Evening star., 1901-11-06
RETURNS FROM THE ELECTION.
Result in Prince Georges County Re-
garded as Doubtful.
IL Dispatch TO The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
LAUREL, Md, November 6, 1901.
Election day here was very quiet. After
long, tedious count, which lasted until
nearly o'clock this morning, it was seen
that the democrats had carried Laurel by a
majority of 81. A number of ballots were
thrown out-about 81 in all
The full vote cast in the two precincts of
this town is as follows:
Controller-Herrfng, dem. go Platt, rep,
1913; kleinle, pro-, TO-
Clerk court of appeals-Turner. DEM 16S;
Parran, rep, 1S7; Petherbridge, pro. II;
Shepherd, union reform, l.
State senator-Wilson dem, 265; Fisher,
rep, 1SS.
House Of delegates-Dallam, DEM, 2S7;
Rawlings, dem, 253; Brooke. dem, %;
Wells, dem, 266; Curley. rep, 204; Houston,
rep los; Shreve, jr, rep, 40; Underwood,
rep, 162.
Sheriff-Haker, dem, 271; Hardesty rep,
100.
Register of wills-Grimes, dem, 1I3;
Smith, rep, III.
County commissioners-Miller dem, 253
Manning, dem, 2G3; Duvan, rep, 1Ss;
Wells. rep, 1S3
Road commissioners-Scaggs DEM, 2l7;
Blundon, rep, 143.
County ACKNOWLEDGMENT dem o5o.
Schoef rep, 176.
Constitutional amendment-No. 1. for.
109; against, 2S. No. ., for, 1O9; against,
IS No 3, for, 96; against, a
Messrs. Frederick Dallam of Laurel.
democratic candidate for the house of del
egates, and James p Curley also of This
town, republican candidate for the house
of delegates, ran far ahead of thefr ro
Spectiye tickets
In the matter of the tickets thrown ont
it is stated, there We're several instances
where the intention of the voter was plainly
ulscerhlple. An error was made as to one
candidate only, and the entire ticket was
thrown out. 1t is said that the republicans
suffered more from this action on the pa ri
OF the judges than did the democrats.
heports nave peen received from a num-
per or the districts, and the democrats have
mus lar majority of something like 90
Inc following districts have been heard
from: Bowie district, republican by 153 ::
queen Anne district, republican by 81. Not
tlngham district republican bv abon+ -.
BrandyWlne district, republican hv %. Oxon
Hill. democratic by u: EannsviIIe demo-
cratic by 40 TO so: Spauldings. democratic
%; AquaSco, .; Upper Marlboro repubfica n
by D; MelroSe district republican bv I Eapt
district gave democratic majority of 2s.
Piscataway district went Democratic nv .,
Surratt district has not yet been heard
from. Ai
Thus out of the sixteen districts of tho
county the democrats have carried nine
and the republicans six, and the ma iority
or these nine districts over the polling of
tiie iePuoiiSdiiS is estimated at about SO
votes. Although Surratts has been classed
In the republican column, still the homes
OF the republicans can hardly be based On
that district being able to bring them ont
on top. In three districts alone - Upper
Marlboro, Hyattsvile and Laurel the
number of ballots cast out would approxi
mate 3O0. 1t is safe to say that two-thirds
or even more of these votes We're marked
py republican voters at those places TAX
ing these figures a working basis II
would not be difficult to estimate the result
In TINS county of the new election law
Inc outlook, then, is most dismal from
the republican standpoint. There are two
candidates, however, who might prove trou-
blesome to the democrats, Mr. William N
Flsher, candidate for the state senate and
Mr.. Hardesty, candidate for sheriff The
latter. it is thought, will most likely beat
out his opponent by very small majority
WASHINGTON County Republican,
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md, November Conn
plete unofficial returns from every district
can ticket has been elected by majorities
ranging from go to 800. The state ticket
carried Washington county by over 500.
500
Charles B. South and Thomas A. Mock.
the two democratic members Of the board
Of election supervisors, and James A. Bris-
coe jr. printer, who were arrested on the
charge Of conspiracy in the printing and
distribution of alleged false and illegal Off
cial ballots, waived a hearing and were
held for court. About One-half Of the bal
lots were defective.
Whether the election will be contested
because Of these defective ballots is not
yet known.