Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-10
THOSE PRIMARY JUDGES.
DOES LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
SHOW DEAL EFFECTED?
Vel PeopIe seen % Ila,e .'Raw DeaI''

4 80 hNsNH~ 1~tW W HdFe aaW bNdt
That fraud Is intended a. the coming
Democratic primary meetings IN Anne
Arundel county and that IL WAS PRO.
fided for Al yesterdays appointment
~ the Supervisors of Election 0i
the judges and clerks who will have
the say in these meetings Is the con
census of opinion in Annapolis and
throughout Anne Arundel today.
Color IS given this idea through the
fact that the very combinations for
preponderancc of officials who are
known Bond men IN some Of the dis
tricis. which had been predicted by
TIE Wells people, is shown by the list
81 appointments. Dr. George Wells.
Democratic leader in Anne Arundel
county today cites how cleary this Was
shown IN the case Of the selection Of
Winfield Murray as Judge IN the
Fourth district.
The doctor and his friends unhesi-
tatiugly intimate that deal WAS cf-
fected ~ which Daniel n. Randall.
the Republican member Of the board.
combined with Dr. Pierre IN the
naming Of the anti Wells judges. In
an interview this morning the doctor
said The objections 10 these men
were made to Mr. Randall by four or
Eve ~ the respectable citizens ~ the
Fourth district. but despite that fact
he united with DR.. Pierre, one of the
Democratic supervisors, and appoint
Ell them Al the same time that the
objections to Murray were urged the
names Of men Of undisputed honor and
integrity were given to Mr.. Randall,
a. good men to appoint. These were
such Democrats as George Woodward.
a. .. ~hipiey and Henry e. Multi
ken.
IN addition to the objections 10 Mur-
ray on the grounds that he Is liable TO
Instruction. from Gen. Frank \.
Bond, the appointment Of Caleb T..
Donaldson was strenuously opposed
hy friends of Dr. Wells. The same
charges of partizauship mold against
him. and in addition DT. Wells stated
this morning that Donaldson ~ n
candidate for the Office Of county
sheriff.
There are three methods of fraud
which Dr. Wells this morning said
be expected from the Bond faction.
one. and the most important one,
possibly Is this scheme. That they
will obtain a duplicate ballot hos.
IN this box will bc placed, say l25
ballots which have been VOTED for
the Bond delegates 90 the convention,
and the box will then be held nj a
place easy Of access. Then when the
ballot Of the i2Jth legitimate voter
has been placed in the regular bars
riot or disturbance will be- created -
Bond facfionists. The Judges viii
grab the ballot box, ,ostcnsihly 60 tast
it. After tho trouble has subsid II
the box will be brought back, bat IL
will BE- the. one which has been stuffed
and every one Of the I2J votes cast
will be- for the Bond faction, and at
The same time the polied vote win
tally with the poll books"
Scheme No. = expected by Dr. Wells
That padding tickets" Will bc
voted. Five or six ~ these tickets
will be voted inside a regular ballot.
They vii BE marked for Wells car.
didates, but deposited in tire box by
an anti Wells man, and when the bal
lots are counted 10 will then appear
that fraud was attempted t0 bo pcfpc-
trated by Wells man"
rhis is evidently clearly one ~
their methods, said Dr. Wells, from
the fact that during tho sessions of
the Democratic county control com
mittcc for the purpose Of calling the
primary meetings Mr.. Frank =.
Kevell. one of the members. IN order
T., secure fair meetings in this respect,
offered the following resolution
That 90 insure perfect fairness 10 the
primaries TIE Judges receiving the bal
lots shall twist each and every ballot
before depositing 10 in The ballot box.
This was turned down by the vote
Of every member Of the committee
but Mr.. Kovell. Who alone voted for
&C..
Dr. Wells expressed the further opin-
ION that, in the districts which the reg
uiar forces safely carry ~ the coming
primary the two anti-Wells Judges
would refuse 90 sign the returns. In
conclusion Dr. Wells said 'foTtu.
nately. however, the people Of Anne
Arundel county are brave men and
will not submit 60 such tactics by the
opposition, and will be
ON the alert to prevent such frauds ~
these being rcsortcd to.