Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-05
Republican Candidates Are Beaten by aes Ranging Three Hun
dred to Eight Hundred-FusOn Move Of PrOgressives
Fails to Garry Much Weight
SENATOR LEE LED TICKET BY 5000
herfEect POtees Majority Over Pumphy, However Will Prob
ably Be As Great That Given the Successful Senatorial
Candidate Nearly 5000 Votes We're Cast

By maj)rities ranging from 500
to nearly 1000. the Democrats made
a clean sweep for both the State and
local candidates in yesterdays elec-
tion in Anne Arund ! county.
Complete returns have been re-
ceiveG from all of the eighteen pre-
cincts, which, while unofficial, are
authentic, and show that not only die
the Republicans fail To muster the
anticipated strength from the dis
gruntled Progressive Democrats, but
there was a split within their own
ranks, and the Democrats even made
material gains in some of the pre-
cincts generally regarded as Repub-
lican strougholds.
This was shown when the counting
of ballots got under way, as there
" re quite as many split Republican
tickets as on the Democratic side.
The four Progressive Democrats who,
by joining ths fusion movement, be-
came candidates on the Republican
ticket, received somewhat larger
votes in the respective sections in
which they live. This was to be ex-
pected.
The returns show that Senator
Lee, candidate for the United States
Senate, ran from 500 TO 1000 votes
ahead cf the candidates of the county.
The other State candidates also led
the county slate. Although Sc uator
Lee tops the ticket in number of
votes polled, yet his majority over
his Republican opponent will prob
ably not exceed that of John r. Potee,
the Democratic candidate for Sheriff,
when the official vote is canvassed.
Senator Lee polled more than 5000
votes, his vote being greater than
that cast for Woodrow Wilson in the
late Presidential election, while
former Congressman Psrran, his op-
ponent, received less than $500
votes. Lees majority is over 500.
Because of the large number of
names on the ballot, and the fact that
the count necessarily proceeded slow
~, il was early this morning before
the election officials in some of the
preciucts completed their labors.
This was particularly true inthe city.
In neither of the four wards was the
count completed until after o'clock.
In the Second ward, where there
we're several extra delays, the count
was not finished until O'Clock this
morning. Early returns from some
of the rural precincts, be wever,
were sufficient TO indicate the Demo
cratic sweep, although it was near
noon today before anything definite
ir the way of majoriies could be as
certained.
As was expected, a heavy vote
was cast in every section of the coun-
ty, and the election passed off with
unusual quie ietness. No reports of dis
order of any kind have been received.
Taking the vote for Lee and Parran
as a basis, the returns show that
more than $500 votes were cast in
the election. The returns show that
that many ballots were counted by
the officials, aud it is reported that
there were number of rejected tick
cts in every precinct.
The Republicans are keenly dis
appointed over the result, but appar-
entity they were not as strC ngly or
ganized as they had expected Chey
we're confident of electing at least
some Of the county candidates, and
even as the early returns showed the
dri.t OF the tide, the G. o. P. men
did not give up hope until all the
votes had been counted. Some of the
candidates, in fact stayed about the
polling house of their respective Sec
tions all night watching the count,
still holding ray of hope that re-
turns from here or there might change
the result.
But the heavy majorities given the
Democratic candidates in the Fifth
district, the home Of John <. Potee.
the Sheriff-elect, and in Annapolis,
and few other sections, was more
than the Republicans could hope 70
overcome. The local State and county
officials elected, as shown by the
returns are
State Senator-Benjamin Watkins,
Jr.
House of Delegate s-James o.
Atwell, Frank M. Duvall. John E.
Hopkins, Joseph NJ Stewart.
Sheriff John Z. Potee.
County TreasHrer-Dr. All. Perris.
County Commissioner C. Bass.
ford, John G. Friedhofer, Albert s.
Harmon, Henry B. Myers. David
Sheppard, James A. Walton, Percy
williams.
Surveyor. -. Carson Boush.
Lees Splendid Run.