Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-13
CONTEST LOOMS /.
UP As ELECTION !
RETURNS COME IN
Rupert. Organization" Candi-
date for Commissioner From
Fourth District, To Petition
For Recount Against Watts
Only ii Votes Apart
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ALSO STILL IN DOUBT

Political clansmen from all over
the county gathered in Annapolis
today TO find out what really hap
pened in Fridays primary cleo
ton, but the strange thing about
the gathering was that no one
seemed to have any exact figures
as to most OF the voting precincts.
They found it easy enough to
check up and verify the results as
previously announced i'll these
columns. but where any doubt ex-
isted as to positions on the ticket,
the complete figures were not OBJ
,ainable. One man came with
figures as to a certain office in
which he was particularly inter-
ested, but when it came to COM
bining the vote and attempting
anything like a tabulation. the
general conclusion was. that no.
thing but the official canvassing
Of the votes on Thursday next
would tell the whole story.
Rupert To Contest
The one definite development of the
day was the announcement by w. Ed
win Cecil. of the Fourth district, on
behalf of William Rupert, the Or
ganization" candidate for County Com
missioner. that petition would be
filed at once for a recount of the
votes in that district On the face OF
the unofficial returns, Rupert re-
ceived 2S7 votes and Holland p. Watts,
the Progressive" candidate. received
29s votes. Mr.. Cecil charges that
there were gross irregularities In
the conduct of the election in that
district, and claims that a recount
will show sufficient change in the
result to give Mr.. Rupert the nomi-
nation.
Another close race, and one which
seems to be getting down to a mar
rover margin as additional figures
come in, is that for the fifth and sixth
places on the State Central Committee
ticket There are four nominations al
ready assured, namely, Messrs.- Chew
and Douw, of the "Progressives,", and
Messrs. Strange and Myers. OF the
Organization" The first Indications
were that Bruner r. Anderson was
also surely nominated, and that the
sixth place was in doubt between
Frank s. Revell and Oden Bowie Duck
EFT, of the Organization" However,
il now seems highly probable that
Duckett has landed, with Anderson
and Revell running a close race for
the sixth place. Mr.. Anderson polled
big vote in the Second precinct OF
the Fifth District, 140 majority, and
in the Fourth District, 1870 majority,
and also a substantial majority in the
First District. However. Mr.. ReyelI
made big headway in the Third Dis
trict, where his majority was over
200, and in Annapolis, where it went
around $50 In the other voting pre-
cincts of the county il esems that there
was not a very wide margin between
them, although Mr.. Anderson seems to
have the better of it by number of
votes in the scattered precincts from
which more or less indefinite returns
have come in. 1t is more than likely
that the complete figures from the
First District alone, which is the ban
ner district of the "Progressives,"
will give Mr. Anderson enough votes
to assure him a place on the ticket.
This would in that event still leave
the race close between Reyell and
Duckett for the sixth place.
Likewise, the First District seems
| to have furnished a sufficiently large
vote to make certain the nomination
of w. Meade Holiday over Frank 0.
Knopp for fifth place on the Legisla-
tive ticket The former far outdist-
anced the latter in this district, and
led the entire field there by a wide
margin He also is practically sure Of
a majority in the Eighth Districts
which it was at first reported KnopA
had carried.
On the face Of the returns so far re-
ceived, Allen Bowie Howard. of Anna+
polls. leads the Legislative ticket in
the county. having run uniformly we'll
in all the districts. and especially so
in Annapolis and Eastport. George Il
a.