Evening capital., 1907-07-18
FRAUD. SAYS WELLS
TO BE p Arr ED il ANNE
ARU.yEL PRIMARIES.
Democratic Leader Declares Bond Fac.
ton contemplafes Sfuffing Ballot
Boxes and Voting Pudding

Annapolis July 10.-That fraud IL In
tended at the coming Democratic prI-
mary ia Anne Arundel county. aud
that it was provided for st yesterdays
appointment by the Supervisors Of
Elections Of the judges and clerks who
will have the say ia this primary, n the
consensus ofopiniOns in Annapolis and
throughout Anne Arundel today.
Color il given this idea through the
fact that the very combinations fbT a
prep0nderance Of officials who were
known Bond men in some Of the dis
tricfs which had been predicted by the
Wells people is shown by The li-t Of
appointments
Say Deal Was Made.
Dr. George Wells. Democratic leader
IN Anne Arundel, today alleges that
this j. shown IN the case of the selec
fiou of Winfield Murray az Judge In
the Fourth district. The Doctor aud
his friends intimate that deal WAS
effected by which DauieI X. Randall,
the Republican member Of the Board,
combined with DR. Pierre in the
naming Of the anti-Wells judges la
All interview this morning the Doctor
said:
"rhe objections TO these men were
mad 20 Mr. Randall by four or five OF
the respectable citizens Of the Fourth
district: but, despite that fact. he unit
ed with Dr. Pierre one Of the Demo.
erotic Supervisors. aud appointed
item
The appointment of Caleb II. Donald.
son was strenuously opposed by fneisds
of Dr. Wells. The same charge Of
craftsmanship was made against him.
aud In addition, DIR. Wells seid this
morning that Donaldson ~ a candidate
for the Office Of County Sheriff.
Three Methods of Fraud.
There are three methods fraud,
DIR. Wells said this morning, which
he expected from the Bond faction,
the most important OF which Is THAT
they will obtain duplicate ballot.b0x.
In this box will be placed, say, 12b
ballots which have been voted for the
Bond delegates 90 the Convention, aud
the box will then be hidden nj place
easy Of access; then, when the ballots
of the l95 voters have been placed In the
regular box, a riot or disturbance Will
be created by Bond factl0nlsls. The
judges will grab the ballot-b0x, oB.
lensIbiy o. save IL. After the trouble
has subsIded the box will be brought
back, but IL will be the one which has
been stuffed, and every one Of the l26
votes cast will be for the Bond faction,
aud at the same time the pOlled vote
will tally with the poll books Re
peating II also a favoFiie method with
them and must be guarded against.
Method Number Two.
= Scheme No. 2 expected by Dr. Well,
il THAT pudding tickets viii be voted
inside regular ballots They will be
marked for Wells candidates, but de-
posted In the box by anti Wells men
aud when the ballots are counted II
will then appear that fraud was at
tempted by Wells man."
''fhis II evidently clearly one Ol
| their methods" said Dr. Wells, iron
| the fact that during the sessions of tht
| Democratic county central committed
| for the purpose Of calling the primary
| meetings MIR. Frank =. RevelI, one 0
| the members, In order to secure fall
| meetings IN this respect offered the
| following resolution THAT 10 insure
| perfect fairness In the primaries the
| Judges receiving the ballots shall fwisi
each aud every ballot before deposit
ing II I'm the ballot.b0x." This wal
turned down by the vote OF every
member Of the committee but Mr.
| Revell, who alone voted for it,
viii Not Sign Returns.
| DR.. Wells expressed the further opin
ion that In the districts which the reg
ular forces safely carry IN the comiDl
primary the two anti-Wells judge
| would refuse to sign the returns. IL
conclusion Dr. Wells said
fortunately, however, the people o
Anne Arundel county are brave met
and will not submit 10 such tactics b,
the INSCRIPTIONS opposition Iand vii
be on the alert To prevent such fraud
as these being resorted TO"
cit will be well for corrupt officials
the primaries to bear In mind tha
primary meetings in Anne Arunde
County have been iegslized, and an.
Judge or Clerk deliberately violating
any its provisions will be investiga
ted by the Grand Jury at Its next 81.
ting and the offenders Will be epunishe
accordingly *jyll