El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-02
The Sight In
The Second Ward
It Was Worth the Smell to
Watch the Antics of the
Dwyer Boys and the
Foreigners.

told in The Herald yesterday Hammett
won with the utmost ease.
In the second it was two and half
TO one. The vote stood 1890 for Ham
NETT and AIS for Caples. The Ham
nett delegates in the convention will
be nearly enough to make it unani-
NOUS Only the first and fourth were
corraled by Caples. The silk stocking
ward where some of the foremost bus
mess men in the city, as well as the
railroaders. reside, went strongly for
Hammett.
Two hundred and eighty-eight votes
were cast and 1873 OF those
were for Hammett. This is taken as an
indication of the sentiment of repre-
sentative citizens of the community.
The third ward is composed entirely of
the thinking element.
CapIes delegations We're elected in
the fourth and first, but OF course
they will cut no ice in the convention.
where they will be in hopeless min
ority.
The rebuke administered to Mr.
Morehead was severe. The blame for
the necessity for such fight as occur
red last, night was laid to him and
democrats by the score were heard to
remark this morning that 1t were bet
ter for a man to always remember that
there are others-and not get the idea
into MS nedu IhdI ne 10 the "hoie
thing.
Most of those who were candidates
on the Caples ticket and the majority
of his supporters take their defeat
philosophically and it is presumed
that the utmost harmony will prevail
as soon as the excitement has subsidized
C. W. Fassett. for city treasurer. died
the hardest of all. He made the race
of his life. but stood with the wrong
crowd and was hopelessly beaten. Still
he comes up again and endeavors TO
win over the Hammett delegates and
was out bright and early this morning
hunting for support. 1t had not at 10
O'Clock been decided just what action
to take in his case. He evidently
wants the place SO badly that the man
ayers and delegates find it hard to turn
him down. They are at loss however
to know just why he is so anxious to
retain the office. The Morehead night
it will be remembered. centered on him.
Speculation is rife this morning as
to what will be done by the new politi-
cal power. There are numerous good
Offices to be filled and there are any
number of applicants for each OF them
The scramble is likely to be interesting
to the onloOkers-
There will. ii is claimed. be almost
a clean sweep of the police force. Or
course some men Will DC icIhihcu' D"e
the changes are likely to be radical.
Both Charley de Pat and Pat Dwyer
were on the losing side. Charley de
Pat simply made a mistake in going
over to Caples-that was all.
Second Ward.
The money that was spent last night
BIN the second ward would suffice to
.build a first class school house or
Tx ,-
something like $4,000 was put In, cir
culation. Votes were bought and re-
bought and overbid by the factions |
The main work for Hammett down |
there was done by Jim and Sam Dwyer.
Joe Rogers. the Alderete boys ana Es-
cajeda. Jim Dwyer took the most ac-
tive part of any OF them at the polls |
He controlled his wild hordes by mere |
ly waving his hands. His voice could |
not be heard above the incessant up |
roar and it was only by signals that he |
could issue his instructions TO the
herds OF Spanish speaking deiegates
and in this he had the advantage OF
Pat Dwyer. Caples's chief executive,
for Pat never gained the same cohtroi
over his forces as Jim.
The district court room last night
presented one of the most remarkable
sights ever seen in a civilized com
munity More than !. 500 men wearing
Mexican sombreros were packed there-
in and the odor was fearful
Men from Juarez. Mexico, fsieta. ana
the smelter were there and even sever
al of the Mexican bull fighters from
Chihuahua voted once or twice. All
these people were crowded into the
court room IN a surging indiscriminate
mass and when all were placed IT was
impossible for any one person IN the
crowd to move out Of his position. so
tight was the jam. From the windows
high above a few Americans looked
down upon the scene. Inside the court
room the mob OF foreigners was con-