Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-31
ONLY THREE NAMES LISTED
Jackson Has Better Chance of
Being Elected This Year.
HE MAY HAVE BIG MAJORITY
Claims That He Would Have Been
Elected Last Time With O
Square Deal.

Special From SIAN Correspondent.
SALISBURY, Md. October 31-That Mr..
William II. Jackson has vastly better
chance Of being elected to represent the
first congressional district of Maryland
this year than was the case two years ago
Is generally conceded. Republicans are
hopeful to such a degree that they feel
assured of success, and democrats who
are supporting Representative Thomas A
Smith admit that the democratic cAndi-
date has a powerful handicap in the fact
that the ballot to be voted will contain
but three names and will of necessity be
extremely simple
Two years ago the ballot was as large as
a page of a newspaper and contained sixty
or more names. There are several "Wil-
son counties in the first district and in
them the law permits the manipulation of
the of11cial ballot to such an extent that
1T is very difficult to vote whenever it cona
talns large number of names. With the
reduction of the number of names to three
the possibility of manipulation is reduced
to a minimum. All that can be done in
that respect has been attempted in Kent
county. in which sample ballot has APP
peared Although only a small piece. of
paper was necessary to contain the names,
of a newspaper. the, names being on the
extreme leet-hand side and the squares in
which the ballot is to be marked on the
extreme right. Above the first name is
a vacant space in which the voter may
place the name of any person he wishes,
and Immediately beneath it is the name
or the republican candidate for Congress.
IT Is dollars to doughnutS that many care
less voters in voting for the first name
printed on one end of the ticket will
mark the first square on the other end
and thus have the vote thrown out, That
danger would be avoided by making the
ticket smaller. But 1t is not tenth
as difficult to vote as was the ballot two
years ago.
May Have Handsome Majority.
Two years ago Mr.. Jackson. in his con-
test case, claimed that had the votes for
him that for one reason or another were
thrown out been counted he would have
been elected by a majority of 1900 His
friends fully expect that he will have
cast, properly marked and counted, nearly
all the votes that were thrown out two
years ago. and If that expectation Is full
filled he will win with handsome ma
1ority. But they are not counting much
upon the size of his majority.
Here in Wicomico county the democratic
and republican leaders have made an agree
ment that they will be good on election
day and not spend any money In an i'm
proper way OF course, there are many
voters who are at work outside of the dis
trict and they will have to be brought
home. and any expense of that kind will
be met Hundreds of oysterrrlen are at
work down the bay and will have to be
brought home to vote. Last year q sim
liar agreement against the improper ex-
pendlture of money was made and it is
claimed by both sides that it was faithfully
lived up TO. This year they expect to con-
duct the campaign in the same manners!
The registered vote in Wicomico county
this year was 5.9O6, of which 1:e52 are col
Ored voters. The registration is smaller
than year ago by 100, and Is 300 under
the registration two years ago. This has
resulted from a very careful scrutiny of
cause OF a lack of interest. Both sides
are claiming that the reduction in the reg
istration is to their advantage.
The returns on which Mr.. Smith was
against II. 0T2 for Mr. Jackson. and 935 for
Mr.. n. E. Clark, prohibitionist That gave
Mr.. Smith plurality of 80. The prohi-
bitlonists this year have a candidate in the
person OF Mr.. John II. Dulany and he Is
apt to get a vote as large as that of Clark
two'years ago. So that only few hundred
votes are necessary to turn the district
over from the democrats to the republicans.
counties in the first district has been as
carefully guarded as in Wicomico. The
total registration has been reduced in this
way. but whether that will benefit the dem
Ocrats or the republicans Is disputed on
both sides.
Left Campaign to Leaders.
Mr. Jackson, up to within few days
ago. left his campaign wholly to the leaders
In the district Mrs. Jackson has been
very i'll at Atlantic City for some months
and recently Mr.. Jackson has spent con-
siderable time there. When not there he
has been in his office here in Salisbury.
Now he has begun moving about the dis
trict and will continue doing so until cleo
tlon day. Here in his home county but few
republican meetings have been held and
there will be but little activity of that
kind. Mr.. Jackson is so we'll known here,
and has been the leader in so many enter
prises for the Improvement of the town
that he is assured of large favorable vote
The democrats claim that Wicomieo is
normally democratic by from four to five
hundred majority. but two years ago 1t was
carried for jackson by 100 and this year
II VIII give at least that great majority
for him,
Representative Smith has for weeks been
conducting an active campaign. He has
spoken once or twice day and has COW
cred his district very carefully. He is
booked for one or two speeches every day
during tie balance of the campaign He
IS making the fight of his life and realizes
that IL he is elected it will be only after
very hard fight.
In Queen Anne county the democrats
claim that the strength that has been
counted upon by the republicans as re-
suit OF an agreement made last year will
not be realized. There was then a fac
tional fight in the democratic party OF that
county. and the republicans Joined the in
dependent democrats to defeat the regular
democratic nominee and to elect their own
man. There was said TO be an agreement
by which the independent democrats In
consideration Of the assistance they re-
ceived were to vote for the republican
candidate for Congress this year. Now
when the leaders in the Independent move
ment are called upon to make that agree
ment good. there is a question as TO their
ability to deliver the goods. Republican
leaders In that county counted upon several
hundred democratic votes for Jackson but
what they will get is problematical.
The Colored Vote
There Is a good deal OF speculation here
as to the effect of the advice given by
Mr.. w. B. Miller. a prominent republican
and friend OF Mr.. jackson. to the colored
people OF the state in favor Of having them
split their votes between the two parties.
Mr.. Miller contributed an article to the