The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-27
cLoUsE, RACRMAN, BHUES AND
RICHARDS ARE REPUBLICAN
WINNERS BY BIG
MARGINS
MONTGOMERY oARRIES AND EoS-
ENBI,oON SwELPS TIE COUNTY
-CUI66YNS GETS BIQ4E5T CON-
THHTED VOTE
WOOD DELEGATES GIVEN PLURAL
ITTES IN SEVERAL INSTANCES
NOFWITN8TANDLN fHE LIZ
PRNaGRD CHOICE FOR
SUTHERLAND

Clerks in tho offices OF the board OF
county commissioners yesterday COM
pleted the tabulation OF the Official re-
turns from Ohio county or TuesuaS
election. The returns are not completed
In cases where no contest occurred rs
vet. but IL Is expected that the vote Tor
all candidates will be known today.
According TO the official count OF the
vote, with all precincts III and complett;
Ohio county gives senator ho"aru
Sutherland = ma ority OF i'S2S Eor rsI
Leonard S. Wood. The third man in me
race, William webster was iett at ,he
post with an official vote OF 100. SUN
eriand's total Was S,7l4 while WOOD
On the state ballot, this county gave
Hon. Som. b. Montgomery plurai!tE
over Col Fred Paul Grosscur OF SSa
votes. Judge Ephra'm +, Morgan gan ran in
third securing his heaNieS' WIG 40
The closest race of the primary in
Ohio county on either ticket proved TO
be between Houston g. 1o W ." Of
Charleston, and N. n; Nike l Ling; ion ~,
for secretary of state. Young. me pres
Snt incumbent. lost to his opponent os
il44 votes Kings vote WAS 2il0.
For the Republican nomination 10, iGs
city swept the county by huge major
ity' Neither of his opponents threat
ened him at any time. Hon, {. Z. Vt AT
rigan ran second: nearly 1000 votes pS-
The much discussed fight over the
nomination for sheriff smmered down
to n walkaway for Harry T. Ciouse. w10
came very rlose 10 leading the county
ticket. Henderson finished second win
Marshall in third place with an even
! Thousand votes. Clemens was Il close
fourth. Clousc lost but very few pre-
cincts throughout the entire county
Attorney Carl G. Bachmann was un-
DISPUTED leader except in few pre-
cincts in choice OF the nomince for pres,
ecuting attorney. \. &. Schiller staged
"a real surprise by coming in IN secohu
place furnishing The s create, Part IL
Campbell Richards hnished 4a' oe"'"u
Schiller. ,,
c. Hal Brues. candidate 10 SuCCceu
himself os county commissioner, led the
Republican county ticket. His oniclal
total il 1894. ]. Elmer Freese. his OPP
ponent. led but in few precincts;
Capt W. T. Otto and HarrE r., e'ss
were both nominated for re-election as
members OF the house OF delegates: NIL
ton Mctrolloch. n prominent Short Creek
farmer, and Wright 7. Hugus were also
nominated. These four men are .nose
whom, It was first thought. would be
nominated without opposition 10 rep
resent the business. professional; as-
ricultural and labor interests OF the
, county - ,,,u,,,
nominations was between James t.
! Richards and W. A. Hankey for assess.
or. Through the early hours OF the vote
counting, the lead swaycd from one 10
the other, but during the tabulatl0n OF
the later returns, Richards slowly a
massed a lead that his opponent was
unable TO cut down.
In state fights. the result was SHOWN
plainly.by tho frSt few precincts. ltar-
nv W. Bayer. OF Berkeley Springs can
| didate for the nomtnation for state com,
missioner OF agriculture. was swamped
| nv ]. II. Stewart OF Morgantown. Bayer
| took but one precinct in the county;
A. Il. Moore, OF New Mart3nsNile;
candidate for state auditor. defeated
John {. Bond. OF Charleston. In TINS
county, nearly doubling his opponents
WV cu1nrnius sweeNs County
! ]. W. Cummins. prominent local at
/ torney, candidate for attorney general.
| swept aside opposition in OHIO county
Tbv practically TRIPPING the vote OF MS
two opponents, Attorney General r. !.
England and Meredith w. Ryan. ne
secured the largest vote given locally
! to a candidate who had opposition. lie
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