Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-11-03
DEMOCRATS WIN
BUT RETURNS SLOW
Yesterdays Election Without Pre-
cident for Difficulty in OBJ
tanning Information.
COUNTY MAJORITY SURE.
Harrington's Majority Over Weller---
DuvaIl Wins Over Munroe- -SuIIi-
win Ahead of His Ticket for
Sheriff


in no previous election within mem
DRY have the returns from Anne Arun-
del county been so difficult to obtain
and so uncertain. but information
which appears to be reliable now gives
the county to Harrington. the Demo-
cratic nomiee for Governor by a ma
iority of but 75 to Weller, his Repub-
lican opponent
Ii is certain that every Democratic
nominee on the county ticket has won
Some doubt existed as to the fate Of
Frank NJ. Dlvan. the Democratic nom
inee for the Sentate. but a big majority
IN the Fifth district pulled him
through effectively, and his majority
over James NJ. Munroe will be about
225. The majorities of the other
Democratic candidates range upwards
from that figure to about 600. 500 be-
inc the normal figure
Absolutely accuroate returns are i'm
nossible, because of the failure of the
officials in the Fourth district to give
he information TO anyone here. Every
effort to reach them by telephone has
been a failure. but the fact has been
learned that Weller carried the two
precincts by 103 majority, and Bowie
carried il by 20S Bowie is a resident
of the district and it is said. that he
made very special effort to secure.
votes for himself if his illiterates vo-
ted for no one else on the ticket
Bowie's vote. however. did not en-
dang ar the election of DI. Wells, as
Clerk of the Circuit Court, as he ran
strongly in almost every other pre-
ciact Of the cornty. particularly in
Annapolis and Eastport. The vote on
the Senatorshir in this district has no!
been learned but it is estimated that
Munroe secured about $50 majority.
In Annapolis Weller secured a ma
iority of SO. while Duvall won over
Munroe for the State Senate by 46.
This is bad falling off of the DEM
ocratic vote There was also falling
off in the Germantown precinct, while
Duvall ran far behind his teammates
i'm the Eighth district
The Republican majority in the
Fourth district was particularly dis
tressing to their opponents, and it was
evident that a very particular effort
was made in the Fifth district to help
Duyall out, it being realized that he
was likely to fall below in other parts
of the county.
With the question of Harrington's
election still in doubt. the poor show
ing for the head of the ticket in Anne
Arundel county may have much bear
ing on the result in the State Har-
rington's estimates of two or three
thousand majority were based upon
500 to the good in Anne Arundel. and
this. it appears, must be revised by
over 400. This is a considerable blow
and with the large falling off in Bal
timore city from what was expected
and first reported. it may incline the
balance.
However, it is still believed that
Harrington's majority, though small,
is sure.
Weller carried ten of the eighteen
precincts in Anne Arundel county and
every district except the FIFTH and the
Eighth. The latter was carried for
Harrington by a majority of but four
! votes.
The last precinct to complete the
count in Annapolis was the Third, in
which the officials ended their work
at about o'clock this morning In
nearly all of the precincts of the
county the count was not over until
'AnusIeddv 'Suludom sIql smIleUuos
the Officials in the Fourth district
completed the count and Immediately
took train for Baltimore. The homes
of some of them were reached by tele-
l phone. and it was stated that in every
+ Republicans were misspelled.
i One eolored voter attempted to use il
| the "near-ticket" which appeared some
/ days ago, and which was fac-simile
/ of the sample ballot except that the
+ names of all the nominees except the
colored voted attempted to use it in
/ in the Fourth ward, by folding
! the marked ticket in such a way that II
1 indicated where TO mark for Republi-
I can candidates. He was put under
J arrest by the officials on the ground
that he was using a mechanical de-
vice to help him to vote. The issue Of
the trial will be watched with much
interest, as it raises new question
| under the law.
On the whole, however, the election
proceeded very quietly in Annapolis,
and. according to reports, throughout
the entire county.