El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-26

Active preparations are now being
made for the democratic invention and
the subsequent election to be held just
two weeks from today.
Candidates of low and high degree
are bestirring themseive; and leaving
TO stone unturned that might improve
their chances.
Politicians are as n:uch at sea as
ever concerning the mayoralty race
Magoffin's and Morehead's formal an
nouncements hat they would not run
are believed to have been made in a
spirit of sincerity and although much
| disappointment vas evinced when Ma
| Coffin he is new believed by
a very few to be entirely ont of the
race and to have fully made up his
mind not 10 endeavor to get the NOM
nation nos to accept it should IT be
teudered him by the convention.
Still it was currently reported on the
streets this morning that in spite of
his action in announcing his withdraw
al hat he would be the unanimous
choice of the convention.
In view of these persistent rumcrs a
reporter for The Herald called on
| Mayor Magoffin at his private office
this morning for an interview on the
political situation. The mayor was
| closeted with Ben Catlin. He always
l tledlS klSItOIS COui tCouoiy ano II O.
to accommodate them in any way pos
| sible, but he was non-committal In re-
| gard to politics. The conversation be-
tween the mayor and the reporter was
| about as follows:
Reporter: MIR. Magoffin. you nus
| know that as the city election is APP
preaching the people are specializing
| over prospective candidates for mayor
| and councilmen. This is particularly
/ &l- 4ar4 efnra Mr. Mnrohond hoC
| withdrawn his name from considers
| ton. AS you have been prominently
| mentioned for the office of mayor. the
| public desires to know how you stand
| and whether or not you intend to ac-
| cept the nomination if it is rendered to
| YOU"
Judge Magoffin held up n finger
and chuckled in his W peculiar man
ner.
Il have already announced that / had
withdrawn said he, but / have no
idea what the convention is going to
DO. l have said all / am going to say
this time. 1 told my friends to put up
another good man and they may do IL.
If nominated will you accept?"
That's the very thing 1 don't want
to talk about" said the mayor, and he
chuckled again.
What is there in all this talk that
you and Mr.. Morehead have become
estranged. owing to conflicting politf-
cal ambitions?"
the way. I wish o would cor
! rect hat report and say there is moth
ing in it at all. I wanted to see Mr.;
Morehe.N mayor and we are as good
friends now as ever
Il heard that the convention was go
ing to nominate you. Judge. in spite
OF your withdrawal: is it so?"
Il don't know what the convention
is going to do. Who writes all that
stuff in The Herald about politics."
After he haG been told, the mayor
said: That's good stuff: you news
paper men have n great time poking
fun at us politicians" and the mayor
laughed again. Yes. that's a mistake
| about Morehead and l being estranged.
| There's nothing in it."
Are the republicans going to hold
| primaries and put out a ticket?
Il see The Herald had something
about it the other Gay. / am pretty
certain that Mr.. Krakauer wouldn't
have run against Mr.. Morehead and
have spent $25. 900 to defeat him. Tint
must have been a bluff, although the
{; report came from reliable sources"
"A man ought to run for the office
purely for patriotic motives" remarked
City Clerk Catlin. the people wouldn't
support a man h bOasted that he
had entered the race simply for re-
venge. AS much as l think of Judge
Magoffin I wouldn't support him If
ne was to boast that he would enter
the race and spend money merely for
spite"
II was explained to Mr.. Catlin that
the citizens of Chihuahua. Arizona.
New Mexico, and elsewhere control Ell
Paso's election and that the man with
the biggest barrel could generally win
no matter what the people of the city
wanted.
Probable Candidates.
Innumerable names of probable can
dIdates for mayor have been mention
James Magoffin is now spoken of as
a possibility. J. B. w. Burton, A. p.
Coles. Dick Caples, and Others are al
so mentioned. Today the most current
street talk is that B. F. Hammett will
receive the nomination. His friends
are numerous and they are n unit in
pushing him to the front. If current
rumors are worth anything he o has
the strongest following of any man
whose name has yet been mentioned in
connection with the office.
City Clerkship.
z. F.. Catlin is still conceded to have
almost a cinch on another term for city
clerk. He practically has no opposi-
ton and has always been exceedingly
popular with the aldermen. He is the
only avowed candidate for the office,
but it is currently reported that Judge
J. D. Ponder will enter the race if the
right sort of aldermen are elected.
Judge Ponder was seen yesterday by
a Herald reporter. He said:
Yes. Ben Catlin asked me if I was a
candidate. l told him there was nc
use oil any one running for the office