El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-24

He looked very thoughtful for long
minute, and then he said: well. gen.
tlemen, although it makes no differ
ence at all who is TEN porary chairman,
[ will decide in favor of WhitmOre."
Upon this announcements the Dean
men, believing they bad clear major
ity, demanded fair count OF noses.
The other side objected, and Chairman
Grant fatty refused to reverse his de-
cision. Harry Wood got excited, and
pounding the poor little unoffending
table with his cane, he yelled for a
hearing. He said his side had the larger
crowd, and in vehement terms de-
manded q count.
Il appeal from the decision of the
CHAIR he beloved.
"Who are you going to appeal to-"
retorted Grant.
ITO the house." said Wood.
81 am the house" said Grant and
this remark, reported verbatim, is
worthy to live in history.
Harry Wood then assumed u chair
mans place and yelled for recognit on
In the midst of the confusion Lawyer
Wallace took the arm of Mr.. " hit
more and led him to the chair.
As soon as he could make himself
heard Witmore said he did not want TO
assume the chair unless it could De
done without quarreling. He wanted
to be perfectly fair, and he said he
would gladly give up the chair to Mr..
Dean in the interest of harmony.
Harry Wool then moved to elect
MIR. Whitmore by reclamation, which
was done. WhitmOre thanked those
present for the honor conferred upon
him, and said he would rather be
chairman of the third ward than pres
ident of the United States, The third
ward said he, contained a greater num-
- III oft Try ara,-
than any other. a fter this opening
skirmish the meeting subsidized and be-
came c'm paratlvely orderly.
Grant dominated Sam Bridgers for
secretary and it was so ordered.
Judge Hun err then said that as both
SIDES had come with their minds fully
made up there was no need for any
talk. so be moved that the meeting
eject twelve delegates TO the county
convent on, that the chair appoint two
teller= from each side, and that ballot
ing proceed.
This motion carried, and the chair
applinted Messrs. McGowu, Morris,
Morgan. and Judge McKie. Voting
then began. Each side had provided
its suppof tiers with printed slips con-
tanning names of twelve men to be vOt-
ed for as delegates. These slips were
foldt q bV the voter and handed to one
name as he voted, aud after the nsme
had been taken down by the secretary
the slip was deposited in the hat. The
voting a-;ed nearly az hour. As each
man deposited his vote he passed out
at the rear door. There was some
confusion owing 20 the crowd and the
small room. but the voting was order
~ AID clean.
1. was no i,eab'e that the Boone
oh cd and
passed out, while the Robinson crowd
were laterin,cast ting their ballots. Only
three men were challenged All Of
these were railroad men. Two were
permitted to vote. The other bad
only been three months in the county,
and his vote was thrown out. The yoJ-
lug, while free for all, and without
proper restrictions according to ad
vanred notions of what q primary
ought TO be, was as fair for one as for
tie other.
After all had voted Richard Burgess
moved that the delegates. whoever
they nj ght be, go uniustructed. rbe
NJ 1t.ou was carried. At the suggestion
of Mr.. Burgess DR.. Yandell then moved
that the vote be recopsidered and that
the motion TO reconsider be laid on the
table. This was done so the question
could not be reopened alter the majo-
rity Of the voters had left the hall.
TIE motion carried.
AT first, when the count had been
begun, it looked as If the Patterson
Grant Robinson ticket had a good lead,
but the other side remembered that
their friends had shown up more
sured The Ten Eyck Boone ticket
won by thirteen votes. The ballot re-
suited as follows:
The ticket containing the names of
VIM. Oser, w. NJ. Yandell, J. j. I ay-
lor, n. II. Wood, NJ. G. Edwards, Mar
tin Boyle, Henry Kelly, Frank Powers,
John NJ. Dean, w. +. Payne, A. w.
Montague and, II. w. Allen received
IA votes.
The ticket containing the names of
Frank Winkler, ID. E. McDuffie,
Thomas Cain, VIM. Gummerson, 81: Il.
McWilliams, w. j. Scott. J. S. Klink,
J. Z. Morgan, Sam Bridgers, del
Richie, Chas. Hawkiuson, and j. II.
Mitchell received 13l votes.
FOURTH WARD.
10 the fourth ward everything went
OF in q most harmonious manner. Joe
Rogers stood close to the voting place
with his pockets lined with American
silver aud proved shining light in the
eyes of the MexicanS who crowded
around him for their share OF the filthy
lucre. When a Mexican voted and he
could prove that he actually did vote,
he went and shook the hand of Rogers
and walked away smiling. After
about all had voted Sheriff Simmons
made a motion that the polls close and
the motion prevailed by large major
ity.
The attendance was unusu ally large.
j. n. Smith was elected chairman and
b. S. Catlin secretary. The dele
gates were ID. p. Stewart, Gus Buck
Ter, Henry Pfaff, w. w. Turney, j. L.
Taylor. The caucus resolutions were
adopted.