Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-04-04
CITY E'THERs
COUNT RETURNS
MEETING CALLED BY PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNCIL.
Totals Same as Published Yesterday
Except One Vote Less for M. J.
Garcia - Ballot Boxes Ordered
Placed in Bank Vault.

Yesterday afternoon Alderman w.
s. Blackshear, acting under his au-
thority as president of the city coun-
Gil, had the members of that body
summoned to meet for the pur-
pose of receiving the election re-
turns from the presiding officers.
The reason ascribed for this action Of
the council was the provision Of the
Terrell election law, which calls for
the returns to be delivered to the
council on the day following the
election or as soon thereafter as
possible.
| When the mayor entered the coun-
Gil chamber. he asked by whose au-
| thority the meeting had been called,
| saying that the first he had heard
of the matter was when the city mar
shall had notified him to come to the
city hall at four o'clock to attend
a meeting of the council He asked
each member of the council if he
was responsible for the meeting. All
of them, excepting Alderman Black
shear, denied all knowledge of where
the call originated, each member
stating that he had not known any
thing Of the meeting until he had
been notified by the city marshal
Mr.. Kowalski said, in effect, that he
thought as a matter of common
courtesy" he should have been in
formed of the wish Of the council to
hold this meeting, instead of being
summoned through the city marshal.
He further informed the aldermen
that the law requires that, if it be
the wish of the aldermen to hold
| special meeting, petition to that
effect signed by four members shall
be presented to the mayor, and, in
| the event of his refusing to comply,
then the president of the council
may summon the members in special
| meeting. No such petition having
been presented to him, the mayor de-
clared he would not open the meeting
until Mr.. Blackshear had written
the petition and had it properly
signed. Mr.. Kowalski, as a reason
for this, said: 81 want this to hand
down to future generations.
Alderman Blackshear thereupon
wrote the petition which four aid
ermen signed, and it was presented
to Mayor, Kowalski, who then
opened the meeting.
Upon the meeting being called to
order, the presiding officers of the
election We're summoned and sworn,
and delivered the sealed returns to
the mayor Mr.. Kowalski appointed
Aldermen More and Thorn as tellers
The returns, as shown by the Of
fetal count, were the same as printed
in yesterday mornings Herald. with
the exception of mistake in the
majority of NJ. j. Garcia, assessor
and collector. the official count show
ing that Garcia had defeated his op-
ponent, Faustino Rendon, by los
votes instead Of 1O9.
J. l.. Crixell, for city marshal, was
shown as having 244 votes instead
of 240 in the first ward, as the an
nouncement in yesterdays Herald
read Mr.. Crixell's majority of four
votes, as published, however, being
unaffected
After the returns had been can
vassed, Alderman Blackshear moved
that the candidates shown to have
the majority vote be declared elected.
This was seconded by Alderman More
and unanimously carried
t. A. Kinder, who was present,
asked the council where the ballot
boxes were kept and was informed
by the mayor that they were kept
in the city hall
Alderman Cobolini moved that, in
order to avoid all danger either from
fire or otherwise, a safe place be pro-
vided 70 rthe keeping Of the boxes
and suggested that the mayor ap.
point committee to take charge
of the boxes. Alderman More sec
onded the motion and suggested thai
the vault of the First National Banl
be the depository.
: The Mayor appointed Alderman
4 Thorn as committee to take charg,
Iof the boxes. Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty
Noah Allen, who was present, callet