Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-22
FRAUD. SAYS TfIIS



ADaapoli@ Jufv 10.-Ihal fraud i lu.
tented ii the coming DemocFafie PR
mary ia Anne Arundel e0gnty. ansl
| That il was provided Tor aG yesterday :
appointment by the ~upervasoF4 ~
/ Elections 81 the Judges and eierk= who
viii have the say IN this primary. = The
consensus of0piu1ons In Annapolis ard
throughout Anne Arundel tosfav
Color II given this idea throu<h k1e
fact that the very combinations far =
prep0nderauce % officials wh0 we're
known Bond men ia some 81 the d.
tricts which had been predicted ~ the
Wells people j. shown ~ the TT -
appointments.
Say Deal Mas Made.
Dr. George Well= Democratic ieaafer
III Anne Arundel. today alleges that
this il shown ia the case u the seIe9-
ton Of Winfield Murray - judge tn
bis friends intimate that a deal was
effected BY which Daniel II. Randall
the Republican member 0f the Eoarsi
combined with Or Pierre ia me
naming Of the anfl-Well- Judges. In
at interview this morning the noetor
said
.sThe objections O. these men wefe
made 10 Mr. Randall by four 81 i've oE
the respectable citizens &c the Fourth
district; but. despite that fact. ne unit
Ell with DR.. Pierre Que of the Denzo-
crOtic Supervisors. and appointed
them
The appointments II Caleb r. DonaIsl-
son wa~ slrenuously opposed ~ fuend~
Of Or. Wells. The same charge -
partisanship was made against him.
aud IN addition, Dr. Wells IA this
morning that Donaldson = = Candidate
for the office 81 County Sheriff.
Three Methods Of Frsua.
There are three methods of fraud.
DR.. Wells said this morning which
he expected from the Boud faction
the most important Of which - ..thag
they will obtain duplicate bailot-bs4x
In this box will be placed. say. -
ballots which have been svofed' FOR the
Bond delegates % the Convention. aud
the box wilt then be hidden at q place
easy u access then, when the ballots
If the Is voters have been placed Ia the
regular box. a riot or disturbance wlll
be created by Bond faeti0Blsfz. The
judges will grab the ballot-b0x. os-
tensIbIy a. save il. After the trouble
has subsidized the box vii he brought
back, but Il will be the one which has
been stuffed. and every one q the Is
votes cast viii be for the Bond faction.
aud AZ the same time the p0lied vote
will tally with the poll book Re-
peating II also fav0rite method with
them and must he guarded against.
Method Number TIVE
Scheme No. : expected b. DR.. Wells
IL that pudding tickets will be voted
inside regular ballots They viii be
marked for Wells candidates, but de-
posted In the box BY anti-WelI- men.
and when tie ballots are counted Il
will then appear that fraud wa at
tempted by a Wells man"
'sfhis i evidently clearly one gf
their methods said DR.. Wells, from
the fact that during the sessions Of the
Democratic county central committee
for the purpose Of calling the primary
meetings Mr. Frank = Revell. one ~
the members, in order 20 secure fair
meetings IN this respect offered the
following resolution ssThaf 10 insure
perfect fairness IN the primaries the
Judges receiving the ballots shall twist
each and every ballot before deposit
ing IL Ia the baliot-box. This was
turned down by the vote % every
member Of the committee but Dir.
ReveIl, who alone voted for Il. 5"
viii Mot Sign Returns
DR.. Wells expressed the further opfn-
ION that IN tire districts winch the reg
ular forces safely carry ~ the coming
primary the two anti-WeIls Judges
would refuse 10 sign the returns. In
conclusion Or. Wells said
fortunately, however the people ~
Anne Arundel county are brave men
and will not submit 10 such tactics by
the interruptions opposition sand Viii
be on the alert to prevent such frauds
~ these being ree0rted 20.
I'll will be well for corrupt officials 81
tile primaries 10 bear IN mind that
primary meetings 10 Anne Arundel
County have been legalIzesl, ard any
Judge or Clerk deliberately violating
any ofits provisions will be invesfiga-
ted by the Grand Jury a IT. next s1.-
ting aud the offenders viii be punished
accordingly -JyII