The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-01
IN
WINNERS CLAIM
Contest For Marsh and Ford
For State Superintendent
Still Undecided

$r"cia, dispatch to the Intclligcnccr
CHARLESTON W. Va. May 3l.-pe-
spite "extravagant" claims of Judge
f. +. Morgan. Samuel r. Montgomery.
Republican Subernatorial aspirant. re-
tterated his previous claims Tonight.
SAYING Il do not propose :" have the
nomination taken away from m". |
hav" asked recount or IN" ballot in
tw"lvH counties and feel sure tina; such
. recount Will give me- tnr nomination
. by substantial majority over Judge
Morgan"
SLOWLY to-day at the office Of the Soc
r-tary OF state and late tonight ih"r"
, were reports from fourteen counties. 1t
Is expected that all counties will hav"
their official returns in by midnight
, Tuesday. one week after the primaries
Some little variation Is Seen in the re-
turns received to-day over the unoffi-
cial county given out by II" rarioHS
candidates and IL ia probable that com
plctr reports from al, counties will dif-
fer greatly from claims OF one randl-
, date in particular.
Changes In Figures.
y feature Of the GoNernorShip race IS
The vote in Lewis county. The official
returns show Montgomery received Ss0.
; while Morgan's vote was SOL The fol-
lowing counties have officially renort-
ed Brooke. Gilmer. Grecnbrier. Han
cock. jefferson. Lewis. MiGo. Pocahon-
tts. Randolph. Richie. Tucker. Tyl"r.
Wood and Wyoming; Tn" total vote +,
Grosscup. $3.50. Morgan'S biggest ma
jority was in Mingo. wher2 MCnlgnm-
cry claims Republican ballots were
scarce primary day
: Senator Mon'Gom"r% attacked double
election boards IN his Sta;"mCa: to-day
They open wild" the aNcnu" Tor fraud
and corruption" H. said. Nothing ha 9
Yet been devised in connection with
elections 70 equal them. They give the
candidate with money the greatest op-
p"rtunlty 20 Corrup; the ballot. and no
, d"ub; they were devised for that pur-
pose"
: Both Clain Nomination.
. Variation OF 5000 votes In the Demo
the claims OF Adam 3. Lit,lepaEr and
Arthur r. koontz. both OF Charleston.
with unofficia! returns from practically
all counties. koontz figures his MA
iOrity at a little under 1900. and in the
few counties from which returns lave
not been received figures have been
treated conservat!v~ly and will douht-
less Civ" n greater koontz vote on the
. official count
I Mr.. I.lttlepag" bases his claim Ot S56
majCrtty on the almost complete re-
turns received al his hoadquartcrS FL"
! SAYS tn" official returns In A numhe~
} ~ instances show larSer vote for him
than those unofficially given.
Close Contest.
. The race between George NJ Ford
and J. +. Marsh for state superiutend-
ent Of schools. is $" clos" that only
complete official returns will decide
the nomination. There are not 100
votes difference between them and
practically all counties have unofficial
ly been heard from.
All doubt of the snomira tfcnsa- Of
James u. Stewnrt for state commis-
sioner OF agriculture. b r. England for
attorney general. and Houston e. Young
! for secretary % state has vanished
! No new returns on delegates at large
: 10 tn" Republican national convention
, wcr" received to-day. and "a the race
stands. pars;. I.akn. white and Gaines
will form ,he Big Four
I Montsomsry's Statement.
: CHARLESTON. May %l.-Deciaring
. th"t he had asked for recount in
. Twelve counties "f tn. state. and chsrG-
{ ing ;hat gross irregularities were per-
! mittSd during IN" primary. Samuel r.
. Montgomery. candidate for III" r'publi-
! cation nomination for governor tonight
| ISSUED the following statement:
II em nominated for governor and do
! not propose that the nomination shall
j hc taken from me regardless OF tho eN-
trsysgant claims made by my opponent.
: | have asked for r"CUunt of The bal
lots in twelve counties and feel sure
! that such rscoun, will give mo the nomi-
) nation by q substantial majority over
I Judge Morgan.
Il propose to invoke every known pro-
! vision Of the law TO the end that fraud
and corruption shall be disclosed and
, punished where Il exists. Th" time has
! passed IN this stat" when a nomination
! can be forced by tn" lavish use OF
! money. | have already evidence OF
! gross irregularities in counties wher"
! III" election machinery was against me
! aud wher" It was prostituted in the in
! tcrest Of Judge Morgan. Fraud and
! corruption IN this primary was not a
! factor in my vote and our hands are
! clean.
1t has been clearly demonstrate ed
that laboring people " the state who SO
I loyalty supported nay candidacy cannot
! be bought by money Of the coal harous
! \ recount and Il contest. IL that be
| necessary will demonstrate that the
! manhood of West Virginia Will not be
J deprived Of their honest ballots by set
! of men who depend upon tn" dollars TO
| buy and corrupt great state.
! Auditor Race Close.
! CHARLESTON. W. Va. May 81
| Official returns arc cutting down John
! &. Bonds claimed majority in the race
! for stat. auditor Both BOND and his
/ opponent A. B Moore claim lead OF
! 1000 Mr. Moor" states that in Jcner-
. son and Mingr counties, hts narne ap-
! pnared on tn" ballots as candidate for
: Attorney General
! With returns from IS counties reCeiv-
! ed at the department OF schools J. r.
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