New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
GORMAN WILL GO BACK.
HIS ELECTION LAW ENABLES HIM Io
CARRY MARYLAND.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.l


Baltimore, Nov 6-Thanks to the election
law which he himself had passed by the last
legislature. ex-senator German VIII again De-
come a member of the United States senate.
According to present indications the next lesis-
lature will have a Democratic majority OF aoou'
sixteen. Certainly the official figures VIII give
the Democrats enough votes TO elect a successor
to Senator Wellington. and Mr.. German is the
only candidate.
Though all three legislative districts In baiti
more went Republican. reversing the result oi
two years ago, the election law and the trich
ballots resulted in throwing out a large number
of negro votes in the black counties Tor oe
fective marking. and some counties, which nave
never before gone Democratic except in Dem
ocratic landslide send Democratic Candidates
to the legislature The State ticket is still In
doubt and will not be decided until all the re-
turns are in, the vote is closer 'iai eNe' "
fore The majority for either side VIII haru's
be more than one thousand in the "hoe "'a'''
The Republcans sweep this city Their only
loss is the Sheriff. their candidate Tor lha'
office having been opposed by reform leasue.
The Democrats at best may secure TWO OUT Vi
the eighteen members of the House OF Delesates
in the CITY. The only state Senator elected from
Baltimore is a Republican.
All indications point TO a contest IN the
courts ever the legislature. The RepubD-
cans and Democrats are determined On
q hitter fight Contests by defeated Repuhhcan
candidates for the legislature will be stuooorniy
fought by the Democrats \ dozen or more VI
candidates will probably contest Inc ieetlie
is intensely bitter in some Of the counties. ne
publican candidates and chairmen OF COUNTY
committees charge the Democrats WIN "
kinds of crookedness. Bold assertions are haue
that the German organization is determined by
fair or foul means TO control the legislature.
The indications are that the total number OF
to,,o.s cornta5 will he - 600 to $4,000 less than
the total registered vote in the state haio's
were thrown out upon all sorts of pretexts' t1us
opening the way to contests in the courts
General L. Victor Baughman the head OF the
German organization in western Maryiaiiu' "o'
beaten In Frederick County, MS nome Inc
entire Republican ticket Is elected IN 'hal Cum
ty The delegations from numper ol 'e
counties to the general assembly VIII De Ill
| v;daa q fart which will also lead TO contests.
The correct manner in when the Heeioe' " VI
city and towns and even in some OF the country
a,..,,+ ,,.rLad their ballots astonished both
tho RenubI,can and Democratic managers Inc
,uiterate negroes in this city pronted oy their
,ns+ructions In the southern countles' the
..back belt" however. hundreds OF ballots 'o'eu
by negroes were thrown out
7 IS estimated that 30 per cent OF the he-
,ub,;can ballots were thrown out in one ols-
trict of Charles County. but the Repup-taH'
carried the county by 40 plurality Forty-nVe
baylots were thrown out because of alleged II
regularity in folding and sixty -ore 'iiFo"ii oA'
which were alleged to be defective in marking
Tn f1iI,ton the names Of about seventy-hve
rolored voters who could read and write were
found by the judges OF election to be stricken
from the registers, red lines being run through
the names Both Democratic and hepuoheah
registers are much worried over the crime anu
have sigred certificate to the effect that the
registers were correct when they turned theili
over to the election supervisors
The Republicans claim that putting up OF the
fraudulent independent Republican ticket ana
the trick ballot had much to do with the Demo-
cratic defeat In some of the country districts
the count appears to have been purposely de-
layed The managers of both parties sent law
yers to-day to watch the official count IN close
and doubtful districts. United States Senator
McComas and Chairman Goldsborough OF the
Republican State Committee, have determined
to have the vote carefully canvassed in every
doubtful legislative district. This e"enlnG
Chairman Goldsborough issued this statement:
In the face of the most gigantic frauds prac-
tised in Maryland since the election OF 1852 we
have carried the whole State and city tickets
We will easily have the votes necessary 10 or
ganize the House of Delegates ana VIII nave
either ten or eleven Senators in the other body
The people will find that the situation, so far
as the Republicans concerned, VIII clear
each day until we will ultimately have at least
ifty-three members of the lower house We
warn the people to watch the efforts OF the
Democratic leaders to steal the State away from
them We are Informed that method will be
left untried for this purpose. but our people
will be thoroughly alive to the situation. and,
bac ked by an enlightened public opinion, we DO
NOT fear the results We both believe the re
suit to have been of the grandest achieve
rnents in the history Of politics in Maryland.
7 ,i,ly hat he
lieyes that Maryland will allow any trifiing
with the ballot privileges is a very eXtraordi-
nary sort of person The people or this state
are lust as sure to aYenge the curtailment Of
their liberty of franchise they are to breathe.
Chairman Vandiver of the Democratic COM
mittee Indignantly denies any attempt at crook
edness on the part of the Democrats. Every
effort he declares, is being made for fair
count but that it will take the official canvass
in a number of districts to decide.