Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-04
SCHLEYAVOTERINANNAPOLIS
THE REAR ADMIRAL REGIS
TIERS IN THIRD
WARD.
Governor Warfield Did Not Reg
ister Today, But Viii Pre-
sent His Transfer
Oct. II.

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to-
day became a registered voter in the
Third ward of Annapolis. Admiral
Schley applied for registration in per-
son as the law requires and stated
upon oath that he was sixty-five years
of age and had resided in the State
of Maryland for the same period.
He gave as his residence No. "a
Franklin street, which house has.
for many years, belonged to the Frank
lin family. into which he married,
and gave forty years as the period of
his residence in the house, precinct
and city. This corresponds TO the
period succeeding his marriage. He
answered under oath, to the ques-
tions propounded to him this morning
supplemented by his own statement
set at rest the conflicting accounts as
to his previous voting.
Admiral Schley stated that he had
voted several times in Annapolis at
the voting place in the ward in which
he today registered and that he had
never voted in any other place. The
Admiral is not communicative on the
possible political aspects of his regis
tration. The politicians here generally
concede that he will support Parker
and Davis, as he is put down in the
Democratic column of political desig-
nation. The registration offices open
ed throughout the city at s a. m. and
from the number that had registered
and transferred up to ?. Bop. IN. today.
it showed that unusual interest was be-
ing taken by all concerned.
In the First ward, which is bounded
by the new Naval Academy and the
wharf front, the registers were kept
quite busy registering new voters and
transferring TO other wards. The reg
lister judges in this ward are John Il
Fouch, democrat; James II. Murdock,
republican. Everything passed of
harmoniously and no arrests were re-
ported up to the time of our making
up this report. The number registered
in this ward up TO 2.30 p. IN. was IA,
ten of which number were white and
four colored. The number transferred
from this ward to other wards were
l6, ten white and six colored. OF this
number 12 were transferred to the Sec.
ond ward, 3 to the Third ward and !
to Baltimore city.
In the Second ward Harry S. Kench.
ingtoD, democrat. and Harry l..
Brewer, republican, are the registra
HOn Judges. Ihe number registered
mp to 2. 30 p. m. in this ward was %,
eleven white and eleven colored.
Twelve were transferred, six white
and six colored. Among those trans
| ferred was ex- Governor John Walter
| Smith, who was transferred to Snow
Hill, Nd. Governor Warfield is ex-
| pected to arrive here at O'Clock and
will register in the Second ward.
The Third ward is covered by the
black belt and is the Republican
stronghold and banner ward of the
city. This is also the ward in which
Admiral Schley registered. The reg
istration officers in this ward are John
Levy, democrat, and John A. Russell,
republican. The registration office is
held in the Rescue Hose House on
West street, corner of Washington
street. While q number of colored
people congregated about the polling
place all day, no disturbance had oc-
CURED up to 2.30 p. m. the time OF
completing this report. The number
registered up to the time were 30, ten
white and twenty colored. Stricken
from the books of the ward, ~, five
white and seven colored, nine OF
which were republicans.