Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-06-03
Shpherdstown Jefferson County, West Virginia Thursday June 1870
Echoes From the Primary Election.

hchoeS FROM the Primary Election.
The primary election in West Vir-
gina last week has not entirely settled
me question as 10 who will be the nom
lneeS OF the two political parties IN
'InS State, for recounts have been call
Cd tor IN several instances and there
may be contests in the courts as to who
Is entitled TO places on the tickets.
IL is conceded that Arthur b. koontz
Won the Democratic nomination for
Governor, his majority over Adam b.
LIttlepaee being fixed AT about 5000.
Apparently Judge L. N. Morgan has
Won the Republican nomination for
Governor GroSScup ran third and is
satisfied that he is beaten, but sam B
Montgomery, the labor candidate. is
not willing TO conccde the $500 plur-
atty claimed by Judge Morgan. In a
statement recently issued he says:
Il have been nominated fairly as the
NGpuhlican candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, and | don't propose to
nave the nomination taken away from
me by manipulation as seems now to
nc IN contemplation. Ny friends have
made clean fight against great odds
with all the party machinery in hostile
hands, reinforced by the lavish use of
''''''NN - lNNEN NlblEdll lldS lNGClNCl
the nomination fairly by one vote or hy
IN thousand votes, he is entitled to il,
but under no other conditions. There
has already come to me evidence of
gross fraud and shameful irregularities
IN many counties of the State. firm
- believe that the honest returns in the
several counties will show my nomina-
uon by a substantial plurality.
81 intend To make this fight SQuarcly
% protect my nomination. The re
OTIS of gross frauds - have come to
me are such as 10 shock the public
conscience. AS an example, only
10 refer TO one district in Nc
Dowell county, where they counted
three hundred and ninety eight votes
'or Morgan when il is established that
only one hundred and ten men voted
IN the precinct No man can claim a
republican nomination which is taint-
ID with such evidence of fraud"
On the other hand, Judge Morgan
declares that the nomination has 0ccu
won by him fairly and squarely and
that he intends TO have il. The quarrel
Is likely TO become very bitter, for
Montgomery and his friends firmly be-
llevc that he has been cheated out of
the nomination by the methods which
have made Mcdowell, Mingo, Kanawha
and other counties notorious for these
many years. The Montgomery men
are not the sort TO be cajoled or pa
Gifted, and they may give Judge Nor
gan the axe in the same place that
Judge Robinson got it four years ago.
There may be contest over the
Democratic nomination for State Sena-
tor in this district. A margin Of only
43 votes separates II. p. Henshaw and
!. G.. McKown, the advantage being
with HenShaw. McKown has askc {:
vote, and this was to have been started
yesterday.
In Hampshire county Joshua S. Zim-
norman won the Democratic nCmina-
tion for the Legislature over Love
Wolf by about so votes. White was
renominated for prosecuting attorney
over ]. Sloan Kuykendall by lS5 plur-
ality. Koontz carried the county by
TIP over Littlepage. Saville was nom
mated for sheriff over Parsons by l63.
Morgan carried the county over Gross
cup and Montgomery by a small plur-
ality.
J. Frank Marsh was nominated for
State Superintendent of Schools over
Geo. F. Ford on the Republican side by
5,357 plurality. John G.. Bond beat A.
B. Moore for State Auditor by about A.
300 plurality.
Senator Sutherland carried the State
for the Republican presidential prefer
cnce over Wood, the totals being
Sutherland 45,7S7, Wood 36,lS6.