El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-25
JUDGE MORRIS ON JUDGE HHRPER's
RELATIONS To THE BING AND
HIS PECOS ENDORSEMENT
FL Paso, Texas. July q. 1912.
70 the Voters Of the Eighth Supreme
Judicial District:

FL Paso, Texas, July a. 1912.
70 the Voters Of the Eighth Supreme
Judicial District:
notice that on last Saturday nv
opponent judge Harper, issued and
was circulating a card headed "Regu-
lar Democratic Ticket" which is the
name used by one Of the local organi-
cations, commonly called the Ring" to
designate its ticket On this card Judge
Harper gives as the Ring" candidates
whom ne supports ali OF the Ring
ticket, and then adds himself as their
candidate for chief justice of the court
OF civil appeals. He is out on the Ring
LckeI as printed anu published bv M.
ring organization nor is he listed at
tnelr headquarters as one of their can
olQ2tes, or carried on the cards circu-
A1teo " the real Ring candidates.
showing who their candidates are. nor
Is MS election advocated by any Of the
KING candidates in their speaking for
each other After flirting with the
anu ring organization, and seeking
Ineir enforcement, which he did not
get, but through which he disappointed
and disguised his friends Of the Ring
organization, he at the eleventh hour
when he cannot DC Of advantage to
either party. has made a double sOrner-
set and tried to land straight within
zauon had slipped the circle a little
70 one side and he missed the velvet
ana made hard but-end collision on
the outside, where he placed himself
Now, do not claim TO be the Ring
candidate or the anti ring candidate.
Neither OF these organizations has put
out candidate for chief justice of IL
court OF civil appeals, since the Ring
dropped from its list that office, in
guiding judge Harper AS there are
- otner counties than FL Paso that
are interested in this office, 1 have
tnoughE the election should not in JUS
tice 10 those other counties. even ap-
pear 10 be controlled by either of the
local divisions OF the party in Ell Paso
81 - 20 a
u this should lead to filling the court
vita unsatisfactory judges, would, in
al probability arouse influences that
would lead to aDolishing the court 1t
might be recalled, like the United
legislation.
The object of this card is to direct
the attention OF those voters who, Tor
any reason, feel inclined 10 vote the
whole Ring ticket, TO the misrep Tesen-
tation maze by judge Harper in print
ing his name among the list OF those
carried BY the socalled Regular Dem
ocratic Ticket" 10 the end that if Tor
other reasons they desire to vote for
me- they shall not feel influenced TO do
ctnerWlse through mistake as to
fudge Harper's attitude 1 am taxing
no part IN this war within the party,
and am glad to note thar 1 have an
active support among the individuals
Of each organization, including soma
leading lawyers on each side, among
whom 1 may mention judge T. A Fal-
yey, OF the Ring Organization, and
Judge J. N GoggIn Of the anti ring or
EanizaLion-
Now a word as TO the endorsement
OF some few Pecos lawyers of judge
Harper, which was printed in the FL
Paso papers That bar has had but
little experience with judge Harper,
and only part OF 1t supports him,
ana this probably through personal or
political alignments. But why can
he not show some support from MS own
bar, where there are over 100 lawyers
& no have been compelled TO have a
long experience with him. Why must
ne go away from home to get endorse
ments TO boost him with his home peo-
pie? Only a very small minority of the
FL Paso bar supports him, for one rea-
son on another, Nearly all of this 1
bar supports nc. as wen as the bars