Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-29
MUDD MAKESCHARGES
Maryland Representative Ac-
cuses Supervisor Millar
OF ALLEGED FRAUDS
IN CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION
FOR INDEPENDENT TICKET.
Republicans Stirred Up Over Action OF
Democratic State Machine in
Issuing Trick Ballots.
snecial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, October 2S-Gov.
Warfield today received letter from Rep
resentative Mudd, who, as chairman of the
republican state central committee Tor
Charles county, makes serious charges
against John w. Millar, a supervisor of
elections In Charles county. The charges,
as filed with the governor; are as follows:
LA PLATA Md, October &c, 1905.
Hon. Edwin Warfield, Governor, Annap-
oils Md.
Dear Sir: respectfully state and charge
that John W. Millar, appointed by you AS
democratic member of the board of super
visors of elections of Charles county on
October 20 or 81. 1905, signed certificate
of nominations of what is called an indie
pendent democratic ticket, nominating for
office several men, among them one George
T Boarman who cannot write his own
name has no financial standing and is a
VIGOROUSLY incompetent and unfit man for
any office as candidate for treasurer of
Charles county; one Thomas II. Shorter, a
man who, without means cannot read and
write, for sheriff; and other nominations,
most of them about on par with those
above stated; that everybody recognizes
that this ticket was gotten up to counter
felt the names of the republican candidates,
as proof of which l may state that the
man Boarman is certified as Thomas Boar
man." when he Is known generally as
George T. Boarman is registered as George
T. Boarman, appears on the criminal rec
ords of this county in more than one in
stance as George 7. Boarman, and his
name is appended dt is assumed with his
consent and his statement to how to
sign iD as George r. Boarman to one of
his own nomination certificates He is
named simply Thomas Boarman" for
the purpose of counterfeiting Thomas Nor
man, who is the republican candidate.
Another Trick Name.
Another candidate named on the indepen-
dent ticket is that of Thomas H. Shorter.
A number of Shorters appear on the regis
traton books of this county. He is from
the ninth election district. On the certih-
cate of nomina tons of the Independent
ticket his name is spelled Shorter The
two 't's' were inserted in the nature of
fraud, and not less than a forgery, to coun-
terfeit the name of George S. Trotter, who
is the republican nominee for sheriff.
my complaint and charge against the
said John w. Millar now is that, following
upon the heels of a recent complaint or
frauds every one OF which | was ready TO
prove he has either violated his oath of Of
flee in pledging himself to vote for ticket
of this character, which is against democ-
racy, while he is representative OF tHdl
party or he has (Which is more likely and
which l distinctly charge) deliberately lied
in pledging himself to vote for that ticket
and committed a fragrant fraud upon the
people in that pledge, along with others, In
trying to get il on ballot, and is about to
commit another fraud, in that he Is about
to pass upon it as a member of the board
of supervisors as judge upon the legality of
what he knows by his own act 10 be
fraudulent certificate of nominations.
81 have seen his signature on the inde-
pendent ticket certificate, and l know him
to be a member of the board of supervisors
and to be one and the same person. To-
day In a written protest filed with him,
made this charge and characterized about
as 1 have in this paper.
Respectfully.
SYDNEY f. MUDD,
Chairman Republican State Central Com
mittee for Charles county"
State of Maryland, Charles county, to wit:
'On this 26th day of October, in the year
1908. before me. the subscriber, notary
public of the state of Maryland in and for
Charles county. personally appeared Sgd
ney L. Mudd, and made oath that the mat
ters and facts stated in the aforegoIng
paper are true as herein set forth, to the
best of his knowledge and belief.
y. MITCHELL COCHRANE
Notary Public"