Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-05
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
A Light Vote and Small Interest
Shown in Election.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BOYD'S, Nd. November 4.-Never before
has there been known such a light vote in
this section as was cast yesterday. All day
long at the different polls at Clarksburg.
GAINESVILLE. Poolesville. Damascus and 9TH
er points a few struggling men could be
seen around the polls, but at no time could
It have been called a crowd, and they were
allowed by the party workers to drift about
and vote as they pleased. no one offering
to aid the illiterate voter by explaining the
ballot. The election was very quiet. In
GAINESVILLE district there were at least
twenty-five Stay-at-home democrats, and
In other districts the condition was the
same very little interest being taken in the
CONTEXT. Throughout the county number
of democrats are known to have supported
Pearre, straighout, claiming that 1t was
their desire to continue him in power rather
than to vote for Kenneweg with a mixed
political record. number of letters were
dist ributed throughout the county previous
to the day of election attacking Kenneweg
and his political record, charging him with
supporting Mckinley and Hobart and Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt BarneSVllle, the usual
banner democratic district, which was
never before known to give less than one
hundred majority. gave seventy majority
only for Kenneweg: While the republicans
did not get out their full vote, yet their re-
Spouse was much greater than that of the
democrats, and they were aided in their re-
duction of the democratic majority in the
votes.
In Prince Georges County.
snecial Diana tch to The Evening Star
EVANSVILLE. Noember 5.-Out of 4S7
votes in Hyattsville., the sixteenth election
district. there were 1862 cast The vote for
congressman was Camaier. (dem.}. 167;
Nudd. rep.}. 166; Neave (pro), ). Mudd's
majority in this district in 1900 was 80.
There were "a ballots thrown out for being
improperly narkes4-s OF these ballots Ca
mailer lost l4sNpaa < and sdl Neay ss 8; a.
trict there were 35r votes cast out of 455
The vote for CONGRESSMAN was: Camalier
(dem.). 14s; Mnad G3sp.,, les; Neave tpro;,,
2 Mudd's majority IN this district in 1900
was f. In thaS district there were 30 de-
fective ballotsnsostsE0f which II were for
Mudd, Is for GaJnalisr and 2 for .Neave.
In Evansville, the fgst election district. the
vote for congrsssmaH vas: camalier (dem.).
district usually jgoeH democratic.
The 'votSsat Laurel.
Special dispatch q TIE Evening Star.
LAUREL. Ndyas November But lit
tie interest WAS manifested in the con-
sressional election In the tenth, or Lau-
rel. district yesterday. According to the
| this district there are 653 persons eligible
for voting. OF this number but 40 availed
themselves OF the privilege of suffrage.
The indifference displayed In the campaign
worked greatest against the democrats. the
republicans defeating their opponents by
| seventy-two majority.
In the first precinct the vote poilsd was
| 2s7-for Sydney E. Mudd. republican. 125;
| B. H. CamaIier. democrat, 113: Neave. pro-
| hibitionist.9. The vote Of the second pre-
/ cinct AGGREGATED 100. distributed as follows:
For Sydney e. Mudd. republican. 1913; B. H.
| Camaiier, democratj@6e: Neave. prohibition
| list, Z. $780, sgse,t - S,ssE zsss.s. ~
liant. z- s'isSs
Surprise to Both Parties.
| Special Dispatch to Tha Evening Star.
i ROCKVILLE, November 5.-The result