The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-27

Amer two days Of political tlrmoI
Fairmont and Marion county ale
rrsduaIly returning to sohething aKs
normal conditions and yictors anu
ysnouisbed in the primary ue are
MAILING the best Of the respective
Situations bequeathed to them through
tss action Of the voters on Tuesday.
Judge Morgan earned tho county
on the the Republican ticket for Cover M
nor no by a handsome margin. the MA
riOn county man getting ?SSS vote,
Montgomery 1884 and Grosscup Se
small number Of las.
Koontz had little trouble here de-
feating uhtlepage for the Dtpocrate
nomination for governor in tbs coun-
" by the margin Of zoos to 734; Over
The state Morgan Is leading Mont,
eomery By over 5000 and gaining ana
IS assured Of the nomination, while
Kooutz Is leading Littlepage BY over
400 and wa likely secure the NOM,
nation Marion county turned q lead
fof Littiepase INTO reverse BY the
oyrThelmtng vote tor. Koontz.
CHARLTON has secured the nomira.
ton q tie Republicans for sheriff
over Baker BY q good margin 2Sl6
10 164s Frank Amos sacured me
proceeding attorney nominanM
without opposition; Lee SatterGeld
cleared the bars ahead Of Parker fof
county clerk after an interesting
dmtest 1858 70 1909, with Smith run
ming third; Springer landed eaSy
for ASSESSOR over three rivals, ballots
cast for him reaching the 1423 mark,
his nearest rival Koon getting Ills.
Somewha. Of a surprise was sprung
IN the circuit court clerk fight when
Clgde q. Smith defeated L. A. Cath
r l745 to 1882; Raymond Fisher
took the measure Of A. C. Martin for
surveyor ITO to 1884; Robinson,
Sstterfieid and Veach won the nomi-
nation for the house Of delegates.
Dr.. J. o. McNeely Of this city cas-
Iily ran away from George W. Bowers
Of Mannington in the county for the
State senate nomination, getting a
majority Of 1892 in the county and
will likely easily carry the district
SutherfInd was the choice by a
vide margin for president in this
county getting 2273 votes 2nd Wood
1892, while Webster got 137. CARR
gan won BY a narrow margin for con-
gess with 1149, Rosenbloom 119S.and
Taylor 164s:
lion. T. W. Fleming seems assur-
ed Of the position Of delegate TO the
convention in Chicago from this dis
tnct. He carried this county over
and received . vote Of 3209. He also
did well In Ohio county. II Is likely
that McCluskey VII be the other del
eeate, although fWarder may win the
place
Porter Ware Is the candidate who
will face Homer Toothman for
county superintendent Of schools. In
the faH battle.
They are still talking, IN the. Dem
ocratic ranks about the manner In
which A. G. Martin knocked of Ed
ward Slack for tie county clerk nom
nation. The ring had Edward alb
roomed 10 to de the well known
can to Uncle Heck" and early yes
tesday morning 1t seemed they had
accoiplished the trick But Martin
had few tricks up his sleeve and
won out in q grandstand ninth inning
raIly. Fred Haney also fell before
W. D. paw Paw Bib Ice after L
seemed q sure thing for Fred. The
Democratic ticket Icllows: Il
For Sheriff-JaueS-W. "a
For Prosecuting Attoney-Law-I
renee c Mnsgrsye.
Foe eSanty Clerk-Arthur G. Mar
r For Circuit. Cak-clspencs Cur
f eEIorsAssessu-wnSsm D. Ice
FOR Surveyor-o. c. Straight.
For County Superintendent Of
SchooEHomer C. Toothmau.
For House Of DeleEates-U. A.
knapp, ". N. Hess, B. F.. Holbert
Tor Congressional 0nmmittee-|
A For =; Senatorial Committee -csrl
Mos SsIostof the.candidatesstayed'm the
day late.this mouing. Manyot them
had been. up since early Monday morn.
INK until late Wednesday night It
wasuseless for some Of them to miss
% much sleep.