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self Decide Questions Regardless
OF Rights OF MIR. Dunn. Mr.. Baker
And Other Interested Candidates.
December 10 1921.
Hon. Emerson C. Harrington,
Cambridge, Maryland.
Dear Governor
You are considered the active head
OF the Democratic party in DorrheS-
ter county and 1 am taking the uber-
ty of addressing this letter to YOU.
Just a simple notice of contest
filled by Nh. Hackett and myself
brought forth quite blast fTola
Editor Webb. Mr.. Webb Is consld-
cred a valuable talking member OF
YOUR party and if he really believes
what he wrote, also presuming ne
spoke for the defeated candidates OF
the democratic ticket, there certain
" can be no harm in my making use
of his political Ideas.
According to MI. Webb the demo-
cratic leaders feel that recount VIII
show their whole ticket elected. Ii
is strange this never occurred 10 the
gentlemen before as you CAN 3e-
member cases in Dorchester WheE
taken up at once and Republicans
taktn up at once an( Republicans
ousted from their offices with very
little ceremony. If any crooked
work was done by Republican cleo
ton officials, and you gentlemen
made no move to take advantage VI
it. it is a little strange and your
modesty is to be commended.
In the contest by your candidates
the report of the detectives may not
be needed, but, if it should be, l
think a copy could be gotten If you
agree to use it. This report Will
furnish very interesting reading.
Mr.. Hackett and myself are going
to make our contest on acts opmmltt-
ed from the time the polls closed I'M
til the boxes sealed and delivered 10
the Election Board. If we are al
lowed, by a recount il certain pre-
cincts. to show errors and fraud we
will be satisfied. If the chances 10
make good in this confess is not CIV
Ell us then, as far as | am concerned,
the lid will be lifted in Dorchester
politics. The reason mostly given
On the street, why we cannot have
recount, is that. you will not allow
the boxes TO be opened. Certainly
ycu would not be party 10 any deal
hiding fraud and an sure you
would not use your influence to cover
~ fraud.
Mir. Webb states II A. lht d"iLo
cratic candidates. and managers, feel
sure q recount will show their cleo
ton. This is the sallH position that
Nj. Hacketr and myse,f take and !
teg 10 Off! the following PROPOSE
zion.
Let each side name three precincts
and if q recoIl. of the votes no rot
show our claim to be good then we
will not ask to proceed. This leaves
YOU people free to proceed with any
action desired AS far as | am con-
&c rned l only ask that one RepuDll-
can tally keeper be present, provided
the Judges be selected from the fol
lowing names: honorable w. Laird
Henry. Messrs W. Grason Winter
bottom Robert H. Matthews, Fred
erick RI. Fletcher, Charles Webster.
DR.. E. E. Wolff, Ira Y. Wheatley,
Sidney H. Henry and ]. Fred Dunn
These gentlemen are all democrats
and | believe they would be Wiling
to devote few hours work to up
hold the purity of the ballor.
1 think this proposition is more
than fair and that your can t.dass5
should be willing to it. Ii your
candidates are not willing to proceed
in this way it looks like an admis !
sion that their claim is false and
that the Democratic managers are
afraid to ask that the ballot boxes
be opened.
Hoping this proposition will meet
with your approval, remain.
Yours very truly,
W. H. MEDFORD.