The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-08-10

matter, being on the LOOKOUT for
grounds to make such attack, as II
says in the editorial referred to:
The Post alludes to the matter
because it was informed before the
election that the Rio Grande coun-
ties would cast a solid ballot.
Now, the fact is that not single
one of the lower river counties did
cast a solid ballot, except for coun-
ty officers against whom there was
no opposition. But it seems that
the Post was misinformed regard
ing the returns in Hidalgo coun-
ty, getting the impression that
this county did cast a solid vote for
Bell; whereas i'll reality the official
returns, published in the Post it.
self, showed a scattering vote in
Hidalgo county for the other caudi-
dates. Bell received the build of
the vote it is true, polling 499,
while Campbell received 20, CoIquitt
I, and Brooks Z. These figures
alone prove that the Post has been
guilty of a gross injustice to the Of
ficials of Hidalgo county when it
says:
1t would be very interesting to
know if the official ballot used in
the county contained the names of
all the candidates for state offices.
We doubt it very much.
That the official ballots in each
of these counties did contain the
names of all candidates, and con-
formed fully to the requirements of
the law, THE HERALD is prepared
to vouch.
The grossness of the injustice of
the Post is emphasized by the fact
that, while harping upon the Hi
dalgo county returns and making
them a basis for its malicious and |
slanderous attack upon the officials
of that county, along with the en-
tire democratic organization of this
section, it ignored the fact that there
was another county in Texas where
a solid vote for gubernatorial can
didate was also reported to have
been cast, though subsequent count
showed that to be erroneous also.
That was Bowie county, which was
at first as casting a solid
vote for Colquitt. The Post is such
a warm Colquitt organ and at the
same time so blinded in its preju-
lice against Bell and his supporters,
hat while it saw III the Hidalgo
as enormously reported,
grounds for insinuations against
he honesty of its officials, it ap-
saw nothing unusual in
he Bowie county returns. THE
HERALD believes, however, that
he Post, if convinced that it has
erred, will be just and true enough
o the code of newspaper ethics to
make reparation, hence it doubts
lot that the Post will make ample
giving equal prominence 5
II its editorial columns to its rec /
ifcation as it did to its unjust at
ack upon the Rio Grande democ-
-acy. J
As to the News, THE HERALD
must admit that, if the election in
Starr county was conducted III the
manner described by its correspon-
lent, his criticism i'll that parti-
.ular is just, but the entire
.rticle was so overdrawn, os
based upon inform
tion from the enemies Of the
political leaders in the demo
ratio organization of these coun-
les, as to render it doubtful as to
any of its charges be true.
Certain it is that the covert iusin- !
lation contained in the para
,raph regarding the action of !
ertain parties at Rio Grande I
II regard to the delivery of poll !
AK receipts to the several vot- !
rs respectively entitled TO them, 4
when it was alleged the said par
les experienced a change by
wire from Brownsville and re-
used to deliver the said receipts 3