Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-02
GARYS FRIENDS BOLT
Trouble at the Republican Primary at
Laurel, Maryland.
MUDD FACTION GETS THE DELEGATES
Coffin-Gary Element Dispute the
Count in the Election.
NEGROES VOTED FOR BOTH

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LAUREL, Nd. August 2.-Republican
primaries were held in this district. well
in other districts of Prince Georges
county Saturday, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the county convention to be
held in Upper Marlboro today. which will
select delegates to the state and judicial
conventions and name county ticket.
The primary meeting was not without in
teresi, although there was no disorder. A
little skirmish occurred over the organiza-
tion. as result of which the Gary element
bolted the primaries and held a separate
meeting. Capt. Wm NJ. Potter. who was
designated by the republican county central
committee. called the meeting to order. He
said that he had also been empowered to
select the officers of the meeting = the
judges and clerks.
Demand a Judge and Clerk.
The Coffin-Gary element, through their
leader. Mr. G. b. Timanus. superintendent
of the Laurel cotton mills fearing that the
Mudd element, which Potter represented
would give them no consideration In the Sc
lection. demanded that they be accorded
one of the judges and a clerk. Capt. Potter
said he was willing to accord them this. but
would suggest the names himself, not pre-
SuSScStlOHS lTOIn tHeTl ne
four members of the Gary Club. one after
another. but no response was heard, for the
reason, ii is said that the gentlemen called
were not in the room. The Gary element
suggested certain men, but Capt Potter
reserved TO himself the selection of the Off
GERS. This brought forth a protest from
the Gary men, and they withdrew from the
meeting. permitting Capt Potter to select
three Mudd judges and two Mudd clerks.
Gary Men Withdrew.
The Gary people then went up on the
second 1ioor of the City Hall building in
which building the primaries were held,
and organized a meeting of. their own. ].
w Penn called the meeting to order and
selected the following Gary officers: VIM.
H. Robey, George Wilson and VIM.
Crockett judges; John p. Lewis and
Luther Brashears. jr., clerks
captain Potter had in the meantime Sc
lected the officers for the primary meeting
downstairs. He named the following Mudd
men: VIM H. Hoffman. j. c. Louthan and
himself Potter. judges; r. Walter Gray
and Thomas Mitchell clerks.
Ballots were then received by the
spective judges of the two factions. 1t
is said that at o'clock the Mudd people
had polled only - votes whereas the Cary
people had polled over 1Ub. However. when
the polls closed the Mud people. accord
Ing 10 their count, had received l9O votes
TO the Gary peoples 100
Mudd Ticket Victorious.
The vote for the Mudd ticket, according
10 the count of the Mudd judges, was as
follows: p. P. Castle. 1877: John II. Travers,
l9; Albin f. Falrall. 1885,; George Mat
thews. colored, l9s: Fred Robinson, col
ored. who was substituted for Wash. Car
ter. colored. who had withdrawn, 199.
The vote for the Coffin-Iary ticket, ac-
cording TO the count of their Judges, was
as follows: Luther BraShears, 134; w. II.
Diven, l3;i; James f. Shipley, 1855; Robert
Frye. 49, c. b. Thomas, 13i.
The Cofin-Gary element claim that it
was impossible for the Mudd people to
have secured such a heavy vote; that the
republican registration hardly justified it.
Their delegation will go to Marlboro to-
morrow to contest the seats of the Mudd
delegates. Captain Potter the leader Of
TIE Mudd faction. explains the heavy vote
by saying that the Cofin-G Gary faction so
intimdated the negroes that in order not
hot TO offend either side they voted first
downstairs for the Mudd ticket and then
went upstairs and voted the Gary ticket.