The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-24
Time For Filing
For orPrimaryEn Ends
at Midnight
RAYMOND 10 run
But Lowe Will Not and
Haggerty Wants mi That
Nomination.

TONIGHT at midnight the time limit
for filing for places on the primary
election ballot explres aud TO-DAY tn,
political situation. which nus beef
rather uncertain in spots has been
shaping Up into tie form il lanaiss-
will take.
/ One of the points sthat Is still
shrouded in cloud OF unre eftainty Il
the Democratic nomination for pros.
iecuting aturneys There are two ayow-
cd candidates tors this nomination and
itwo potent ials cant idates. The men
openly cdt for II are uhasies Miller
present ass II ta1 IN fhe efflce OF the
,pT1o gu and L. (' 'Aiiizsi1fe, l1-.
=et atorney who practices a gent deal
in the Justice courts. The possible
eandidates are Captain Ulysses Knapp
and II. II. Rose Who was Associated
with J Waiter Barnes in the office
ot The Fuel Adilln's traticn OF West
Virginia and VITO a since been prac-
tieing law here. There Is pretty
strong demand in the party FOR Kna7p.
but It has been said on The streets for
weeks that Charlie PoWellis candidale
for the nomination Is Mnsgraye.
alter Haggerty. the present pros
ecutor, 1t Is reported, believes his
services TO the Democratic party de-
serve some reward and he Is spoken
OF, as the Democratic offering for the
Criminal conrt judgeship The judge,
ship nominations are not made at the
primaries, but at judicial Conventions
However. what Is going TO be done
about them Is the stbpect of lively
interest in framing a ticket under the
personally conducted plan in vogue
among the Demo- ocrats of Marion coun-
ty, and there was considerable talk
about them today. II seems TO be
taken for granted that Judge Scott
Lowe has had enough and will, nps
be candidate for q full term Judge
Vincent who was catapulted out OF
the Intermediate court Judgeship 70
make way for the new court and
Judge Lowe. is{frankly anxious to Sc
cure the Criminal court nomination.
His friends have been QUITE active in
his behalf and IL Haggertya gets II II
will be because Boss Powell and the
rest of the Big Binding gang are
willing TO do some raw work in his
behalf. And II that happens there Is
bound to be. trouble. One can said
frankly today that from Illegal stand
point It was yhoss and hoss deal but
that there were not many more pop
.plar men in the county than Vincent
and that he Is entitled TO some com
pensation for. the treatment he got
when his court was ubol JED ard II
he is defeated q situation which would
be hard to control would be created.
For time early in The year the
Democrats were threasened with
another, and as far, as The general
public Is concerned. more important
judicial complication In the possibility
that Judge Haymond MIGHT not be a
candidate to succeed him elf The
Judge, however. Will run again and
has so declared. His opponcnts on
the Republican ticket VIII dc Senator
Winfield Scott Meredith Fhe Repub-
lican, candidate for the Criminal court
judgeship will be the Hon. Emmett
NJ Showalter This much has been
agreed to by the Republicans OF the
county by common consent and the
judicial conventions will be merely
ratification; parties
In other particulars too the Repub-
lican situation is very lovely and
there will be full ticket o. aggres
sive party men in the field The Re-
publican primary ticket as It prob
ably VIII stand at midnight tonight
vii have DR.. j., o. McNeelg of thfs
city and George W. Bowers OF Man
ningtonl running for the nomination
state senate. The Candidates for the
three places for, the House OF Dele
gates viii be Ernest Satterfield. OF
Union district, an, employe OF the
Owens bottle plant Hugh J. Ball.
secretary Of the 5Carpenters union OF
this city and a former secretary OF
continuen Oh pegs iJur.I