Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-12-02

Editor BEACON :-It has been wei emfd BY
Or. Dent ssthe observance Of the Law needs
no dsfcnee,n and 20 says your humble SER
want, who having been sppointsd q 8upsrvf-
sor Of Elections for So Mary's county BY
Gov. Austin l. crothers, By and with shs aa-
vice and consent Of the senate, and b clothed
I with full authority Of = legal oniciai. and
having 70 the best OF his ability carried into
execution the duties Of the sad of1ee. 40 In
terpre,ed by the present Attorney General
Of the state, and said opinion having been
cOneurred In by the Governor, who issued
his commission he begs leave 20 say that 10
! Il strikingiy strange that he - . member OF
/ the Board OF Supervisors OF Elections OF this
county, being delegated with all the authoEf
| " and indicia OF the law, and NOT holding
| ONCE by arbitrary means against the wish Of
his party frieHda should have 10 resort %
/ the public print for vIndIcation Of his con-
duct.
am only interested at the present time m
q legal and qualified official 70 place myself
In n correct position and % correct some Of
the glaring misstatements OF Dr. Dent In his
article published In n recent issue OF the
| BEACON.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Elections dfd
meet on the day mentioned BY DIT. Dent and
they should have that day formulated O tick
e, but what transpIred that day did pro-
duce \ sample ballot, after making q motion
20 agree upon the arrangement OF the ballot
, ~ stated by DR.. Dent My reason for pro-
ducing the said sample ballot was for the pur.
pose OF furnishing informasnen to the Board
M 10 the names OF the candidates 20 b voted
for, inasmueh as the certificates Of nomana~
ton had apparently been misplaced. The
clerk pro tenn. Mr.. r. v. King was not pres
emit at this time, during the discussion Of the
formation and arrangement OF the ticket
the President Of the Board withdrew 20 the
side OF the room 20 answer q request OF Mr.
r. G. Combs, who desired 70 see him. During
this interview, / asked 70 be excused nom
the room, because ] had 70 leave temporarily
and not TO see Messrs. Ching and Abel, az
stared by Dr. Dent. l was absent from the
room about two minutes and upon my re-
turn met one lem her OF the Board hurrying
from the Court House and upon entering the
room. the other member told me the meet
ing had been adjourned.
was not notified to be present on Friday
or Saturday. The printer and acting clerk
remarked that he thought IL would be Impos.
sible 70 have the tickets printed and here on
Friday, and as a matter OF fact, the tickets
did not reach Leouardtown, until Saturday
morning and not Friday night a. stated by
the Dr. and OF which there IL ample proof By
eye witnesses.
As fact from the ORA own statement the
tickets were not deliver ed 70 the once OF su.
peryisors OF Election until Monday morning
and even granting for sake OF augment that
the minority Supervisor had notice OF exist
ence OF the ticket In the county, there was no
obligation on him TO find room No. 10 Hotel
81 Mary's, or any other place except the Of
nee of Supervisors OF Election In the Court
House for the location OF the ticket.
So far as my having any knife In hand, the
statement is absolutely false and without any
foundation In fact. did have pair OF mer.
chants scissors and asked the President or
rather the acting President, what would
be the result II attempted to cut the pack
age In order to see a ticket. The Doctor i'm
medIately jumped over the the packages OF
tickets and went to his overcoat and drew his
'evoiver, whereupon, /, In self defense being
ced TO protect myself from imminent dan.
nd being an officer OF the law In the dis
of my official duty, drew my revol.
remarked that "two could play a.
and that he had better put up his
'hlch was dones
HERTZ Daniel Guy did interfere
fs 'lscharge Of which conceiT-
s~~s = 49, = daRsys 49, -
tickets being In the once
Elections on Friday,
IT no one connected
the county seat on
mt and Maddox,
zach here until
10 possible to
use, but re-
'er OF the