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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

Hospital Corps at the Washington barracks
late in the afternoon and visited a number
of drinking places in the neighborhood of
the first precinct station. One of them,
who feared he would be unable TO get
liquid refreshments today, made prepara-
lions by purchasing two pint bottles of
whisky and fastening them in the legs of
his pants.
Il was going to outwit the sentinel in
that way" he declared, "and 1 hope you
will give me the bottles when I get sober
and am let out. I'll need a drop tomorrow,
and If you want to save my life you will
return the bottles to me-"
The dead" prisoner revived while in the
Office of the station and was ready for a
fight. He was soon quieted and placed be-
hind the bars, where he promptly fell
asleep. 1t was but short time before an
other member of the drunk class was
brought into the station The police seemed
to think that yesterday must have bee n.
pay day for many of the victims of intem-
peraflce.
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FATE OF AMENDMENT
Hangs Upon Ability Of Hit
crates to Mark Ballots.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
Effects OF THE WILSON LAW IN
THE PRESENT ELECTION.
Both Sides Working Hard to Win
Republicans Planning to Get the
Colored Voters.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
snac,,I From a stafr Correspondent.

Special From Stan Correspondent
ANNAPOLIS Md, October 21.-The fate
Of the Poe amendment in southern Mary
land hangs upon the ability of the illlterate
voters TO properly mark the tickets they are
to cast November !. In view of the dlf-
ference of opinion that exists among those
most familiar with the conditions In these
counties, 1t is impossible for the best In
formed men to agree on any view as to
the success with which these ballots Will
be marked.
Practically all the counties in southern
MARYLAND are under the Wilson law,
which was passed by democratic leglsia-
ture and made to apply to eleven or the
twenty-four counties of the state. THESE
eleven counties are in nearly every instance
those In which there is large coiored
population. Under the terms of the VIII
son law the names of all candidates are
placed upon the ballot without any deslg-
nation to indicate the party to which they
belong and in any order that may be de-
termined upon by the board of supervisors.
In some counties there will be as many
as sixty names on the ballots and IL Is
"A difficult task for the man who can
neither read nor write to pick out fifteen
of those names scattered as they are over
the entire sheet, with nothing TO guide
him except his ability to identity on the
ticket the names he has attempted to com
nit to memory. the letters of the names
being to him merely arbitrary signs such
as fifteen Chinese characters. among sixty
such characters, would be to the average
educated American
When this same class of voters have at
tempted to cast their ballots in the past,
when they could receive no assistance, and
when the designations republican and
democrat have been placed after the
names OF the candidates. the COlored voters
who wished to vote the republican ticket
We're instructed to vote for the names with
the party designation beginning with the
letter resembling broken OK yoke. In
that way they remembered to find the r.
on the other hand, the iliterate men who
wished to vote for democratic candidates
were taught to pick out the letter I'D, -
which to them was known as the half of the
OK yoke
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inability to write was witnessed today when
a white man attempted to sign a paper,
giving an excuse the loss of his eye
glasses. 1t was a sad story that was tod
on the face of this man when he hesitat-
ingly fumbed in his pocket for his eye
glasses and then with confusion, explained
that he could not see to sign his name. The
men with whom he was dealing understood
his embarrassment and suggested that in
the absence of his glasses he sign with IL
cross, to which he readily assented. lie
could neither ~ead nor write.
The colored people who are unable to
read and write have no hesitation in ac-
knowledging their shortcoming, and they
are glad to receive kindergarten instruc-
ton, which they accept with childlike pa
tience, feeling hattered to be given the at
tention involved in the instruction. But
the white voter almost to a man will tell
you that he can vote the ticket but when
he learns how difficult it is to do SO correct
ly 1T Is believed he will, to a large extent
simply remain away from the polls. A
large part Of this illiterate white vote will
be for the regular democratic ticket and
for the amendment as the illiterate colored
vote will largely be for the republican
ticket and against the amendment. In this
way a considerable part OF whatever loss
is experienced on the one side will be off,
set on the other.
The Democratic Vote Not Solid.
IL = rai~toLa ~ sf,ofioxyo tho. da,,n,,-
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MEANT TO oUTWIT SENTINEL.
Intoxicated Soldier Secreted Whisky
Bottles in Novel Manner.

The word drunk was written upon six
lines on the blotter at the first precinct
station last night before the hands of the
time piece had recorded 7:2O o'clock. Four
names and two blank spaces were opposite
the words, the names being those of the
occupants of many cells and the blanks
indicating that the victims were dead
drunk" and speechless. A third member of
the party of intoxicated ones was also una
Bile to give his name. but friend who was
with him was still able to speak, and regis
tered for the unfortunate one. The couple
had come from the headquarters of the
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colored; Dorchester, 1883 white, 2.495 COL
ored; Kent, 1905 white, .70S colored; Mont
gomery. 1854 white. 2.139 colored; Prince
George, 4.2S3 white, 1926 colored; Queen
Anne. 3.20S white. 1.511 colored; Somer
set. AGA white, 1906 colored; ST. Mary,
2,2s1 white; I'm colored; Talbot, 49, 500
white sos colored; Wicomico. 1856 white,
l5oo colored; Worcester, 3. 100 white, 1907
colored. There are not as many coIored
people in these counties as there were be-
lore the civil war. c. E. K.
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A Republican Suggestion.

There has been much talk of the purpose
Of the republican managers to defeat the
Poe amendment at a hazards by advis-
ing the ilHterJtc voters to make no attempt
to vote the entire ticket, but To merely vote
against The amendment. which would re-
duire but two marks which would be quite
easily made. as the amendment is to be
printed on the ballots In full, and In that
way ii is made conspicuous that ii may
readily be picked out
In fact, Representative Mudd. whose dis
trict comprises al OF the counties west of
the bay, together with parts of Howard
county and the lower part of Baltimore
city, very early in the campaign favored
having no republican candidates except
those that could be secured in conjunction
with the independent democrats, and then
instructing the illiterate voters about
whose ability TO vote the entire ticket there
was any doubt, to vote only against the
amendment. in order TO avoid any danger
OF having the ballots cast out because of
being improperly marked. But as the cam
paign has progressed the feeling has grown
more and more favorable to advising at
least large part of the illiterate voters to
vote the entire ticket
This change of front has been brought
about for two reasons. There is feeling
throughout this part of the state that
events have been SO favorable toward the
defeat OF the amendment by the vote of
Baltimore that it is not so essential to get
the largest possible vote against il in
these counties. But the effort to defeat
the amendment will not be decreased and
the campaign against it is quite as pro-
nOunCed TODAY
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Bricklayers' Strike at wilkesbarre.

WILKESBARREt Pa. October H.-One
hundred and fifty bricklayers quit work at
noon here today because the building con-
tractors insisted on employing non-union
carpenters
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The Democratic Vote Not Solid.

It : mistake to believe that the demo-
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for candidates Is doomed TO disappointment.
be white or colored cannot possibly vote
the ticket in what referred to as the
Wilson counties" They say that here and
there some of this class may be found
to do it, but such instances will be rare.
1t is mistake to believe that the loss Of
votes because of illiteraSy and inability to
vote the ticket will be wholly among the
colored people. There are $1,000 colored
voters in Maryland, of which number about
$4,000 are in Baltimore. Excepting few
thousand located in the western and north
ern part of the state the balance are in
southern Maryland, where they form be-
tween half and two-thirds of the voting
popula ton. But there are also several thou
sand iliiterate white voters who will find
1t quite as impossible to vote the ballots
that will be handed to them on election day.
Illiterate White Men.
Among the great body of oystermen Hit
eracy is very general. Although many of
these illiterate white men are doing little
to give their children any more opportunity
to secure an education than they them
selves had they are extremely sensitive as
to their lack of education. 1t is said that
as a rule rather than go to their neighbors
and be instructed as to the manner in
which the ballots should be marked they
will remain away from the polls. An cx-
ample OF this sensitivensss In admitting the
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Mudd Working Hard.

Representative Mudd especially Is leaving
no stone unturned in order 10 strengthen
the opposition to the democratic PROPOSE
ton for the disfraachisement of the Hitter
ate voters. and he is receiving the strong
est support that could possibly be given
by large number OF the Independent DEM
ocrats who are against the amendment on
the ground that ii can only promote the
personal fortunes of Senator German
claiming at the same time that il cannot
be called democratic measure because as
they declare, when II was before the leeis-
lature 1t was openly claimed by Mr. Cor
man and all the democratic managers that
II was not party measure at all but one
which was to simply command the support
of all those who desired once for All IN
eliminate the colored vote
Now that there has been shown such
strong opposition to the amendment in
Baltimore, and as there seems quite surely
TO be II majority of at least 1000 or 3 0O0
against II in the western and northern
counties of the state, the managers In these
southern counties are inclined to take a
niue Iisk and 10 attempt to elect their local
candidates in addition to defeating the
amendment. The trend OF events between
the present time and election day will do
much In determining just what measures
Will De adopted in these counties
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ment is carried through because of their in
ability to vote correctly next month they
will be down and out of politics for long
time to come, and they are making a des-
perate effort to make good when the time
comes.
In all of the Wilson counties sample bal
lots have been distributed among the hit
terate voters and schools of instruction
have been opened in. which it is proposed to
teach them how to vote Those who are
conducting this work say that the pupils
are proving not only willing but more apt
than they had any reason to believe.
Too Early to Estimate Vote.
II IS too early TO form any trustworthy
oninion as to the number of illiterate voters
that will learn how TO correctly mark their
ballots. 1t is quite certain that the regis
tration of these counties has equaled that
of-last year. What part of that vote will
not be cast Is problematical. If 1t is found
that, as was the case last year, 2SS,O0O
voters registered and only 10000 ballots
were cast, making loss of 6S,0O0 votes,
from one cause or another. the reasons for
the loss of the votes will still be a subject
| for controversy.
The democrats in these counties. who are
working for the amendment to a man, and
very many of those who are working to de-
feat 1t, declare that the republican hope
that the colored voters will be able to vote
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An Important Reason.

But there is a second and stiu mare -,
portant reason tina; is causing many of the
republican managers to feel that tbav cor
advise having the colored illiterate voters
attempt to vote the entire ticket. instead 80
merely voting against the amendmen, rrbo,
Is because since they have been dist rfb,tine,
sample ballots with lists OF repuhlican rs
didates for the iliterate voters TO memortno
they say they have been surprised at IT,
ability to mark the ballots correctlv ~.
has been shown by these men who cannot
read nor write, and who. in many cases at
least are able to mark fifteen names in a
list of sixty names without single error
Some of them marvel to see men who can.
not tell the name of a single letter of
the alphabet, go down list of sixty names
and point TO all the names of republicans
that are mixed up among the names of
democrats, prohibitionlsts, and in one case
least second list of democrats on the bal
lot, as Is the case in Anne Arundel county
How they do IL they cannot TELL
But these republican managers say that
the colored people in many parts of these
counties are fully aware that II the amend
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
NEWS or HORSES
AND H0RSEMEN
Mr., spratlcy Talks Of the Rich
mond Horse Show Associa-
tons Future.
HOME BRED sTEEPLECHAsERs
New Association Talked Of.
Petersburg Horse Show
Chartered.

An interested spectator all during the
week OF our recent Horse Show and deep
" Interested In It's welfare as most vIr-
glnsns are wont TO be, was John Sprat-
lev. or The American Horse Exchange.
New York, and master or White Oak
Farm, near Elbertun, in Curry county, Va.
Mr.. Spratley had just returned from Ken
lucky, where he urged park hack and
saddle horses at tho Louisville Horse
SHOW. He is member OF the Board OF
directors or the Richmond Horse SHOW,
and predicts n brlHh. future nnead OF the
associations; In Iact. 30 favoraDly vas Mr..
Spratiey Impressed That he expressed u
determinations TO interest other New York
ers In joining Issues with our home forces
and raising Richnond to the highest
plain, for the accomplishment OF which
ca pitnl would be required, OF course, but
on thut score he felt sure that no fear
Ing from ii min OF Ills prominence as an
owner breeder. exhibitor and salesman.
should carry weiE,. nssaus. horses sen,
blue ribbons Ut the biggest shows, in
America ana some Of them have done
well in Europe also.
Among our io,ne-bred s,ceplechnsers,
who have been winning this fall. and some
of them III company or real class, TOO.
are: GRANDPA, Chestnut .geiding.o. ~ Imp.
( N TtnuINtSFsT, uHUl OHM AIdiSt
chestnut gecing. s.. 81 Lon, dam vigiine,
Chara wind, brown. goiding, $, by imp.
Charaxus dam He!mwind; jimmy Lane,
chestnut grlding, 6, by His Grace, dam
Eolus. dam Lady Grace. The latter like
Sam Crab ana Charawind, Is product
OF the Ellars.ic stud, and. While eleven
years old, is stili in the liineiisht. though
having beer, raced for the past nine sea :
Sons, HIS latest essay being to win q
Handicap ssccplecllase az Lntonia: Gha ,ita
vile. Grandpa who was bred by a. y
season. and II Belmont Park finished first
!, In The Brook Cup HardichI, Stcei,iechas.c
Zoo added and s2S0 in plate; value 70
winner. 1900 and plate. Distance. about
ter Ter did ii s:si2-5. with those other vir-
among the :aiso ram division.
The English stallion Islington; sire Of
note himself and with the glamour OF
relationship so near as. full brother 70
the great Islinglass. who was recently
purchased in England by Henry I. OK
nard tne sugar King 70 1. head i ms o ssd
near Rectortown In Fauquier county.
Va, has arrived in this country. Com
mentins on the stallion. THE london
Sportsman says: H.. 49,. ],
voyage TO the United States. should ar,
rive there next week. He leaves behind
him in Ireland many yearltngs. loa!s ana
mares In fonl. and as ING SIRE Of Mn hinIey
great reputation In America. Mr. r. /.
Oxnard who bought him from Mr.. Pure
Toy. has n number OF excellenI pToo e,,,
apd tf S REos sans 70 fnsfs e
had In this country
J. 3. Haggin. tho largest breeder of
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For the benefit OF the neighbors who,
despite the fact that we are poor, but
honest take the deepest interest In all
Cur gyrations, II should be stated that
the wing we arc building 10 our house
Goes not indicate Increased wealth or
more ambitious Efforts on our part in
In the future. We are simply erecting
away the Roosevelt souvenlrs-thc me-
mcntoes Of the robustious Rough Rid
crs recent Visit to this approving city.
Our folks are great on souvenirs. Big
end little accumulate such things, for
we are always afraid that, as we grow
older. we will forget the memorable
events In the history of Richmond or the
chief features OF the other places we
have visited. As n result Of this pro-
#pensity, Our nccu,nuntions are bulky,
II not interesting
Unfortunately, too. when one Is not on
the ground floor with the celebrities, one
has to take the nearest article available
&c serve as souvenir, even II It hnp-
pr MS to DO a mere cobblestone or n cigar
butt.
mention this to disabuse anybody Of
the impression that I have several wisps
or MIR. Rooscvelt's hair tied UP In tissue
paper with blue ribbons. or that the
Queen Bee rejolces In the possession Of
the hnirplns with which Mrs. Roosevelt
picked nuts at the Executive Mansion.
My most valued Presidential curlo Is
a suspendcr bntton popped Off the Roosc-
Seltian trousers as he swellcd under
the oratorica! pressure caused by the
peroration OF his own speech In the
Capitol Square.
True, ! did not have the honor OF
capturing this prize myself, >os I was so
far off in the crowd that the speaker,
could scarcely be heard over a long dis
lance telephone but a. distinguished
RI e1nber of the Citizens Committee, who
happened to be Mt hand when the but
ton flew its moorngs, grabbed the treas
ure on the fly and saved It for me.
1Cxcusn' the wives OF this great Amer
lean republic, this is not tho first time
slspendcr buttons have been known to
make break for liberty. but we may
safely take It for granted that presidents
are not in the habit Of hourly shedding
such things Hence the value Of, the
souvenir.
Far be It from me to glont over my
treasure Full we'll know that many
man. had he been curio hunting last
Wednesday. would have landed not ONLY
the button in question, but the Prcsi-
dents suspenders also.
Ru. we are not that kind.
And, besides there were plenty OF other
souvenirs available. and the trouble was
rot to find them. but to know which to
select.
The children in particular-bless the
little teds-lugged home AL sorts OF queer
things, which. though full OF suggestive
ness are very homely to look upon.
For instance my prom sing boy, William
Jennings Bryan, proudly exhibited half
eaten peanut which he subsequently
labeled Nut dropped by skeerd squirt
in Capitol Square when Mr.. Roosevelt
beloved
AT first we were all inclined to smoker
in secret over this queer selection, but
upon second thoughts we concluded that
the urch!n's= association Of ideas was
rather clever.
The squirrels in the Square undoubt-
edly we're scared appetiteless when the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
King William People.
fsnccInl 10 Tho Times-DFspatch.)

Especial 70 = TIC THIes-77. pc eS4''7 y
ETNA MILLS, VA, Dot. 2:-Mr. y. ".
Stevens is Ill at his home In Hanover
county, lust across the SPnmnnkey River.
Miss Bessie Fox. daughter OF r. w;
Fox. superintendent Of the public school
OF King William county, who has been
very III. IS considered MUCH better:
children. OF Orange. Va. who have been
visiting Mr. a. Sizer, OF Aylctt's for last
week. returned home to-day by the way OF
Richmond TO take in the Presidents re-
ception. Mrs. a. Slzer accompanied them
az far as Richmond.
Mrs. IL. B. Smith. Jr.. OF Horn Quar-
rcll. of New York: Mrs r. H. Sweet Eina
Nfills, and Mrs. p. II. Ei;1ank. OF Pleas
ant Field" visited Richmond Wednesday
to see the President.
Miss Ellen Morgan OF Savannah; Ga,
who mas been the guest of Misses Pentross
atwood Mount, will leave for her home
tto-nlOrrow.
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determined to close out 'e the W0ri fm ens
Rancho dsl paso Stud in California,
brood mares, all q royal iii lineage. e are ire
kept. ARRANGEMENTS have been made
With the American Express Company for
tie country and the hors es VIII Wiz be ees sod
BY The Fasls Upton Company New
York. The cost of moving this stock
Will nmount to good g size fortune. ship.
and the scales III New York ON December
4th. and with the new breeding estab-
!ishmcnts springing. up in Virginia, doubt
del Paao through reds will be brought 10
this State.
The charter of the Petersburg Horse
that city. with capital OF $1,000 and de-
fining the object as that OF holding horse
shows agreultural ialrs ana az ,,, the ke
Prince inir a George 1 .l and Chesterfisld. Tho
new association starts out with bright
prospects and doubt.css cncournged 10
nut forth greater efforts by the snccass or
President, Duncan Wright: Secretary and M
Treasprer, r. " maffi M " W1 pene can
W RHieI j. II Il W Ruitin Ashton ". Gray,
w. Roanc Ruffin. andtJ. Mel. Ruffin.
Consequent on the death OF MI. uro 20
vcnor, the entire stable OF SHOW NOISES ,t so n
al auction In New York. Thirty horses
we're shipped TO louisville; Two cars
were required for them. and three u, ,, i,a
When a stable like this one - moYeu,
press rates from New York 70 Lou Y. VIZ.
are sszS car me S,ao eyer Seen in this
country includes q four-in-han.d team,
recently purchased at cost OF s5y,VU !, ~
Is said. to show at New YORK next 'noi'''.
Harry w. Spratlcy brought up some
good material from White Oak Farm, ana
With three horses carried OIL couple OK
blue rIbobns one yeilows 81 bu %,, er' na ,
hncle and harness classes at our recent
Horse Show. This colegebred youth mas
n light hand With firm scat IN .hc say ,ii
die and is an able reininnn, toe, WIN :ai!.
Young sprntley now spends most OF M. M
time at White Oak, but later on VII
likely join Issues with his father .. , Jodn
q or a t class second to none in the "Metrop-
oils.
The now conBiderably-talked scheme e, TO
revive ola me a la5s a 1es' nninae
The plan most favored Is to have dates o.
the Horse Show and tair 10 10 G dny wpb'nh
wouid allow the former to be held at
night as ri present. One OF the most
nn3ivc spirits in the new movement Is
W.ao. Warthen. we'll and fayorably known
as passenger agent Of the Chesapeake and rl
Ohio Railroad, also as secretary OF me
Richmond Horse Show Association, ana
with him are hundreds Of the best men
in our city.
General William I. Townes, OF the AZ
ton green Stud. Culpeper, Va. has lost.
by death, cause not given. the black colt,
foaled 1904, by imported Fatherless dam
BROAD ROCK.
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Tho horsehalr snakes and banana peel.
they. won't keep. /,
Tho things tcmized with all due Arever-
once and we believe that humanity VIII
bs tne better of by reading about them.
,rhey show that even presidents and their
,v,vos nre human. and that offtimes
money Is no object even With VII those VINO
occupy the highest official and social sta-
tion. Tho best OF hooks-and-eyes, espac ell
~ ladies' basques, gang aft gleee, and
nobler men than President Koosevelt
have bust their buttonss.in efforts 't 70
elevate their fellow mortals,