New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06
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BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
Baltimore, Nov. 5.-Trick ballots for the con-
fusion and Acknowledgement of the negro voters
in the eastern and southern counties will COM
plicate the election in Maryland. The Demo-
Gratis who control the boards of supervisors of
elections in these counties resortng to out
rageous methods. AS a result the Republicans
expect heavy losses due to rejected ballots In
many counties the names of the Democratic
candidates for President and Vice-President and
for Congress extend in one line across the top OF
the ballot. Thus it will be necessary for Demo-
Gratis to place their marks in the two
spaces at the head of the two columns. Re
publicans, on the other hand, will have to search
all over the ballot of two columns for the names
Of Roosevelt and Fairbanks and the name of
the Republican candidate for Congress.
In other counties the arrangement places the
names Of the Democratic Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates AZ the top OF the first
column and the name of the Congress candidate
at the bottom of the column The names
of the Republican candidates for President and
Vice President appear in separate columns, thus
requiring a close scrutiny of all names by the
Republican voter in order to find the names of
the candidates of his choice. Lawyers say
some of these ballots are invalid.
Chairman Vandiver of the Democratic State
Committee claims the State will give from H.
coo to $1,000 plurality for Parker.
The Republican managers are confident the
state will go Republican on fair count. Nc
Kiney carried Maryland four years ago by A.,
600 the Republicans carried the State at the
Congress election two years ago by more than
10000: the State election in 1901 was a stand
off; the Democrats won last year by 1900. If
the Republicans have displayed greater strength
than the Democrats at Presidential and Con-
gress elections. 1t would seem that the mathe-
h.
this year. In other words. 1000 men who four
years ago voted for McKinlev will have TO
change their politics this year TO enable Judge
Parker to carry the State by l plurality.
The only hope of the Democrats con-
fusing ballot and as far the Presidential
ticket is concerned this confusion has been
eliminated by the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral that only mark on the ballot is suf-
fcient to carry all the electors At Republican
headquarters 1t is claimed that reports from all
parts of the State indicate a surprisingly
large disaffection from Democratic ranks as a
result Of the continued personal attacks on
president Roosevelt and the prominence given
to the negro question.
such reports as have received from the
John b. Hanna of the Republican State Com
mittee, indicate clearly that a very large num-
Der Of the independent and thinking Democrats
who announced their intention early in the
come thoroughly disguised with the persistent
personal attacks on President Roosevelt and are
either WaVering in their original determination
or have openly declared that they would not
vote for the Democratic nominee.
Had this condition been confined to any one
part of the State would have ascrbed ii to
local causes but it is general in all the coun-
ties, and is even more pronounced in the city.
Likewise. the continued harping upon the negro
issue and the recent developments in the re
pudiation' and independent Republican, tick
cts in Southern Maryland have had the effect
Of disgusting many Democrats in other parts of
the State. and the Republican party Will profit
thereby"