Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-23
ORLANDO HARRISON
SECURES A RECOUNT
Worcester SenatOrship Contest Up
Before Senate.
SOLONS GO HONE FOR WEEKEND.
Both Houses Of Legislature Ad-
iOurn Today Until Monday
Evening.

Following brief sessions this after
noon, both houses Of the Maryland
Legislature adjourned for the we .k-
end. They will reconvene OF Mon
day night at s o'clock.
The House was called TO order by
Speaker Trippe shortly after II
o'clock. II was in session but few
minutes, during which several bills
Of minor Importance were introduced,
after which adjournment was taken.
The session of the Senate was de-
layed because of the meeting of the
Elections Committee on the contest
between Mestrs Ounce, Ashburn
and Orlando Harrison for the senator
ship fro n Worcester county. Con-
siderable interest was manifested in
the proceedings, the committee final
ly deciding 70 have a recount of the
ballots cast in the election in Wor-
cester last November, in order to
clear up every contention surround.
ing the qualification of the Senator
from that county.
In this connection an order calling
on the Supervisors of Elections for
that county TO deliver the ballot
boxes to the Senate was passed. The
hearing before the committee, of
which Senator Beck, of Kent coun-
ty, is chairman, consisted of argu-
ments, chiefly legal and technical,
as to whether the contestant, Mr..
Harrison, had made out case sufii-
cient to warrant the committee in
ordering a recount.
Alonzo l.. Miles opened for the
contestant, contending that his men,
orr made out a prima tacie show
ing that four votes had been i'm
properly counted. Senator Ounce
Ashburn received just four majority
on the face of the returns. Will
liam J.. Marbury, counsel for Ash
burn. argUed that there was no
ground shown for opening the ballot
boxes.
Mr.. Msrbury declared that in the
Democratic county of Worcester it
was supposed that 8 regular Demo
cratic candidate would get all that
was coming TO him, especi lily as
Ashburn was considered as a Demo
crat by the Republicans who voted
for him. Mr.. Miles replied and Col
George NJ. Upshur also spoke for Mr..
Harrison. Mr.. Marbury closed the
argument. Other counsel present
were John W. Straton. for Harrison,
and c. o. Melvin, for Ashburn.
President Price, Of the Senate. to-
day announced his list Of subordinate
employees for that body. Among
the appointments of local intere st
are these of William J. Diggs, Jr., Of
this city, as one of the three pages,
and w. H. Taylor, one of two jani-
tors.
Mr.. Price named jerome T. Hay
man, of Wicomico county, formerly
clerk in the Land Commissioner
office, as bis private secretary.
Franklin P. Waller, son of Mr.. r.
Lee Waller, a deputy clerk in the
Court of Appeals, was named as a
page.
Seven of the measures drafted by
the committee for the purpose of
carrying out the pledges embodied in
the last Democratic platform. have
been intr lGuced in both houses.
They were brought to Annapolis yes
ttrdsy afternoon by former Senator
Arthur P. German, and former At
torney General lsaac Lobe Straus,
two members of the platform COM
mittee.
The bills were presented in the
Senate by President Price and in the
House by Spe aker Trippe. They
cover the following subjects To
punish the vote buyer only, ia cases
of election bribery; providing for the
nomination and election Of United
States Senators; establishing closer
Grade .relatins between certain Sec
tions of the State; for the develp-
ment of Southern Maryland; abolish
ing the fee system; for uniform ac-
counting in all State Offices; for the
protection of miners.