Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-07
TO HEAR CASE TOMORROW
Circuit Court Will Take Up Peti'
tion For Injunction Against
Parties Concerned.
PLAINTIFFS lIIGHT WIN OUT
IN PRIMARIES.
Mr.. Melvin Replies And Intimates
That DR.. Wells. May Have
Unlawful Views.

Great interest eenters in the out.
come of tomorrow's hearing before
the Circuit Court for Anne Arupdel
county of the case against the Super
yisors of Elections and the Demo
cratic State Central Committee of this
county, brought by Frank III. Revell
and others to restrain the Wells fac
tion of the party from holding pri-
mary election throughout the county
on next Saturday.
Mr. II. r. Melvin. counsel 20 the
Board of Supervisors is expected TO
return TO this city from the state en-
campment at Belair this afternoon or
tonight TO handle the supervisors case,
while the Central Committee las en-
gagged ex- Governor William Pinkney
Whyte 20 conduct its case. Tho hear
ing of the petitions of the respective
defendants in the case will begin at
10 O'Clock and the indications are
that the case will occupy the whole
of the morning and portion of the
afternoon.
What the result will be cannot now
be predicted, both sides claiming alb
solute confidence in the court sustain
lug their respective positions, and Civ
ing them the upper hand of their op
ponents. Should the court in any
way declare the primaries already
held not to be legal in addition TO re-
fusing the injunction now prayed by
the candidate named as "a result of that
primary, the Moss Nh twell BannOn
faction would possibly enter the COM
ing primaries ana make fight for SUI
premacy. Opinions differ, but there
are many who predict that Wells
would have tough uphill fight TO
hold his sway even in his own dis
triet AS to the act of the Board of
on the protest against GER
tain election officers aud the charges
Mr.. Melvin, counsel TO the board,
says:
ut is a matter of record that in
every case where charges we're filed
notices were duly sent out and day
set for hearing of evidence, at which
hearing Dir. Wells himself being pres
ent nearly the whole time, the charges
were fully considered. AS heretofore
stated, these charges were fully enter
tained, but were not sustained in the
Judgment of the Board of Supervisors
In reply to the Clerks Office cpl
sode, Mr.. Melvin says:
81 felt must retain my composure
to avoid a disgraceful scene, at the
same time resolving to RESORT TO no
violence, especially in view Of the
fact that Dr. Wells is q man nearly
three lines as old as myself and no
larger. | consider that physical en-
counter between us must necessarily
have resulted to his disadvantage, per-
haps seriously. Under these ciTcum-
stances, therefor, / refrained from re-
taliation when DIR. Wells laid hold
upon me, and said aloud that | would
not strike him, but would leave the
office for the time being without re-
sistaDce. l realized. of course, that
the office was a public one, and that
had right there on business. But at
the time it was simply question of
an actual rough and tumble fight, with
all its regrettable consequences or tenn
porary submission in order to avoid,
no telling what. There was one
thought that certainly never occurred
to me, and that was that l myself was
in the slightest danger physically.
NV concern, rather, was for my antag
onist. When | reached the door / inn
mediately returned unmolested and
transacted the business had with the
office and left.
~ beg to state further, in justice
to myself, that am absolutely and en-
tirely free from any factional entan-
clements, and that both privately and
as counsel to the Supervisors of Elec-
tion my sole endeavor has been, and
will be, to follow the straight path Of
duty irrespective of the effect Of my
actions upon any particular faction Of
the party. am constrained to say,
in conclusion, that DIR. Wells recently
formed animosity toward me is large
ly due to his chagrin at my not uni
formly and always acting in accord.
ance with his own political views and
desires as counsel TO the Board Of Su.
pervisors, no matter whether | consid.
cred his views right or sometimes un-
| doubtedly wrong and contrary tC
| law"
Those acquainted with the temper
aments of the two men engaged in this
controversy freely prdict that there
will be further trouble between them
1 which NAV nrOyo more serious thar