The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-29
CORRUP TON IS
BEING CHARGED
State Circuit Courts Are to
Be Asked To Institute
Investigations
Special 10 The IntelligenCer

Special 10 Tne lntelllRenCel
CHARLESTON. May 2S.-The silua,
tion in the gubcrna torial fight remained
practically unchanged today ana az tar
as tho official count is known. there Is
little variation in the results oi Iues
days primary. The returns show MOT
gan and koontz the winners 81 their re-
spective nominations The biggest po-
lItical sensation of the day was the
chs rye made against prominent oriiriais
Of corruption at the polls. one neVot-
upmeut was a request received from gov
rrrmental sources at Washington by
State Chairman William retry OF tho
Mott Partisan political campaign com
mlttee. for certain photographs taken
in Charleston on primary day. ana other
information.
The pictures are said to be- Of city
official Of Charleston. a prominent Re-
publican leader and state official
They we're taken in the triangle dlstriC'
and il was said the Republican leaGer
threw II handful of money In the air i"r
thu. mixed voters. both black and whit"
to scramble for. II was also charged
that one voter only was admitted I" 'hr
puIIs at time and the door closed
VIII BE Probed
The matter of expenditures IN IN"
Republican gubernatorial race is l" h''
taken UP by the senate committee now
engaged in making Investigations IN
this field, Samuel b. Montgomery Saiu
today.
Along this same line circuit courts OF
West Virginia are TO be called upon 20
mako similar Investigations, lf inc
Montgomery forces carry out the pro
gram now in the making. Under the
corrupt practice law of this state any
circuit Judge has jurisdiction TO inres-
tigate expenditures in any or all parts
Of the state. II is probable that MIR.
Montgomery will appeal to two or three
circuit Judges TO serve as investigators.
Many Irregularities
The canvass OF the returns IN Kama
wha county proceeded slowly today ana
many discrepancies and other lrresu-
larities were showing, according TO the
report made by the Montgomery watch-
erS. !, -
In the first precinct it was said 90
of tho 3S1 voters polled did not vote Tor
governor. In another precinct where
so votes were polled. 10 are not SHOWN
to have voted for governor.
ATidavits were being secured To-Day
from voters in Charleston to the enect
that they did not cast their naliots on
election day, even though thelr names
some twelve or more Of those aftdarlts
have already been secured. chairman
petry said.
To Demand rsoounts
Tho labor commissioners has oecloeo
70 make n last ditch light for the nom
ination which he declares Is his by a
substantial plurality. kilograms were
sent 10 Montgomery supporters in Mar
ion. Rraxton, Clay, Raleigh. Roane, Fay
ette Logan. Mercer. Wood and Cnbeli
to appear before canvassing boards and
demand rccounts of PRIMARY ballots foT
governor. Tho same course is 10 De
followed In Kanawha county
Th. aftermath OF the primary Is be-
ing crowded with developments OF an
assorted character. One OF the most
surprising and significant is that Re
publican ballots ran out IN many to"hS
whers there is a big mining vote. ac-
cording 10 advlces received by MIR.
Montgomery. 49,,
r. rortnry Johnson. member OF the
house of delegates from Preston county.
nhnncd 10 Montgomery tonight that in
Monongalia county there were no bal
lots whatever furnished for tho mining
communities Of Granttown, LOUISVILLE
and Scott'S Run.