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DUER MAY CONTEST
REELECTION OF PRICE
Defeated Candidate Uncertain What
Course to Pursue.

Princess Anne, Mo, Nov. 13l-It
is generally beneyed here that Rob
ert f. Duer. OF this city, the ttepuD-
ncan candidate Tor Congress, will
contest the reelection CI Congress
man Price from the First Congress
Sional district.
According TO the official canvass
Of the vote in the nine counties OF
the Eastern Shore, Congressman
Price received majority OF SO d,
tuesdays election. There mas been
! talk OF a contest upon Duer's part
SINCE it appeared from the face OF
the returns that Congressman Price
had been reelected, and the friends
| of Mr.. Duer have been more certain
that a contest would be instituted
since it has been reported that Con-
gress would be Republican.
! when asked this afternoon wheth-
er he would institute a contest, Mr..
Duer would not say whether he had
| decided upon the course he WouiG
pursue. He said if he believed he
| Was fa.rIy defeated he would not
hesitate TO coneede the election OF
his opponent, but that the reports ne
nau received from his friends In
', orcester and other counties on
the Shore convinced nlin ,.ldt III
had not received square deal. f-ai
NIr. Duer's chief complaint is
against the form OF the ballot used
i'll worcester county. An error =" d.
| Ina~G IL the printing OF the official
ballots in that county, voting
s4 0Arc Deing placed in the space con-
tanning the designation OF the office
anu the Instructions, vote for one,
just ABOVE the group of names OF the
Senatorial candidates.
This square was placed lmmedI-
ateIy above the square opposite The
name OF Joseph irwin France, The
Republican candidate for the Senate.
Duer has been advised by his friends
in Worcester county that in counting
the ballots, when the ballot was
marked in this square, SUCH a mark
was construed to be a mark of iden-
LITIGATION and the whole ballot was
thrown out. He does not profess to
know how many votes were thrown
out on this account, but has been in
formed that 20 were thrown out in
one district and II in another. He,
therefore, has been led to believe
that enough ballots were thrown out
in the whole county to have changed
the result of the election.
He has also in his possession a
magnified sample ballot from Wor-
cester county, which the law re-
uuires to be posted on the outside OF
the election place in each district
four days before the election. This
sample does not contain the extra
square that was on the official bal
lot, Duer contends that the law re-
uuires the magnified ballot to be an
accurate copy of the official ballot.
| and that Republiean5tote wishing
to vote for France and the other Re
publican candidates, were misled by
| the specimen ballot posted at the
election houses.
On the other hand. it is under
| stood that the Election Supervisors
| of Worcester county, contehd that
they have investtgateds the : matter
| aud state that Mr.. Duer lost no
| votes in the county on account OF,
| the irregularity in the ballot. The
officials there say that the specimen
ballot was printed in Sne Will and
the official ballots in Baltimore.
They state that the copy sent to the
Baltimore printer did not contain the
additional voting square, in the Sen
| atorial group, and that its insertion
was an error on the part of the prin-
ter, which was not discovered until
1.-THE voting commenced on the morn
ling OF election. 81
1t also is stated By the Worcester
jaofhcials that in counting the bailots
on the night of election the election
officials Of Snow Hill were advised by
John w. station, of Snow Hill, the at
torney to the Supervisors. to reject
only the vote nsthe Senatorial group
in all ballots marked in TINS add.
tional square and to count the RESI-
of the ticket It also is asserted that
James NJ. Crockett. of Pocomoke
City, member of the Board of SUI
pervisors, gave the same INSTRUCT
ons to the election officials Fin TIP
two Poconoke City precincts.
| Mr.. Duer win leave for Baltimo5a
tomorrow. where 1T Unexpected ~
will confer with other leaders q
his party in the State and determine
upon the course he will pursue. 8