Evening star., 1922-09-03
Compilation of Vote Is TWen-
ty.Nine Days Late-Wood-
+; yard Victory Confirmed.
LABOR LEADERS ACTIVE
Party Lines Threatened in Novem-
Der Election-Local Con-
D.: tests Are Keen.
snecisl pispatch to The star.

more than four weeks II was not
until Tuesday, twenty-n nine days after
the state primary election. that tab
ulation of official returns for con-
gress was finished by secretary OF
state Houston G. Young. For some
unexplained reason. Putnam county
which is in the fourth congressional
district, was unable to get Its vote
for the congressional candidates on
the republican ticket-Representa
Harry C. woodward, Of Spencer, state
senator Edgar r. Stats OF Parkers-
burg and o. ]. Deegan OF Huntans1
-ton-straightened out The nnal
. corrected returns did not material
ly AFFECT the result. as woodward ran
away from his opponent IN al ous
two of the other eight counties OF
the district.
In the first official returns from
Putnam county, woodward was omit
ted altogether from the count. stats
was credited with S95 votes and Dee
gan with 235. Then delayed re-
port Was received by the secretary
Of state form ]. NJ. Henson, county
clerk of Putnam, that woodward ana
not Stats had received the 9s6 votes.
This report, however, did not give
the actual vote for the Parkersourg
senator; that did not come until
this week, when the Staats total WAS
reported as 372.
Fourth District Result.
The renublican result In the fourth
district is as follows: Deegan, 6,602;
stats, 5,74I; woodward. 1915. a ma
jority for the dean of the West v1r-
ginia delegation in the house OF sSE.
On the democratic ticket George w.
Johnson Of Parkersburg. former
counsel to the public service com.
mission. was nominated by q vote OF
> 1859 to 5,537 for former State Sena-
tor John D. Sweeney OF Wllllams-
town and 1,S4S for II. William
There were 233.422 ballots cast by
the two major parties in the August
l primary for Congress VI tnese
the republicans cast 134.7S7 and the
the other party. In only one con. on.
gressional district.the sixth, were the
parties close together with their vote;
70 In this district the republican totai
was 21,S52 and the democratic, 2l,702.
a difference in favor Of the former
of $50 votes =,
Now with Putnam county In all
that stands in the way of closing the
books of the primary election is
complement of post-primary expense
thirty-day time limit for fling this
second certificate of contributors
and expenditures expired at midnight
Thursday and at that time nve OF the
seven candidates for United states
senator were among the missing.
The statements Of two candidates for
state senator show larger expendi-
lures than the law permits Tom b.
Bowman of Charleston. defeated DEM
> ocratic candidate IN the elgh1n dis-
Reynolds Of Keyser, republican can
didate In the fourteenth district, $s0o.
The corrupt practices act allows
candidate for the legislature to spend
IL, tfpIN
voted for. There are three counties
in the eighth and Ave In the 1our-
teenth senatorial district.
Speculation on how organized labor
will form it's ranks for the November
election in West Virginia is being in
dulged in largely. 1t is understood
that no special effort will be made N
this strong labor county-Kanawha-
for either of the United States sena-
torial candidates; that the laborites,
particularly the miners. have no
marked choice as between Senator
Howard Sutherland. the republican
nominee, and former Representative
Matthew NJ. Neely, the democratic
standard-bearer.
Unless tentative plans are changed,
J. Alfred Taylor of Fayetteville,
member of the house of delegates
from Fayette county and the demo-
cratic nominee for Congress In the
sixth district, will be the preference
of most of the labor unions in the
district, 1t Is said. and instructions
for him are likely to issue in many
. instances. Taylor has always been
strong with organized labor. and that
fact probably accounts Tor his ability
to decisively defeat DR.. c. T. McClin-
tic Of Greenbrier county who was
generally conceded to be one of the
ablest members of the last legislature.
, II Milton Curtis of Beckley, another
favorite with organized labor, had not
been a third candidate. Taylor would
have beaten McClintic by much
greater majority, observers believe.
- The legislative ticket in Kanawha
county probably will receive more at
tention from the labor people than
: any other. Two officials Of the miners
: are among the six republican candi-
dates for the house Of delegates, and
the miners naturally will exert every
effort in behalf of these two. The
, two miner candidates are Fred Noon
: ey, secretary-treasurer Of district No.
IT, United Mine Workers of America,
William Blizzard of St Albans, presi-
dent OF subdistrict No. 1.
Blizzard was acquitted at his trial
at Charleston for treason, in con-
nection with the armed march on
Logan county. but several other In
dictments, one for murder, are hang
ing over him. Mooney was also in
dicted several times for alleged COM
plicity in this uprising. 1t Is under
stood that II republican leaders make
an open fight against these two labor
candidates, there is likelihood of the
miners limiting their ballots to the
candidates of their own choice. If
such q course should be pursued II
might spell disaster for the rest Of
the republican county ticket. DIR. M.
v. Godbey. the republican candidate
for reelection as state senator In the
eiphth district will get a large meas-
ure of labor support
The political sensation OF the work
was a report of serious differences
between Judge William E. Baker of
the United States district court for
the northern district Of West Vir-
ginia, and the district attorney, Judge
Thomas A. Brown and his assistants.
Charles J. Schuck and w. c. Grimes.
The Wheeling Intelligencer. owned
and edited by Herschel c. Ogden, who
was defeated by Senator Sutherland
in the recent primary election, gave
the first publicity to this trouble.
Impeachment Hiated.
telligencer, IL determined 60 move for
the Impeachment Of Judge Baker In
the house at the beginning of the
short session In December, unless lie
resigns In the meantime, and Repre-.
sentative woodward would act as the
instrument Ii such proceeding. For
paign manager for woodward.
The republican = state committee
will open headQuarters for the ap-
.aaeh,0g campaign. September Is,
hut whether Charleston or Hunting
ton will be the location has not been
definitely determined.
r. r. Dunlap Of Hinton, chairman
of the democratic state executive
committee, has not yet announced