El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-19

There were 925 voters registered
this morning when the registrar open
ed his Office" said party this morn
ing. "Of this number 625 are white,
ratio is kept up there will be no trouble
in having a fair election this spring,
but to my mind the Mexicans have just
| begun registering. Last evening l
was in the registrars office and looked
over the books and found that during
| the afternoon there were thirty-f five
| people registered and of this mum Der
| twenty-four were Mexcans. There are
| also number of colored men who have
not registered, but they will likely be
registered before the books are closed
| The colored vote of Ell Pasois mixed in
| a city election and if the white and col
ored vote combined is twice as much as
| the Mexican vote then there will be no
| trouble in holding fair election. I'm
| less on election day the MeXicans trade
| registration certificates after one has
| voted and in this way defeat the will Of
| the majority"
''Now that Boss Campbell has return
ed there will be some hard pulling for
| prestage ia the coming city election"
said party this morning. "If the pres
emit program of the gang demo-reps is
carried out and the both candidates are
dictated by the democratic boss it will
be great fight, and those who don't
stand in with either gang can stand off
and sick the gang candidates onto one
| another. and have lots of fun, and that
| is about all they want or expect out of
the coming election"
81 am sorry for some of those poor
deluded gang democrats who have been
| promised offices in recompense for work
during the city campaign" said a dem
| ocrat this morning. Everybody is
| aware of the trade that is made by the
| gang demo-reps, That trade gives the
| mayor to the dems. and the other Of
fees to the reps. for the part they will
take in helping elect democratic may
or for Ell Paso. The straight republic
cans are standing hands off, but expect
to get their revenge later along in the
year. They are loading both barrels
for elephants and the discharge will
scatter.'
The adoption of English as the one
compulsory foreign language in China
is an Acknowledgement of the cosmo-
politanism aud immense practical util-
ity of English. The emperor of China is
setting a good example, for he is indus
triously studying the language which |
he has by imperial edict made obliga- |
tory.
A short time ago the newspapers
published the fact that a prominent
citizen of Oaklahoma, while engaged
in a game of poker fell from his chair
dead as the result of heart failure.
Since light has been thrown on
this matter by the facts being develop
ed that before the aforementioned
prominent citizen could get the fifth
heart out of his sleeve the other fellow
got the drop and pulled the Tiger.
College professor to his class.-"As
s well known, Ulysses was ten years in
getting home" Student to his neig b.
oor.-"Say. what an elegant jag he I
must have had on.''
II don't know" cried the excited :
eminine voice in the darkness, =
whether you are my husband Or !
burglar, but I'm going to be- on the :,
afe side and shoot " y
The following from republican pa &
er is suggestive to several Ell Paso G
spirants, especially those who are t"y- p
1g to get in on democratic support b
The early birds in Washington, will e
e first to get worn out waiting for the tt
orm they are after. Hotel bills will t;
BON admonish them that had they not (
cen SO early they might have been Il
etter off," ia