El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-15
Local Republicans Decide TO
Give the Voters Some
thing To Vote For.
SOME OBJECTION
To This Course, But the Ma
jority Seems To Think
Defeat Were Better
Than No Fight.

The FL Paso county republican con-
vention met Saturday afternoon at the
| district court room and by vote of
27A to 9A decided to put a full coun-
ty ticket in the field prior to the No
vember election.
The convention was not entirely har
monious for some of the delegates con-
sidered it unwise to put out a ticket in
the face of such heavy odds. There
was also split in the Ysleta delega-
ton over the selection of an executive
committeeman from that precinct.
There were two candidates put for
ward: j. NJ. Garcia and l. c. Gaal. but
Garcia was the victor and Mr.. Gaal
left the hall in a huff
The full executive committee as
named is as follows:
First ward, Thomas Booth
Second ward, p. NJ nillspaugh
Third ward, H. c. Borcherding
Fourth ward, T B. Olshausen
Towne. S. c. Costello.
Concordia. F. H. Logan.
Ysleta. J. NJ. Garcia.
Socorro. Martin Ortiz.
Clint, J. J. Shearer.
San Elazario. NJ. Amanda
Cuadrilla, B. Ferrio.
Island, S. Sierra
r ort Hancock, H. H. Briggs.
Sierra Blanca, Kirby Smith.
Van Horn, A. Teller.
Whites Spur. j. E. Morse.
Chairman McCutcheon called the
convention to order and H. F. Bloom
acted as secretary. A. G. Foster being
absent. The chairman explained that
the convention had met in adjourned
session to consider the advisability o.
putting out county ticket and to Sc
lect an executive committee.
E. NJ. Fink moved that section of
the original resolutions already adopt
ed by the convention at its first sitting
be reconsidered. This section provid-
ed for the appointment of an executive
committee consisting of three men
from each ward and district
j. A. Smith favored reconsideration
on the grounds that such large COM
mittee was not favora BILE to the people
of the outside precincts
by request of John O'Keeffe the
president read the section referred to-
A. G. Gaal objected to its reconsider
injurious to the party and place too
much power in the hands of one man.
After further discussion the motion
to reconsider was adopted by a vote of
- to and on motion of E. NJ Fink
each ward and precinct was directed
to submit its choice for committeeman
to the convention
For the first ward John O'Keeffe sub
mitted his own name but Ed Fink
named Thomas Booth. although
O'Keeffe protested that Fink was not 2
resident of the first ward and had no
right to name its representative on the
committee. Nevertheless Booth was .
chosen by a vote of - to TO- |. G.
Gaal and J. II. Garcia were named for
Isleta and Mr.. Garcia won. Mr. GaaI
showed his dissatisfaction by leaving
the room. Gaal was openly accused OF
having fixed himself with the demo-
Gratis
After the full committee had been
selected as given above. the follow
ing resolution was offered by J. A
Smith:
Resolved that it is the sense or
this convention that no republican
ticket be put in the field this fall
\. g. Foster moved to amend by re-
solving that the convention do put OUT
a ticket this fall in accordance with
the agreement of the Mckinley and
Roosevelt club.
j. y. Smith spoke in favor OF his res
saying the action of the conn
~ commissioners in da"I'-,-~
porary death blow
lone away with VIII
republicans might h;
ng the county. He
Universal sentiment