El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-07
PASO TEXAS MONDAY, NOVEMBER T. 1898.

| Republicans will all vote the third
| ticket, and make no mistake. Do not
mark the ticket you vote, but PLAINLY
CROSS OUT EVERY OTHER.
1t is unlawful to use a colored pencil.
USE ONLY BLACK PENCIL.
Tickets with any private marks on
them will be thrown out.
Every ballot to be legal must be
stamped sOfficial Ballot" by the pre-
siding officer.
The judges to preside at tomorrow's
election were appointed by the COM
missiOners' court October 10, and the
polling places selected at the same
time. A called meeting of the COM
missioners was held November 8, and
two new judges chosen in lieu of two
who had given notice that they could
not serve.
OFFICERS AND POLLING PLACES.
The presiding officers and places
where the elections will be held are as
follows:
First ward: Presiding judge, George
Ogden; polling place, Star stables.
Second ward: Presiding Judge, G.
w. Fassett; polling place, county court
room, court house.
Third ward: Presiding judge, Wynd
ham Kemp; polling place, Chas. Pur-
tells shop on Stanton street.
Fourth ward: Presiding Judge. Ben
Catlin; polling place, street commits
sioners' building at city park on North
Oregon street.
Ysleta: Presiding Judge, DR.. C. F.
Knoblauch; polling place, old mayors
house.
Socorro: Presiding Judge, Mariana
Sierra; polling place, house of Mariana
Sierra.
San Elizario: Presiding Judge, Jose
v,1n n
Quadrilla: Presiding judge, Gabino
Loya; polling place, Loya's house.
Fort Hancock: Presiding Judge, n.
II. Briggs; polling place, school house.
Sierra Blanca Presiding Judge,
George Smith; polling place, school
house.
Van Horn: Presiding Judge, R. P.
Bean; polling place. school house;
Bray; polling place, school house.
Concordis: Presiding Judge, +. J.
Mundy; polling place, school house.
Clint: Presiding Judge, Clyde
Critchett; polling place, Coffin's store.
Island: Presiding judge, Pedro
polling place, house of Jesus
Arroyo.
WEIGH EASILY LEADING.
The chief local interest in the out
come of tomorrow's election centers in |
the contest between little Billy |
Bridgers and j. G. Welct, for the |
reason that residents of El Paso and |
are particularly concerned in
the man who will represent them in |
the next Legislature
The defeat of Bridgers is regarded |
as a certainty even by his closest |
friends, chief of whom is Charley Pat |
terson. |
Politicians claim that Little Billy's |
action 10 knitting in the convention |
Captain ]. D. McKie, an aged confe-
derate veteran, whom he had promised |
to support for justice of the peace, was
alone enough to lose for little Billy the
bulk of the democratic vote. but his
other acts of duplicity have driven
the nail into his political coffin.
His latest act of desperation in enter
ing into a fusion with the "black and
tsns" lost him the respect of the de-
cent element of his followers, and his
cause is now considered hopeless.
Little Billy's opponent, j. G. Welch,
has made clean fig hit and comes out
Of it with no personal enemies and no
from friends sacrificed He is
3 hard working railroad man and has
never failed to do his entire duty to
and employers.
Bridgers confessed when he resigned
the Office of justice of the peace that
he had made a monumental failure
and under the circumstances even his
friends do not feel like send.
ing him to the legislature to have him
repeat his former'experience and bring
1iscredit upon themselves, and many
Of them will vote for Welch in self de-
tense.
THE CONSPIRACY.
On Saturday when tie republican |
that waited upon Judge |
Harper left him, they all felt that
their refusal to allow the state demo,