Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-18
TICKETS IN THE FIELD,
A strange Condition of Anairs-Rultng of
Secretary OF state Edwin Gotf

Secretary OF state Edwin Gott.
Referring to the letter of State Organ
izer William Toner, Of the socialist lator
party, claiming recognition for that par
ty on the official ballot. Secretary of State
Gott said, after comforting with Attor-
Hey-General Poe. he had concluded that
their claims were not tenable for the rea-
son that the organization had failed to
file its credentials, as authorized bv law,
and because he had not been satisfied Of
licially that the party had complied with
the requirements to entitle them to the
recognition asked. Acting on the ad-
vice of the Encouragement the secreta-
~ of State determined TO place the peo-
pies party candidates on the ticket,
though that organization has thus far
failed TO submit its emblem.
The official ballot, therefore, as at
present constituted, consists of four tick
cts TO be voted for on November 9th, as
follows: Democratic, republican, pro-
hibiticn and peoples, with a blank col
umn for independent voters.
Fourteen days from election the sec
retary of state will send to the supervis-
ors the first election papers. A second
statement of duplicate will he mailed
the following day
Mr.. n. A. Dunning is chairman of
the peoples party committee which en-
tered protest against the socialist labor
party nominees being placed on the Ofli-
cial ballot.
Frank ii. Jones, of fredericksburg, in
Caroline county, has issued circular
saying:
"The populist party of Maryland has
no State ticket in the field. Henry +
Andrews, for Governor, b. w. MOnett,
for attorney-general, and S. III. Gibson,
for comptroller, were nominated in July
by the socialist labor party of Baltimore
rs their candidates, and by some sort of
hOcus p0cuS the pOpuist convention,
held IN Baltimore in August, was fooled
into indorsing The socialists nomina-
tions. So the pOpulists have no State
ticket, but an effort is being made to
gull them into voting the socialist
ticket"
Editor N. A. Dunning, who is resi-
dent of Hyattsville and has been here
tofore chairman of the State committee
of the peoples party in Maryland, says
the ''people's party has no place in the
present campaign and that it has lost
its identity by fusion with the socialist
party" against which he unaSailingly
protested in August, when their con.
vention was held in Baltimore. He rec
ognizes fully the right of the socialists
to nominate their ticket, but says some
of their ideas are diametrically opposed
to pOpulism and they cannot be recon
ciled. In fact, he says, mo true popu'
list can vote socialistic ticket. ="
The result of the convention is that
the populists will get place OH the Off
cia ballot. though they repudiate The
nominees, while the socialists, who made
the nominations, are ruled out.
The board of public works has appoint
ed Daniel j. Webster deputy command
er in charge of the local oyster police
guard boat in Somerset county, vice JOS
eph Armiger, resigned.
Associate Judge Brian again presided
in the Court of Appeals yesterday, Chiei
Judge Robinson having heen called away
by the death of his brother.in-law Mr.
Emory. Judge Page is absent on ac
count of illness and Judge Boyd is at
| tending circuit duties in Allegany coun.
| ty. All the other judges were on The
| bench.