Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-24
VOTE THROUGHOUT CITY

VOTE THROUGHOUT CITY
Standing on his record IF publ,
service III ille civ Council and gains
the almost frantic oppos lion " %
soeealled organization" ii the iJea
Democratic party Alderman John ]
Levy. merchant of this cit3 Mon tai
nomination FOR Mayor against Niiisot
e. Gott, an attorney, his majority he
4 Ing ia. Mr. Levy received 40 y,te
: throughout the city and Mr.. Cot %
Wherever the voters had The gpror-
tunity. they registered their opppsi.
ttion to boss control In the Second
ward, John nj Taylor young busi.
mess man, won III Overwhelming style
while John II Wells. was renominate
/ hui by d reduced vote. while the anti
organization vote was divided up ba.
tween Edward e. BaaYin Tie iie1
incumbent. and II Garland IIealey
Jill the Third ward, NilIilsn Mfs
Crcady. young business 1nan who
made his fight without orsa ai2it ail
support, Won easily John y stAseIs.
81 present an alderman. was the either
ehorc IIo has adhered 10 tile orgaili
satiDn since being d nlcmier III tlle
Council, hui has shown indepena aeace
/ In certain matters, and was sapnQrted
gen rally hy the iiremen Oh account
OF his steady assistance 70 The fire Dr.
partment In all matters coming before
the Council Paul q Winchester. siaa
had organization support. found i i
burden In the ward, and his defeat is
ascribad largely 10 III
III the Third ward, Elmer i Park
iasan and Charles W Smith were re-
nominated without opposition While
the former has of recent years been
leIaased us INSTRUMENTATION, and the
latter has been considered with them,
The ISSUE was not definitely raised in
this ward. and the aldcrmanie caAdi-
dates claimed that they took no part
/ iii the fight on the head Of the ticket.
There VAS no opposition % the re-
nomination of George 4, Rullman as
ltsity Counselor. and he received d sub
staatIal vote Ia iii wards.
The members of the city Executive
committees selected were First
ward, Walter Clark Second ward.
George r Quaid Third ward, James
/ d stellle; Fourth ward, Joseph H. .
| ID sllis. There was no contest in any
Eof the wards except the Third where
|. 81 Bernard Lloyd was placed Oh the
ticket BY the organization forces Mr.
I4sloyd had, however. not authorized
lthe placing of his name there, and did
not make any fight for the place
The election went OFF quietly, but II
no prirpsry contest of recent years has
moro activity been displayed. Organi-
/ zation workers strug gled desperately
in all the wards to maintain Their po-
sition by effectIng the nomination q
1 MI Gott on the other hand Mr.
1 I.evg is no tyre in practical politics
/ and had many skillfnl workers on his
side. No bad feeling was displayet
.any here, and the general sentiment
/ ii one be abiding hy the result Sherif
i Joseph Ii Bells was one Of the frs
/ is declare his hearty support Of th'
ticket as nominated and his Milliag,
mess to do everything possible for Il:
success
Il little rni.-tIp occurred in tn
4 Third ward al tic end Of the voting
when ii was found that there we're 81
ballots cast and only TT names 81
checked In the clerk s book as haviiil
voted. Ii was decided, however, 70 q
ahead with the count and leave th'
matter Ii the hands of the higher on
ciaIs or courts, II ii was questioned
Thc universal sentiment was that th
mistake must not be allowed 20 inter
Il fere with the expression Of the pre-
II feronees of the whole ward 4 II 40
likely that any further steps VIII p
taken In the matter II Is belieSei
that the whole thing was an accident
probably through the clerk falling {
record four OF the voters.
The organixatiOn made its bes
fight III the First ward, where comb
nations wero undoubtedly mode an
bargains arranged which nsi ali 81
regular workers Cd that side Thez
was substantial nucleus howeye
for Levy. Golt also obtained na'
/ torit III the Fourth ward. where Den
! ocratic voters are few and the 4
Dnence of sherin . Harry Bellis
paramount
Levy received majority ot ls ]
me Second ward. The count IN taes
wards was completed before fhas
the Third, and those around the pol
Sng places toiaIled II up and kne
that i majority of IS ii that war
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