New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26

last four T y based upon the results within the
aole revulson OF sentiment II Il be-, , no nooies
voting II anything the condtsons IN ts IN sne
% view w. improved from Republican point
sbsence y, e s-- to put up fake ticket The
aesrs ago Is also helpful to the Republicans es
There may De different story 70 tell g., :, Dr.-.
T T Prince Georges counties in both OF which ne
jortSies q Calvert and charies S %e the ma.
% fsepuoican votes were thrown out will be ma
n ballots played important part should
70 the bnS t some Of the 100 votes that
ny cs s.Ss may S Re counted this year
= Republican sweep in Southern Maryland Il there re
In Western Maryland and IN N. t,ss,.-, s,o-a
;be ~ S@ . may De expected 10 do well
that they viii fare Somewhat better n HaTsars
a s5o montgomery. so FAR the head OF the ticket
BALTIMORE WILL DECIDE
To overcome the estimated atority O. 100 OBJ
tanned by the Republicans In the counties the
city must give the Democratic standard bearer
SO" majority. It is up 20 Baltimore therefore to
decide the Gorerno-ship and IL the Republicans
poll their full vote for the head Of the ticket the
independents viii name the winner. Much de-
Pends. OF course, upon the Republicans themselves
Il Is claimed that many dissatisfied ores failed to
register Il this is true the party viii undoubtedly
miss them, for II has none spare But a num-
per O those who did register have not been feel
ING kindly toward some OF the candidates and il
ing-
S,orgTessInan Wachters earnest appeal to vote
the ticket from top 10 bottom" there are irrecon-
end and nor re Sta,a a. 49, oay ne lecel
damage thai may result because OF their opposition
must De sustained by those running Tor the city
The Democrats. are apparently harmonious In
y 1-3e SoIItes To-Day as they were two years ago
II only three are there any signs % trouble. The
chief one IS Baltimore County, where there is
Tekltt against the machine
y. Where Mr. ws9TEheld, he Democratic candidate
oc-atc COUNTY iesSeTs u ns ~ f 5sTl s e M
county. but By a reduced vote. while the Republ-
cans claim al the way from even break to two
Or7 Is Be5syen four and T S5I handTe ei0cr'i'
II Is IL Baltlmore therefore. where the Demo-
Gratis must look for a majority. The number Of
Democrats registered as affated-that is those
he has the situation well in hand: but then again
the Democrats enjoyed q similar advantage last
q voier5s deciaratiar Ffe has become ac.IIsto-ned
j. scratch MS Gcket and 10 longer holds 10 party
The friends OF VARIED Go not deny this but
cain the conditions are different from what they
STATE issues vii influence Democrats to stand BY
thelr candidates ald that IN addition, the personal
sancs Of votes Q the Democratic ticket. Popular
as IS M Narfeld, he is not more 50 than his
known in the city. NJ Williams win undoubtedly
being friendly to his candidacy He may lose some
S,t ~ r,e ' ,-b -s; prefer M ~, ~ ar T75
neld vii also receive nearly II quite all u his
called iudepe5ents Besides the thirteen thousand
who failed register as members OF either marty.
Inere are hundreds who announced themselves as
eiLhfr Democrats or Republicans yet are not TO be
cerenceC or as such They VIII cut ticket as
Quickly as an ouLeDoken independent. HOW many
voters Of this class Will exercise the right Of fran
cEise this fan Ii is impossible say. BY the
number is estimated three thousand while not
q few believe fifteen thousand is nearer TO the
mark.
That the independent stvle q voting is growing
IN popularity IS not denied. especially when only
local issues stake. Il became fashionable in
10. and is growing III favor al the time. All that
Is needed now 10 make such voting effective IS to
chance
While the present system and methods OF count
ing are in vogue. neither party can fOretel the
result, even though accurate poll IS made. be-
the ballots viii be counted About the only people
who have mastered the trick ballots served up
the negroes. To them voting is easy roll
Ing on log. and Vet the law passed for the
cheney is readily accounted FOR. The white
viii rot acknpwic1ge his inability 70 mark q ballot
or believing he understands the does seek
information. The colOred man the other hand,
even though ilJeraTe. be taught 70 mark his
ticket properly To confirm this statement IL IS
only necessary 10 compare the number OF rejected
ballots tn the recent electior-nOt those that
cefaced, but those that We're Improperly marked
n precincts IN the Eleventh or literary. ward.
those in the Seventeenth, black ward. The
proportion OF white votes compared with col
O-ed votes rejected is as two 70
Hence 10 prediction Of the probable result IN the
city be made Williams has good q chance
70 carry Baltimore as has Warfeld. and the Re-
publican city ticket IS likely win that OF
the Democrats II Is longer the people wr7o de-
eide the election, but the judges who count the
ballots.