. the secretary of the Executive
committee is authority for the state
ment that the committee me on june
20 and named the election officers and
that Carskadon had the list. on Sat.
urday Carskadon when asked for the
list claimed that It was not complete
but that he was at work on 1t and
would give It cut for publication as
soon as 1t was.
This morning he told reporter for
The West Virginian that he was still
hard at work and expected to have It
ready before noon. He made an ap-
pointment with the reporter 10 meet
him at noon. AT 11:4o O'Clock Cars
kadon dropped out OF sight and he did
not keen his appointment.
And there the matter stands Cars
kadon is having considerable trouble
to get the list complete. There IS not
the slightest doubt about that And
the reason is that he actually IS trying
to make the whole Aitfit up OF Shaw
men.
Tonight is the time set for the Dem
ocratic ward meetings to choose dele
gates to the city convention which will
choose the Democratic candidates for
the board of directors.