Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-11-10
VEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

WEST VIRGINIA 1EGlSLA IKE.
Republicans viii hold full sway of
tss 1927 West Virginia legislature,
~ which members of that party
sroeed overwhelming victories in
many counties in Tuesdays election
In the State Senate there will be
% Republicans and nine Democrats.
~ whom II Republicans and four
democrats were elected Tuesday,
gsh1e the others are hold overs,
sitting by virtue of their election two
ears ago, because senators terms
ere Of four years each.
IN the House of Delegates SO Re
aabIjcans and IS Democrats were
elected Tuesday Possibility of adj
ding to the Republican list was the
hole of members of that party in
Boone county, where it was announc-
ed that a recount would be asked by
reason of the narrow margin electing
The Democratic candidates.
The new senators elected Tuesday
Republieans--First district, Wright
Hugug: Second, Walter B. Reitz !;
Third. Albert B. White; Fourth,
lewis H. Miller: Sixth, NJ. 2 White;
Seventh, T. II. Lilly; Eighth, Walter
II. Hallanan: Eleventh, Ira L. Smith:
Twelfth. Blaine Engle: Fourteenth,
E Bunker Reynolds: Fifteenth. Frank
B. Robinson.
Democrats district, James
B. Taylor; Ninth, A. B. Abbott
Tenth, A. c. Herold; Thirteenth. B.
H. Hiner.
The "holdover" members are:
Republcans-Firs district, w. S.
Wilkin: Second district, Cecil B.
Highland; Third, James M. Devore;
Fourth. Robert L. Hogg: Sixth. L. E.
Woods: Eighth, Naaman jackson:
Eleventh. D. M. Willis; Twelfth, Ira
E. Smith: Thirteenth, Troy E. Hard
man; Fourteenth, A. L. Helmick.
Democrats-Fifth district, W. W.
Cannon: Seventh. Ben H. Ashworth;
Kidd Fifteenth, H. p. Henshaw.
Majority given in Tuesdays cleo
ton. according to the latest tabula-
ton were:
First district, complete, Hugus,
5.578; Second, complete. Reitz, ATS;
Third. complete, White, LOTT;
Fourth, complete. Miller, 1884;
Fifth, complete, Taylor, 1868: Sixth,
l3 precincts missing, Whites lead
approximately $500; Seventh, six
precincts missing, Lilly's lead about
500; Eighth, complete, Hallanan, Al;
Ninth. three precincts missing, Alb
bolts lead about 1900: Tenth, Her
old unopposed; Eleventh, one pre-
cins missing, Smiths lead abost A.
400; Twelfth, 20 precincts missing;
Engle's lead about 500: Thirteenth,
% precincts missing, liners lead
about 1900; Fourteenth, 80 pre-
cincts missing. Reynolds lead about
5000; Fifteenth, complete, Robin
sons lead. 833.
The complete list of delegates
elected and the counties from which
thew come follows:
Republicans Street, Barbour:
Beard. Berkeley; Deuley, Brooke;
West, Cabell; Oles, Calhoun; Law
ton, Stacy. Carter and Thomas. Fay
cite; Rexroad, Grant; Guiher. Kyle
and Robinson, Harrison; Slaughter
and Hylbert, Jackson: Halstead,
Hundley. Jividen, Keatley, Mathews
and Vandine, Kanawha: Brewster,
Lewis; Gay, Logan; Bartlett, Flet-
cher and Morgan, Marion: Roberts
and Grow, Marshall: Embleton and
Rairden. Mason; Massie and Cole,
Mercer; Hartigan and Vandervort,
Monongalia: johnson, M n;
Downs. Tabor, Houchins and Har-
per, Mcdowell: Dorsey, Nicholas;
Cummins. Weiss, McColloch and u
rich, Ohio: Fogle. Peasants; Nit
chell and Smith. Preston: Harrison,
Putnam; Sutphin and Hearberlin,
Raleigh; Morrison, Richie: Poole and
woodward. Roane; Garten. Summers;
knabenshue. Upshur; Easton and
Mcpherson. Wood: Basham, Wyom-
ing; Hull, Pocahontas.-60
Observation-Disclosures, Berkeley:
Sullivan. Boone: Sutton and Harvey,
BraXton; Wolford, Norton ard Long,
CabeI: Lockhart, Clay: Doak. Dodd-
ridge; Hays, Gilmer; Stevens and
Sheppard. Greenbrier; Davis, Hamp
shire; Allison. Hancock; Delawder,
Hardy; Garvin, Harrison Withers,
} Jefferson: Goode. Lincoln: Peters.
Mercer: Hall, Mingo: Dickson, Mon
roe; Armstrong, Pendleton; Arnold
and Crawford, Randolph: Kendall,
Taylor; Gross, Tucker: Tracy, Tyler:
" ats and Marcum. Wayne: Cooper,
ebster: C1sack and Lantz. Wetzel;
PratnpT Writ 1--we Wood -2A