Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-05
RIVAL PARTIES READY
FOR THE ELECTION
End Of Most Quiet Campaign in
Counly's History.
MANY RUMORS ARE AFLOAT.
Reported Republicans Will Knife Legis-
lative Candidates on Annexation
Issue.

Apathy and generally unsettled
conditions that have existed among
the Democrats an Republicans of
Anne Arundel County for the last
several months, Will have their eli
max at the polls tomorrow All in
all. conditions preceding the battle OF
| the ballots have been of a most quiet
order, probably more so than any
that have marked any election in the
history of the county.
AS has previously been stated, the
Democrats did not hold single mass
meeting or rally. The leaders. it is
said took the stand that such meet
ings are of little or no benefit any
how, and the same view seems to be
pervading the Democratic forces
throughout the State, as few, if any,
meetings, were held anywhere The
Anne Arundel Republicans, however,
held meetings in several sections of
the county. They pleaded to the vot-
ers on the score of overthrowing the
Democratic machine as a means of
helping to establish clean government
in the county
1t looks as though the entire Demo-
cratic ticket will pull through sue
cessfully, although the Republicans
are claiming they will elect two and
possibly more of their candidates.
The G. o. p leaders have centered
their fight entirely upon the candi-
dates for the Legislature, the Sheriff,
County Treasurer, and Register of
Wills. Concerning the Legislative
ticket, it is reported today that many
Republicans have openly stated their
intention to knife the candidates be-
cause of the stand the party Central
Committee took on the question of
annexing a slice of the Fifth Dis
trict And by the way, the annexation
issue has spread throughout every
county of the State. and apparently is
the main matter at stake, except as
TO local affairs here and there And
with other reports that are going the
rounds, such as rumors of combina-
tions being effected here and there
in order to slash this or that candi-
date of the rival parties, it would ap-
pear a difficult problem to make a
surface forecast of the probable out
come of the balloting. 1t also is re-
ported that the Republicans calcu-
late on receiving a certain amount
of support from the Progressive
Democrats
Another situation that may have a
greater or less effect in the result
of the vote was injected into this
campaign when Uncle Sam took down
his gun and went to war with Ger
many 1t meant the taking away
from the precincts of the county
some several hundred men, white and
colored More than two hundred
are down at Camp Mcclellan, at An
niston, Ala, members of the Annapo-
lis units of the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Regiment of the Federalized
Militia, and nearly 100 white men
and 102 colored men are with the
draft army undergoing training at
Camp Meade, this county Besides
many other men of the city or coun-
ty, in order to escape being drafted
either joined the navy or entered the
military service through other chan
nels. And as is now well known, the
Federal authorities denied permis-
sion for these men to go to their re-
spective homes to vote
The polls will be opened through
out the county as usual at o'clock in
the morning, and close at 6 in the
afternoon. 1t is the duty of every
male citizen possessing the legal
qualifications to cast his ballot AS
customary on election day, all saloons
in the city will remain closed all
| day
The only State candidate to be vot-
ed for is Comptroller, and indications
| point to the reelection of Hugh A.
McAIullen over William o. Atwood.
his Republican opponent, although
there has been much opposition to
Mr. McMullen by certain elements Of
his party.