The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-01-13
A FAIR ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN SUPERVISORS
so REPORT.
"Uncle Bill" jackson Must
Have Been Dreaming About
Democratic Fraud Ballots
According to Law.

The following printed in the
Baltimore Herald last week will
certainly dispose of much of the
Republican hot air" about cleo
tion frauds, especially as relative
to the last one, in which Congress
man jackson was defeated. He
threatened to contest the election
and has been talking most terribly
about the wicked Democrats,
charging everything that could be
trumped up to their doing,
The Herald says;
Congressman Jackson will not
derive any comfort from the re
ports submitted by the Republi.
can supervisors in those counties
iii which he charges he did not
receive square deal.
When Chairman Hanna, Of the
Republican committee, announced
that the Republicans in the First
district had been defrauded by
the use of trick ballots, and that
their supervisors were denied a
look at the ballot, as he law pro
videS, Governor Wartield deter
mined upon an investigation. He
directed the Secretary of State to
request every individual member
of the various boards to report
fully as to the sort Of ballot used
and as to the conduct of the elec
tion in his county. A similar re
quest was addressed to the board
of supervisors in Baltimore city.
All were asked to send copies of
he official ballot.
Replies have thus far been re.
ceived from nearly all The cOun.
| ties.
In the counties on the shore in
which the Wilson bill is operative
reports were received. They are
Kent, Talbot. Somerset and Wor
ceSter counties
In Kent the three supervisors
state that every requirement of the
law was carried out, and that as
far as known the election was fair
~ conducted and satisfactory to
all citizens. The Republican
member of the board signed this.
In Talbot the Republican sup
ervisors signed a report that 70
per cent. of the registered voters
exercised the right of franchise
and very few ballots were thrown
out The election was satlsfac
tori!y conducted.
Lafayette Ruark. the RepuDli.
can supervisor of election in Som
erSet county, agrees with his
Democratic associates that the
ballot was fair one under the
law; that it was pnbl shed III the
newspapers ten days before the
election; that there was no charge
of misconduct and no disagree
ment as TO the count, but he de-
sired to emphasize his disSatiS
faction at the manner in which
the ballot was folded in some dis
tricts and which cost the Repub
lican member, that "there was nc
unfairness whatever in the con
duet of the electi0n.n
LII the counties Of Queen Anne,
Cecil and Caroline, where toe
form of ballot was similar to that
voted here, the reports commend
the conduct Ofthe election officials
and the supervisors unite in at.
testing to their fairness. Super
rlSOrs Cameron, of Cecil, the Re
publican member, writes an indi
vldual report that there were fewer
ballots thrown out this time than
ever before.
In Southeran Maryland all the
supervisors are unanimous in theiI
Endorsement of the fairness of the
ballot and the conduct of tn.
election. The Prince George
people say there was no complaint
registered from any district. st.
] Mary says the ballot and the
election were satisfactory. Cal
vert has no cause for complaint,
aud even Charles, Mudd's own,
sends a report, signed by all sup
ervisors, that the election was
fair.
Garrett, which is one of the
Western Maryland counties in
which the Wilson bill is operative,
sends word that the Republicans
are satisfied and the Democrats
have to be.
Allegany, Baltimore end Har-
ford counties reports are, like the
Others, signed by the Republican
supervisors and all say the cleo
tiOn was fair.
Now the Governor wants to
know where Chairman Hanna
obtained the information that the
ballots were ''tricky" and fraud
was practiced. He also would
like to be informed where "Uncle
Bill" received unfair treatment,
except from the members of his
own party, who did not deliver
the goods 90 nor contract ond for