El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-13
THE TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Noonan Has A Good Prospect For
Dedication.
J. p. N, in san Antonio Light.

Noonan Has A Good Prospect Fo
Reelection.
| J. p. N, in san Antonio Light.
For a while it seemed that ther'
would be no contest in the twelfth con
gressional district and that Mr.. Stay
den would have a walkover; in fact
such was the drift OF opinion, wlthou
any real good reason for such a stat
of affairs. Now all this is changed an(
it is freely predicted by we'll posted
persons that Judge Noonan, the re
publican nominee, will win with ease
The district is a close one politically
between the republican and democratic
parties, with the populists thrown in
as a balance of power.
Out of a possible 35, 900 votes, there
are only 1000 negroes, while at tine
last election there were cast'31, Ola,
Slayden, IA, IA: Noonan, 13, $50;
McRea, }, 2I0; scattering, 2. Slayden
was elected by l, 1S6 over Noonan.
but fell short ,, O26 of a majority of all
the votes cast.
Judge Noouan's defeat at the last
election was inexcusable; 1t was the re-
suit of too much confidence on the part
of the campaign managers. In TACT,
the campaign was allowed to u Itself,
while on the other hand the Slayden
people put forth their best effort. The
free silver craze was at its height.
The Slayden campaign managers sent
their emissaries into the Noonan camp
and literally robbed the Noonan com
missary department. The local poll
teal bargains did not all turn out as
bargaiued, vet Judge Noonan carried
this county by 327 over Slayden. This
was a falling off of about 1000 votes,
compared with the previous election,
and Judge Noonsn was defeated by
this falling off in Bexsr county.
The last campaign was neglected.
until q few days before the election by
the republican managers, while Mr..
Slsyden's people worked night and
day.
How is it now? Slayden fails to
rouse spy enthusiasm; the only thing
done in his favor. has been the appear
ance of q few editorial squibs in the
Express to the fac that Slsyden ought
to be elected and would have no oppo-
sition. These squihs have no doubt
deceived some people, ~1tH-the can
didacy of Judge Noonau will u~ndeSelve
them.
A canvass will bring the intelligent
people of this district in line with the
republican party. Free silver has lost
its charms: the Dingley bill has grown
in popularity, the only two measures
belonging to the old controversy. Mr..
Slayden stands on q platform hat de-
nounce the Dingley bill; his vote for
that bill mad a string tied to it, and if
the next house should have a demo-
cratic majority, Slsyden wOuld vote
with his party to cut the throat of the
Diugley bill. Therefore it is i'm
portant to let him stay at home next
time. Mr.. Slayden is also an anti-ex-
pansionist, as his votes and Interviews
show: he has also placed himself in
direct personal hostility to President
Mckinley, whom he has denounced as
weak and Facilitating. The twelfth
district can't from business reasons,
have such a representative at Wash
ineton during b next two years. We
ave too mucha at stake.
The counties outside OF BeXar, CON-
ing down to us as they did last cleo
ton, it only remains for old Bexar to
elect her fsvorite, Judge NoOnan. We
can do it. Of the 81 ,514 votes cast for
congressman, Bexar cast 10, 1913: over
one-third of the entire vote. The cleo
tion win turn upon the result in Bexar
county.
The district is within the grasp of
the republican nominee, provided his
canvass is not neglected. The import
ance of sending a republican from this
district cannot be over estimated. In
the first place we see a Washington
special that the democratic congress
chairman claims that b next
house will be democratic. To help the
the scandals growing out of
the conduct of the war with Spain will
used. This is hat the Express
calls politics, dirty politics." but it is
neverthe less the hope of b democ-
Slayden's hope.
MIR. Sabcock, the republican chair
man, is quoted as saying, 'Itis not 60
ing to be An easy matter for US to con-
troll the next house. With few excep-
during the last twenty years, it
has required very hard work to carry
q majority of the districts in the cleo
following a presidential election.
Local affairs are causing trouble in
many states and our people might as
we'll know the truth now as to find it
put later. 1t will stir them up"
Even the San Antonio Express would
become alarmed at the calamity of the
next house being democratic and the
prospect OF a reopening of the tariff
question, and would not feel so easy
about complimenting 81 insincere and
uncertain a politician as Slayden by
him back to Washington. 1t
Is only in the security Of q republican
majority that the Express becomes
to a free silver anti Dingley
bill anti-expansionist opponent of Ma
or Mckinley. The Express argues: