Evening capital., 1905-07-18
GOVERNOR FIRES A BOMB.
Gets Big Broom And Sweeps Out
The Supervisors Of
Election.
FIRED REVELL ON CHARGES
FILED.
Davidson Resigns Willingly While
Revell's Counsel Shows
Fight.

Governor Edwin Warfeld. as "A
voter of Aune Arundel county who
wanted a clean election, came 10 An
napolis this morning from his How
ard county home and made an almost
clean sweep of the Supervisors of
Elections office in this city.
The action of the Governor. which
consisted of calling for the resigna-
tion of Mr. Frank Revell and il is also
said that of Mr.. Robert Werntz, and
later pre- emptorily ordering Mr..
Revell out of office. came like a bomb
and created the greatest excitement.
While the executive has declared Mr..
Revell's Office vacant and appointed
Mr.. Benjamin Watkins to the place,
Mr. Robert Moss. as counsel for
Revcll, declares that his clients Office
is not vacated nor will il be until
the Court of Appeals of the state SO
decides.
The action of Governor Warfield
grew out of charges preferred against
Revell by Gen. Frank 4. Bond. of the
Fourth district of the county. These
charges, stating, il is said, that Mr.
Revel was using his office for politi
cal advancement and is an aVowed
candidate for the nomination as coun-
were filed with the Governor at his
Howard county home last night lie
arose early this morning and started
for Annapolis. Arriving here he
went at once TO his office in the State
House. From here he notified Mr.
RevelI of the charges, and gave him
till / O'Clock to prepare his case and
return to the State House for a hear
ing. This Mr. Revell did not do per.
sonaly, though it is asserted that he
was represented at the time of hearing
by Mr. Robert Moss, of this city.
Whether or not this was understood
by thesChief Executive is notiknown,
but, Mr. Moss, along with numbers of
politicians who followed by the usual
Tuesday crowd about the Court
House, went 20 the Executives S Office
received scant consideration when he
began to talk in favor of Revell. The
office of Governor Wariield was, by
this time. regular bedlam. The rep
resentatives of the. e.various party fac
tions who were present, fired cross
shots at each other and in several
cases almost came to blows. Some of
the most prominent Democratic politi-
clans of the county, including Mr..
James r. Bannon, were present and
addressed the Governor These in
many cases started out quietly, but
their feelings got the better of their
Judgment and their talk became almost
personal attacks upon His Excellency
TO these Governor Warfield gave but
short shift, saying to them That's
enough sir. = or You had best leave
he office now
DR.. Davidson, the only other mem
Der of the Board of Supervisors, with
out waiting for further developments,
wrote aud filed his resignation with
the Governor almost Immediately upon
hearing of the Executive action to-
ward the other members of the board.
The exact standing of Mr.. Robert
WeTntZ in the case seems 10 be doubt
full in most quarters, and while some
claimed that he had also been dis
missed. he himself like Mr. Reyeii,
was among the missing about the
Court House, which was the center of
the storm.
The scene in Governor Warheld' 's
Office during the stormy call Of the
Court House contingent has never
been equaled. In addition to their in
dividual attacks upon the Chief Exec
utive, the warning factions scrapped
ike prize nghuefb preparing loI
match among themselves. One scTappy
gentleman from Mr. Isaac Nutwells
district, who has been for some time
past allied withsthes hesRepublican party,
sang out Governor, you re the best
man the state has ever had in this
office. 4" This, it is said, did not meet
the approval of Mr. James Bannon,
and resulted in an offer from the gen
tleman mentioned to wipe up the
floor with the counsel TO the board Of
county commissioners This inter
esting scrap did not come OIL, but there
were otner numerous offers of simi-
lar nature rendered from one 10 an
other of the crowd Mr.. Robert Moss
was most bitter in his attack upon
General Bond, whom he intimated,
should have been in the penitentiary
twenty wears ago.