El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-08

spect the law and did not think it was
constitutional, so they went right
ahead aud married. At last case
was carr ed to the supreme court ano
the court declared the law good and
rendered decision that all marriages
of divorces that had taken place prior
to the expiration of the six months
limit were illegal and null. You bet
the county clerks and justices OF the
peace were kept busy in that state lssu-
mo new licenses and re-marrying coup
les. In some cases the decision made
it POS ible for people to get out of mat
rimonial alliances that were not up to
the roman ic standard the contract
| ing parties anticipated, and the parties
| ju t quit without going through fur
Their legal FORM
81 have never liked Bob Campbell
politically" said a republican this
morning 'but do admire the STAND
be has taken in this e. :tion. After
sad defeat in the city republican con-
yention, which was enough to make
| any man weakened in the support OF
| the ticket put out, he has come out nat
footed and says be will give the repub
lican ticket hearty support. This
solidifies the republicans of Ell Paso for
the local ticket and it is the first t me
! in the history of Ell Paso that the
republican party have been all 'Ogether
| n the support of their ticket. Bob
Campbell is nobodys fool on politics
nor any other issue, and he would not
come out boldly in support of the ticket
if he did not have faith in its election
He had a chance to lay low and keep
quiet, but he refused to do so and has
raised himself in the estimation OF his
political enemies"
|
| Before the -Corbett fight
at Carson City two Spanish cigar max
ers working for Mr.. Kohlberg made a
bet on the result of the fight. The bet
was that the loser should buy the win
ner a lottery ticket. The Corbett man
| bought the ticket and gave 1t to the
Fitzsimmons hacker. Last evening the
owner of the ticket received word that
his ticket had won 1000 and now he
is hoping that Fltz will get into anoth-
err fight with POmpadour Jim so that
| ne can win some more money.
|
| "It is noticeable" said a democrat
| to Round About. ''that, while Johr
O'Keeffe was ready at once, wher
asked to state his posi- ion on the issues
of the campaign, to give straight
| forward statement of what he thought
ought to be done and what he proposed
to do, Judge Magoffin would nos talk
but stated that he would define hi:
position later on His later on j:
the exact English for the Spanish
word MANANA. and furnishes a meas
ure bv which to gauge all of Judge
Magotfin's official acts, if the peoule
should be so foolish as to elect hin
mayor. Ell Pace is no longer a NAN
ANA town, but a busting, progressive
| American city of TODAY. Probably by
tomorrow (manana) the judge vii
have consulted Prime Minister More
head and will then be ready to let the
voters know what he NJ ,rehead) will
do if he (Magoffin) is elected. Their
there viii be left just three days for the
voters to ponder upoa the prime minis,
ter's promised policy and read 1t ane
re-read it. upside-down, sideways
back wards and every other way to fine
out just exactly what it does promise. ="
"There was peculiar case came be
fore me lately" said an FL Paso justice
of the pc ace. Il was called on to mar
nv a coup e. One of the pa ties was g
divorc and had only been granted {
divorce the same morning. The nup
tial knot was tied according to law anC
the parties went away happy. In the
afternoon Il n otion FIR new trial wa
ma Re in the district court aud If new
trial had been granted the divorce
that married in the morning would