El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-24
DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES
More Orderly Than They
Were Expected To Be.
TIFF FIGHT ON SHERIFF
Results In A Strong Anti-patterson
Combina tion-A Hot Fight In the
Second and Third Wards.


than had been expected in some quar-
tiers. The fact wss that in most cases
the goose bad been pretty well cook ed
before it. was served. In the trst and
fourth wards the delegations ected
were understood to be for Ten by
In the second there was Boone- rat
tersou combination, while in the thlrd
the Boone Ten Eyck comb nation won
over the on-RObinson-Grsnt
crowd.
Following are detailed accounts OF
the proceedings in the difer5nt wards;
FIRST WARD.
The meeting at the fret ward was a
perfect love asst. The only ar in the
proceedings was when Peg Grand
over declared that handful of ballots
had been put in the hat by one voter
and that OhCer Dsnniston was party
20 10. That lspute was settled by u
decision that Peg was 4 republican
and had been mixing too freely with
democrats during the day 20 tell one
ballot from u handful.
The meeting was called to order soon
after eight o'clock by precinct chair
man Brock who was chosen 10 preside
over the meeting. Joe SSes ney aud
DR.. Braden we're selected a. secretaries
and a. Zuehlke aud j. A. Dlck"orth
As tellers, while Oficer DenuistOn and
Alderman Clifford we're chosen 10 hold
the hat.
Repeating, which is ore OF the stand
bys IL democratic primaries, was pro-
vided against by locking one OF the
outside doors and the OVID pas. ing
out the other dep0slt'ng their balIos IN
the ha; as they passed out.
Before the voting commenced the
resolutions passed at the court house
in the forenoon by the candidates we're
read Tin Englishl aud adopted, one Of
which provided that TO be- qualihe
10 vote ~ the primaries Que must
have been Identified with the demo-
cratic party in the past.
This resolution did not deter large
number OF republicans, who were
thg re 10 the interest OF their friends,
from taxing a prominent part but
there were "A few spectators who con-
sidered u u family affair among de-
moCrats and resisted the pleadtugs OF
abe ''hustlers' 90 d-pos.J "A ballot.
IL was conducted upon the
principle OF free ballot" 50 free
that no vote was challeng-d,
The voting being over o 'talr count
was igtgIged ia which showed tuat
George Look, George Ogdeu, ID
storms, Gus Lee, Dick robint II. Leu
thy, j. ~. Brock, I'd. . Hara, and
Charles Miller hai received over two
thirds of the l9l voles cast, couse-
quently they were declared entitl I'D TO
front seats at Phil Dieter's circus at
the court house which cOnveue5 today.
While the votes were being counted
a motion 70 cOnstituts IA * P.tmau
precinct chairman for the next two
years was passed by a unanimous vote.
After the result of the count was an
nounced the meeting was closed Ia
peace and harmony.
SECOND WARD.
The meeting was ctlled TO order by
the ward chairman, Captain I. J.
BsAll. he 20 the meeting that it
was with regret ne had to ask them to
elect another chairman as he had NOV
ed from the ward since the last pri-
mary and would now have TO vote in
the third ward. He then stated that
nominations for the chair were in or
der.
Captain Chas. Davis placed the name
of James Il. Harper before the meet
ing for that honor. The nomination
was seconded and Mr.. Harper was
elected unanimously.
Chas. ". Fassett was elected secre-
tsry.
AS soon a. he mad been elected
Charley Patterson asked for recogni-
tion. He made short speech and tod
and see that the meeting was a success
and that he wished for peace and har-
mony to reign while they were trying
TO elect the twenty-three delegates TO
attend the county convention.
mir. chairman was the call from
dozen different voices and the chair
recognized r. l.. Shackelford, who
said he had set If resolutions which
he had Drafted aud which were signed
by about thirty of the leading citizens
OF the second ward. Voices calling
louder The chair requested Mr.. Shack
elford to get on the table aud read the
resolutions, which were in effect to
give the right TO both sides to chal-
ienge the voter, aud ask him the ques-
lions whether he knew what he was
voting for, whether he was . democrat
or a republican, and whether he could
read or write.
These resolutions angered the Gang
and Charley Patterson yelled out II
move TO table the resolutions" Sec
onded.
Captain Charlie Davis made short
talk telling why the resolutions should
be tabled. He stated that there we're
number Of good Mexicsns who were
Americans and were entitled to vote,
and that it was not right to bar them
out OF the privilege OF casting their bal
lots Just because they were rot familiar
with the exact law of voting.
Judge Stanton told the convention
that he thought for honesty there
ought TO be some test by which the
represen tatives of the different candi-
dates cou tell whether or not the
voters had right to vote, and he
the simplest thing was to ask
them il they knew what they were vot-
ing for.
Charley Patterson jumped on a table
and said that the Mexicans in that
ward had always been the salvation of
the democratic party and they were
his friends aud they should be EMIT ed
to vote, and he was in favor OF giving