Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-01-25
C0mpton's Answer to Mudd.

Hon. Barnes Compton has filed his ans
wer to Mr.. Mudd's notice of conttst. He
denies that the official certificates and
statements made out by the judges of elec-
tion under their hands in the several dis
tricts and election precincts of the Fifth
Congressional district on the books of the
polls, and attested by the clerks of elec
tion, or one Of them in each of said elec.
tricts as soon as the votes or ballots were
counted and the number for each candi-
date reckoned up and ascertained, show
that Mr.. Mudd received plurality of the
votes as Representative. He also denies
that Mr.. Mudd received 1920 votes un-
der the description of Sydney E. Mudd
one vote under description OF 8. E. Mudd
one vote as S N. Mudd and one vote "
Mudd.
Mr.. Compton admits that the judges OF
election in the fifth and ninth districts of
Charles county, by mistake, placed the
poll books, certificates and statements in
the ballot boxes, but he denies that Mr..
Mudd has correctly given the votes Of
those election district. He denies fur.
ther that Mr.. Mudd received 1,166 votes
in Calvert county. and insists that the poll
books will not show it, He claims the
return judges Of St. Mary's county acted
properly in not including in their return
vote cast for s. E Mudd and one cast
for "Mudd."
Mr.. Compton also denies that the elec-
tion in the first precinct Of the third cleo
ton district of Anne Arundel county was
interferred with 10y Democratic partisans
not resident voters and that at least IT'S
republican voters were intimidsted. In
this connection Mr.. Compton states that
the election was free and fair in said pre-
cinct. and that a deputy sheriff appointed
by republican sheriff was present at the
polls during the time OF election, and made
90 arrest or complaint .gaiast any oae for
disturbance or intim idation.
By way of count. charge, Mr.. Compton
claims that the official returns show that
he rec eived 10000 votes whie Mr.. Mudd
received but 15,sl9-,hus givir: him
(Compton) a plurality Of lsl votes. He
clai.ns, further, that be received q plural
ity of the votes cast, even il the 2s votes
claimed by Mr. Mudd in Ca'vert county
are allowed, and the votes Of the ifth and
ninth election districts OF Charles county
as claimed by Mr.. Mudd. ~ appears by
the certificate Of election returned by the
judges of election ss counted aud canvass.
ed and af'sr purging the ballot boxes Of
votes illegally counted and cast for Mr..
Mudd, and slowing him (Compton) votes
Of which be has been wrongfully and H.
lega ly deprived, his plurality will be iu-
creased
at is admitted by you" says Mr.. Comp
ton, that received l6.2s0 vo es under
the description of Barnes Compton, ~
couated and canvassed by the judges Of
election, and one vote as Compton 10 the
tenth election district OF Prince Georges
county" lie then goes on to recite in de-
tail that the judges Of election 10 the 18th
district OF the sane county refused TO
count, canvass and return two votes cast
Tor him; tina, by accident the judges 10
the 6rst district Of Howard county failed
to return one vote cast for him; that .
man voted twice for Mudd 10 The eighth
district Of Anne Arundel county. He
claims tba, persons frsuduiently personst-
ed legal voters in Aare Arundel county
and voted for Mudd also. that . nunler
of votes were cast for him &C mpton) 10
Baltimore county. but we're not returned
and counted Tor hin. He s'leges that IN
due Influence was psed 10 st. Mays coun.
~, which prevested persons from voting
for him. 10 conclusion, Mr.. Compton
AYERS that there Was not . lsR.l election
held in the eighth district Of Anne Arun-
del county, and charges that The judges
Of election, Of whom . majority we're re-
Publicans, arowed persons to vote whose
names did not appear on the poll books /;
tbs. the said judges, upon the verbal state
meut Of VIM. r. Pe,herbridge, . republi.
can Office holder, that the names were on
the lis: !. bis possession. permitted per.
soma to vote, though their usmes were not
on the poll books.