Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-06-06


Ching was told Of the Occurrences
and said Mr. Jones xaa . man
"who was sometimes in the Repub.
lican party and sometimes ont. >
Witness also intimated that Mr.
Ching called Jones q name mo-
found in books OF etiquette.
/ Mr.. Guernsey said be saw Mr.
Ching again that evening. and ths
latter said that prosecution by ths
Government would wreck the Re
publican party In st. MarY's coun.
ty. The witness said he saw Mr..
Ching another time aud told him
ne was not only positive Of fraud
bat knew ell about it. Mr.. Ching
was indignant and told him to
keep away from Mr.. b. Fl. Camalier,
u prominent Democrat of that sec-
tion. Mr.. Guernsey said he next
met Mr.. Ching as witness was com
ing from the postoffice with letter
just received from the Census
office. Mr.. Ching asked if the let
ter was from Washington. He
was told it was. and asked il it in
structed witness to confer with him.
The reply was yes.
Witness could not expiain how
Ching knew the pusport OF the let
ter in advance. Guernsey said he
asked Ching to give list OF the
names omitted on the first count, !,
bat he refused.
Guernsey continued "Chiug
went to the Inauguration and when
he came back told me that | had
better 60 home, for he had Con-
gresham and Senator behind
him. He suggested that return
to Washington and make out a
general report that would tell moth
ing, and not say anything about
the errors that had been discovered.
That was Tuesday or Wednesday,
but | had sent My report on Sun
day. Out of a2S names on Abell's
supplemental report | found about
six whose names seemed to corre-
spond with the registration books
and might have been voters"
Witness said he cav Bowles, one
OF the accused, and asked for speci-
fic information about many of the
names he returned ON the supple
mental sheet, but received evasive
answers.
DR.. Fred II. Wines, Assistant
Director Of the Census, was the
next and last witness. He said he
was sent to st. Mary's county in
March at the head of Is or 30 men
to make another count. While
there he met only Ching and Graves
of the accused. Ching told him
the schedules were all right, bnt
that Guernsey had associated too
much with Democrats. Next day
Ching, the witness said, went over
many of the names with him, ex-
planning that some held positions
under the Government in WASH
ington, some were in the army and
some were travellers. Several were
away all the time except that they
spent their summers in the county,
while others were put down because
they claimed it as their home place.
Ching argued in favor of many OF
the names because, while the men
were away nearly all the time, they
voted in st. Mary's and had a right
to be counted there Witness said
that of 52S names added by Abell
between 400 and $50 we're either
dead or living elsewhere.
DR.. Wines said he had a conver.
sation with Graves, which had been
written out and which he had with
him, signed by Graves and two wit
nesses. The conversation was read
and stated that he (Graves) had
received the supplemental sheet
from Supervisor Rollins and had
written to that gentlemen request
ing some information about extra
pay for extra work, but received no
reply. lie then saw Ching, who
told him to 60 ahead. Ching also
wrote him q letter. and then he
added the new namsf. When he
found that he was in serious posi-
ton because of ~haS he had done
he went to Ching au( ssked him if
he vas going back p him, but
Ching replied that he Mas not.