The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-14
lgq0lllOI SAID
IOIHAVEELECTED
RAYMOND
Attitude of Ramsey and Foulk
Toward Labor Greatly
Misreprese
2Sy5cHARIEs CROOKS SMITH
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. i
recent primary held in
ESeYest Virginia turned up several
n4known, but the most mysterious
Yone&of the ilk was Raymond
ssKsanny. who claimed Grafton as
gon1y one of the tribe to obtain the
.Mpa1ms of victory. He was made
.sgthes nominee OF the Democratic
party for it's candidate for Con-
gress lin the first district.
three.cornered, contest which
ssnmmoned less than a total OF TO-
00Sof sthe faithful to the polls and
{sRespite the fact that Kenny won
DIFFERENTIATION on the face OF the
Ysturns by less than a score Of
,SsYntas away from former County
lPnSecutor Bob Ramsey Of
fooke County. usually fairly Wei
infoTmed members of both parties
sanaighborfng districts, are asking
saoneSS another questions about
S$Ksnny..
Who Is he2 What has he ever
sdona?s How did he pull it Off?
ssyVhere has he been all these years
he claims to have been away
fr6nas Grafton2 And lot more OF
q$astions OF this kind searching
sSfors% iden tificatiin particulars or
the first congressional districts
sspnknown candidate arr riding the
skayes of the political ether.
These are questions winch are
yet to be answered but since zhs
Tickle figures of primary turned
Sup Kenny as nominee, the cur
StpasSin interest have started leu
SAlhg for biographical dope -on the
A2aymond Kenny. To start with
they%have the few hazy reports
which circulated about the district
during he primary campaign 70
eth .effect that Mr. Kenny was, at
SonE stime years ago, a resident or
&Grafton, but had been away from
there for years, engaged in the
studyaof sociological science and
SITS application to industrial ques-
9Stionssand situations Reduced @
Acommon terms more easily und er-
s}ktood by post-primary speculation
ssas osthe nominee 1T would seem
u&nfnn labor activities a business
.andRa livelihood.
Ellis from all that can
be learned and Geduced, had It's
sinspiration and origin outside OF
the first district in high union Ia
Dor circles in Clev Gland, O., and
ID. c.. and once IL
sdec ided by the union CHIEFS
/ rs back it, Mr.. Kenny returned
Lashome,, to Grafton after many
years absence and launched. his
Scan didacy. Letters followed from
SSAon carbohydrates One from the
ESsE& dquarters Of the brotherhood
aof Locomotive Fremen and En-.
a1,v1 q
$24 A1apurporting to be signed by
SDSGB. Robertson president OF that
addressed TO the
Is0fficers and Members of Lodges
SIocated in Congressional District
NO. i state of West Virginia was
Received by the officers Of each
sIocal,,F situated in the first dis
fnct.s The letter urged" in very
,direct and specific terms that
lsKenny@be supported.
e Fhis letter probably expla ms
a&th& large vote, comparatlveiy
EEpeaking when 1t is taken into
Reconsideration that in round num-
gbers the total vote for the three
candidates was only loooo wh1ch
Kenny received. From tie last re-
4 1,iirrnss ayailable, kenny received a
U sfotai&of 3.447 votes; Ramsey 81
Sc ;sand Foulk 1923.
was also Endorsed. ac-
cording to the Robertson letter,
.sS.sbysthe United Mine Workers n
mis- district upon the recommends
sstionEof the state president of that
Generalization From the same let
Ssfarsit lis evident that an eleventh
lsShour drive was the plan -of the
Sl3sborschiefs for the Kenny cam
ssusaign and due to lack of interest
and the small vote, 1t succeed ;
Z sIt also appears from the same
letter that Kenny's- opponents.
Ramsey and Foulk were depicted
he members OF the lodge IS
emies of labor and friends OF
capital. characterization which,
eir friends say,is news to them.
fThsfsTfriends declare that they
SsWereHwholly misrepresented and
most unfairly treated in what was
thoueht to be friendly and fair
contest when they were sealithl5'
placed in this false position be-
forestt organized labor5of the dis
tricf. That they lost nothing by
in tn cir own communlt1es they
;support with the assertion that
@laboring vote was largely nor
cast sagainst Ramsey in Brooke
alnd NFodIk in Ohio Remsey got
sa669syotes to kenny's 70 in BROOKE,
3 and Fou1k got 1921 in Ohio
j county to Kenny's 719 and Ram
seys372. Kenny got his biggest
sssvot Ain. Marion 1146. and in Tay
lorss6677, to Ramsey's "a and -Saulk's
a,Tha Robertson letter shows
how it was done by Kenny to his
opponents Remscy and Foulk.
Quoting from the letter
W.. tsMr. Kenny is being opposed in
the district primaries by two cor
poration lawyers: Cd ME- Foulk
~ wheeling regarded as the re-
nresentative of the steel and coal
interests, (2) Mr.. Ramsey, assist
4 s3nfs representing attorney Of
Erooke County, who has been ac-
tive In prosecuting the striking
III it were not for the fact that