El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-19

| The machine organs say the republic
| cans had 81, 600 to spend in the late
election, but are afraid to have the
ballot boxes opened to see which can
didate received the most illegal votes.
| No one knows exactly how many il
legal votes were cast in the late cleo
| ton. nor who they were cast for,
but the democratic machine objects to
| looking into the boxes and seeing
which party received the most illegal
votes. The republicans. on the other
hand, are willing to have show down.
The democratic ward heelers are the
first to Jump up and cry out that con-
! tested election will create a bitter poll
| tical feeling. FL Paso now has chance
| to cleanse its baliots-let the election go
which way it willard it should do so.
a contest now might be Il means of
procuring cleaner elections in the fu-
ture.
T. f. Boren is the learned senator
of the twenty-fifth legislature, who was
sent by that body to Investigate and re-
port on the condition of the state re-
formatOry at Gatesvilie, Texas. Mr..
BOren found the place well stocked
with bad boys of all compilations, but
from his recommendations one would
judge that he was Baptist as he says
the place needs more religion and
more water. Mr.. Boren recommends
that the state appropriate ST 900 for
the purpose of building ''sanatarium"
for the boys to battle in. The boys
would find much better facilities for
bathing if the state should.build mat
atorium," and their sanitary condition
would be better.
Democratic Leader Baileys refusal
to wear a dress suit on social occasions
in Washington, has got him tabooed
from all social functions at the capital.
Il is a bad fix for a leader to put him
self in. Mr.. Bailey should not think
that Washington should come to his
way of thinking on matters of dress. es-
peciaily when he wears broad brim-
med hat and Prince Albert coat, but
he should adopt the customs of the
place where he is sent to reside, and it
is the custom there to wear full dress
suits On all social occasions. Even Bill
Sterrett, of the Dallas News, when he
went to Washington wore a broad
brimmed hat and Seymour coat, but
after attending the first social function
in that attire, he was quick to catch on
and soon had himself melted down"
into full dress suit. Now the lead
ing Texas congressman should not be
downed by Bill Sterrett, correspond
emit.
The next thing of great Importance
to FL Paso, is the tiremen's state con-
vention, which meets in this city on
May y. 10 and II. This city should
keep up its reputation for entertaining
state visitors and no dou bt it will. The
enough money to entertain the tiremen
and their friends properly, and this
wilt have TO be done by public subscrip-
ton. Money thus donated may be a
little hard to give now. but it is an add |
vertisameut that will be of untold value |
to Ell Paso in the future. Don't be |
slingy.
So Mrs Bradley-Martin got real |
mad at the comment on her fancy
ball of a few weeks ago, aud she has |
sb aiken off the dust of New York, with !
the threat that she will never come |
back. Probably New York will sur
vlve. On second thoughts, that is |
about the best thing she could do. I'll
a lot more like her would leave the |
country, it would be all the better for
their departure.
The city council has no right to 90
beyond the city charter for law gov
erning that body on any subject COW
cred by the charter" said a prominent
democratic lawyer this morning. eff
the charter is wrong then it does not
ievOlve on the council to prove it so,
but on some party who has grievance
gainst the charJer. The city charter
expressly says that the city council
shall decide all contests of city cleo
lions, and there is no law showing
directly that the clause has been re-
)ealed."
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