Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-16
MARYLAND PRIMARIES
Lively Time in the Baltimore
Wards Today.
ONLY REGISTERED VOTERS
Joint Voting Held by Republicans and
Democrats.
POLLS CLOSE AT S O'CLOCK
Conducted as Is the General Election.
Same Safeguards and Legal Re-
strictions Prevailed.
POLLS CLOSE AT 5 O'CLOCK
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Spe'lnl Dlspatch 10 lhe star.
BALTIMORE. Md, September lG-Indi-
cations are that a very light vote will be
polled in the primaries in progress here to-
day. Interest is greatest in the contest
for states attorney OF Baltimore city, to
which two candidates aspire. They are A.
S J. Owens, the incumbent, and b. b.
shreeves, a prominent young attorney. The
organization has declared for Owens. but
Shreeves has a large following within or
ganization lines. For clerk of the circuit
court there three candidates-John
Peasants, Harry c. Kilmer and Robert
Toner. Peasants is fathered by the organ
ization. There are candidates for surveyor,
with Raleigh c. Thomas as the organiza-
tion candidate, the other being Edward V.
Coonan.
For the state senate, in the first district
Charles p. Coady is the organization's
cholce, and he is opposed by James Young
In the second Peter ]. Campbell and in
the third ]. Charles Linthicum are unop-
| posed. There are opposing candidates for
| the house of delegates in the third, thir-
| teenth, sixteenth and twentieth wards In
all others the organization candidates will
| have walkover
The republicans have only three oppos-
ing delegations seeking representation in
| the city convention. These are in the thir-
teenth, twentieth and twenty-third wards.
1t is not believed that the total democratic
vote will approximate 1900, while not
more than 10000 republicans are expected
| to go to the polls, IL that many.
| Safeguards and Restrictions.
In all respects the primaries were con-
| Quoted is the general election, The
| same judges and clerkss served. and the
| same safeguards and legal restrictions and
penalties prevailed. Only voters who are
| now upon the registration books as demo-
Gratis were allowed to vote in the demo-
cratic primaries, and only those registered
as republicans voted in the republican pri-
marles. Voters who in registering declined
to state their affiliation with either party
could vote in neither and were debarred
from participation IN the primaries
The democrats conducted their primaries
| under the Crawford county system, and all
the candidates save those for the house OF
delegates will, therefore, be nominated by
the direct vote of the people. This mans
that the candidates securing the highest
number of votes will become the party
Y.
house of delegates candidates will be nomI-
mated by legislative district conventions, in
| order that each ward may have repre-
sentative on the ticket. Six candidates
for the house of delegates will be nomi-
mated in each of the four legislative dis
trcts.
The respective conventions will meet at
headquarters next Monday. In each ward
| where there is candidate for the legis-
| lature his name appears on the ballot at
| the head Of the delegation pledged to him.
A cross-mark opposite the candidates
name will be counted a vote for all Of
his delegates. In wards where there are
| contests the candidate receiving the great
est number of votes will be nominated
and assurances have been given by the
managers that no man who carries his
ward will be turred down in the conven-
ton. There are, however, contests in but
| four wards-the third. thirteenth, six
! teenth and twentieth. In the fourth dis
trict all the delegates to the district con-
vention are unpledged, no candidates
have as yet come forward.
On the Republican Side.
The republicans will nominate all their
candidates by convention, both city and
legislative and there will be a direct vote
on none of them. Twelve delegates from
each ward will be selected to a city con-
vention, which will meet few days after
the primaries and nominate the following
candidates. TWO judges of the supreme
II,
of the orphans court. clerk of circuit court
No . clerk of the superior court and city
Who these candidates Will be depends
almost entirely upon Collector William F.
Stone the leader of the local republican
organization. The Wachter faction has
submitted, and there will be no primary
fight. The vast majority of the delegates
elected to the city convention will be
friends of Collector Stone and he can nomi-
nate whOmever he chooses.
Collector Stones Slate.
While Mr.. Stone has not yet completed
his slate, and probably will not until after
the primaries, it is understood that he is
supporting the following:
For clerk of the superior court-Robert
Ogle
For clerk of the circuit court-Thomas a.
Robinson.
For states attorney-Frederick T. Dorton.
For city surveyor-Willam o. Atwood
For judge of orphans court-Harry w.
Nice.
For judges of the supreme bench-Lewis
Putze and w. Hall Harris.
Just who will be named for sheriff Is
certain. but Mr.. Levi p. Thompson is most
prominently spoken OF.
In addition the republican primaries VIII
also elect twelve delegates from each ward
to the Legislative district conventions. These
also will be completely dominated by Mr..
Stone. and it is understood that for the
First district. George f. Dean; second dis
trict. Stanley A. FoutZ third district, Rob
ert H. Smith.
Lively Ward Contests.
In several of the wards the contest for
ward executive has been wased with much
bitterness, but these fights are purely local.
and there is no semblance OF an organiZa-
ton contest one of the most interesting
fights is I'm the fifteenth ward, where City
Councilman Henry A. Ulrich viii try to
Gust Mr.. j. Reese Pitcher from ward con-
u a. tL L.lA. Ile.r mol mn, Ll q.