El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES
Present about the Same Old
Scene.
BIG VOLT IN SECOND

hneTe Inc meXtCdUS mere uCiues
Like Sheep. and Even the Amer
leans, Who Really Held the Bal
ance OF Power, We're Locked In
Boone Has the Best OF II.
The primaries Saturday night in the
city resulted i nthe election OF Boone
and Alderete delegates both in the
third and second wards. The first and
fourth went solidly TOR Ten Eyck and
Escajeda-
The following summary serves TO
show that Boone and Alderete VIII
have easy sailing this afternoon when
the convention gets in working order:
Boone Ten Eyck.
Second ward 10. First ward s.
Third ward L. Fourth ward 10.
ConcordIa =. Concordia :
San Elizario :. Total p.
YSleta ,.
Crow Flat /.
, White Spur l.
Total 81.
From the foregoing il Is evident that
Boone has a walk over.
AIderete. while considered safe for
the nomination for district clerk. Is
still not as solid in the convention
as Boone The second and third ward
delegations are instructed for him and
he will get II votes at Isleta and at
Crow Flat giving him i6 votes or one
less than sufficient to nominate. other
Boone delegations ale not pledged To
Alderete but he is not uneasy.
Boone adherents claim the first ward
delegation because the election at the
opera house is considered irregular.
Voters net at the Franklin school and
proceeded to- elect a Boone delegation.
but just which will be recognized Is not
known
At YsIeta AIderete carried the dele
cation only after an agreement that
nine OF the delegates be instructed for
Ten Eyck and five for Boone Boone
expected to- get solid delegation from
this precinct
Park Pituar. John O'Connor. G. w.
Huffman and Ed Caples will all be
nominated Tor the Offices to which they
aspire. There will be a warm fight
for the smaller offices.
First Ward.
The first ward did business with |
lightning rapidity. The school board |
objected to holding the primaries in |
the Franklin school building and the |
chairman las. \. Brock. led the |
crowds To the opera house Mr. Brock 4
called the meeting to order and with
in five minutes all business was trans
acted and the gang dispersed.
George Ogden was elected chairman |
by reclamation and j. y. Brock chosen |
secretary Joe Sweeney read the names |
OF the Ten Eyck delegates. moved that
they be chosen delegates to the county |
convention. and that they be chosen
by reclamation. Jas. A. Brock rose
at this juncture and said that he mad
the names of set of delegates to
nominate but ne was declared out of
order as "A motion was before the
house The vote was called and the
Ton IalaUafiOn elected hV A. /
nation.
VI x. Robinson was elected chair
man for the ensuing year and the con-
vention adjourned to- meet with the
second ward rs soon as the crowd
could get there
Second Ward.
The second ward fully sustained its
reputation Saturday night for rolling
ND "A heavy Mexican vote. The Next
cans were about equally divided and
the handful OF Americans held the
balance of power. Nearly a thousand
residents of Chihuahuita, Towne and Z
Juarez were herded into the district |
court room and packed therein like C
sardines in a box. A few Americans / e
went away without voting Others. o
who were caught in the herd were q
locked ur with the rest 70
long delay and much talk occur \
red when IL was proposed To elect a | J
temporary chairman and ward chair 1,
man John Harper for a time lost con- II
troll OF the wild herds. q
Charles Patterson put up J. y. Bad v
ger to represent the Boone faction and / L
jim Naeoffin was nominated by NJ w. r
stanton of the Ten Eyck forces. There | c
was no possible way to get the real ID
sentiment of the corraled voters on e
The question. but after two attempts
Badger was declared elected After
J. Il. Payne had been elected secretary
he fun commenced in earnest IL 1T
was agreed To let the voters pass out
he rear door. each to vote as he pass
ii the speakers stand. and to- insure
air play each candidate for sheriff was -
permitted to choose one representa-
i've to- stand at the receptacle for ~
-otes and watch them pile up. The :.
Lasted until after 10 O'Clock i
mi at no time was either man sure
II carrying the ward. Each was ready
o concede that the other had won and
soone's followers had begun to figure
ut how he could win. even after los Ps
ng the second ward.
There were 1926 votes east and the
,oone delegation wo nout by a maiori-I
y of lie. r c. Lyons was elected
'ard chairman. The names of the
ineteen delegates follow: G. w. Fas- ~
EFT. c. c. Black. Frank WinkIer. J.
). Moore, +. G. Lyons. l.. G. Heep. ty
Walter Y. Ellis. j. b. Badger. J. RI Sc
Iarper. y. w. MCGEE Jim Briggs. Sam in
ridgers. John Burton. Frank Del Gu
uono. e J. Peterson. p Duran. Ra- ST
ION Gonzales. Benitc Juarez. Antonio Of
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