El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-08
RING AND ANTI RIN6 SUPPORTERS
EACH SELECT LIST Of DELEGATES
After Fighting Almost All Day. Democrats Of City Are
Still Split And Send Two Sets Of Delegates To
Houston Chairman Still Must Answer To the
Cour-Cobb Assais The Ring Methods.


made secretary of the meeting. After
the delegates to Houston were noml-
mated. Zach Cobb moved the convention
of ring men being held at that mo
ment i'm the other corner of the room pe
condemned as irregular The mouoH
was passed with enthusiasm
The anti-ring" delegates elected 20
[ make the pilgrimage to Houston in the
/ name of FL Paso Democracy were: W
/ B. Ware. judge i. NJ GOggin, b i.
{ Moore. Fred Tufano. j. NJ Wyatt, J.
/ J. Raster. Philip Young, Henry PIaII,
John l. Dyer. judge J. r Harper, +.
! Armendariz, I. s. Fisher. J. w Fisher
The Ring Meeting.
J While the ants were meeting, Rob-
] ert T. Neill stepped to the platform at
I the request of chairman Ware, who
/ expressed a desire to retire, and asked
/ for the election Of a chairman OF the
! convention.
No attention was paid to this by
the ants" who went ahead with their
convention on the east side of the court
room. so NeiIl nominated Maury Kemp
for chairman and he was endorsed by
the ring" On motion Of Neill, W B.
Bull was elected secretary.
Kemp then explained that il would
be necessary to have committees and
George Estes made a motion that three
be arDOiuted
Kemp named them. The COMMITTEES
on resolutions was composed Of P Z.
Edwards. George Estes and Van VIII
son, on credentials, r. r. Neill, r. F.
Burgess and W. H. Austin. on plat
form and permanent organization, r.
L. Holiday, W N. Coldwell and Percy
W AIcGhee
These committees then retired and
the first TO report was that on Creden-
tials. r. r.. Burgess stating that the
committee had found that the list
read by the chairman was correct and
that there had been no contest in any
precinct. He did not say whether he
meant the ring or the anti ring" del
egates. but as the ants" had all left
everybody knew who he meant
The Resolutions.
The committee on platform and per
mauent organization and that on resO-
buttons made the following joint re-
port which was offered by George
Estes and unanimously adopted
we, your committee on platform and
resolution and permanent organization.
Deg leave TO report as follows:
We hereby affirm our allegiance to
Democratic principles and TO the Dem
OcratiC party. and especially to that
cry voter to express his voice as q Dem
Ocrat and which a all times frOWns
upon and denounces the attempt OF any
man in the party 10 manipulate il and
control fl according to the dictates Of
LIs own free Will
We recommend that the temporary
officers be made permanent officers OF
this convention as follows. Maurv
-
and recommend that the chairman an
point such other secretaries as he may
consider necessary for the dispatch OF
business.
Most respectfully submitted.
PeytOn F. Edwards
George Estes.
Van @. Wilson
''P. W. McGhee
Robert Holiday
Ballard ColdweI
Your committees"
Selecting Delegates.
r. F. Burgess then suggested that the
chairman appoint a committee OF three
TO select delegates to the state conven- ]
IOn. who would be sure 10 go. r. l.
HOlHday made q motion that the COM
mlttee be of five members instead OF I
Inpee and, this amendment being ac-
cepJed oy Mr. Burgess. the chairman an
pointed Crawford Harvie Lamar Davis I
Dr. hugh = White. r. r. Burges and /
Louis T. Behr TO prepare a list of del /
Mr. Kemp then stated that il was biz
understanding that FL PasO was entf-
ueo 10 one delegate for each 500 votes I
cast for governor a the last state aIao
Jlon and. according 10 his Information
there were cast in this county then 15G ]
EoleS for POlndeNter. 351 for Davidson I
, - Tor Coiquitt 400 for Johnson and /
q lot j. n. Jones. This" he said /
entities US TO nine delegate ties"
Bridgers On Cobb.
DLl yes suggested that the committee
would like TO hear from anyone who
Would ike 10 go, and while the com
nlJlee was canvassfng for delegates
" W brldSers made a speech. Dur-
Ing the time that he had the floor he
salo- would suggest that as thers
Is young man very DESTROYS Of oroi~rS
one VINO has been on every side Of ay5,
cry question for several years and who :
mas made a speech here this a fternoo1
We sHoulo name him. He is Zach T.
Not long ago he made a speech in the
~ T5G3LIltS court room saying that Kelly. .
7 LlLlah and huffman were God given
L55-lLocIalS- lie has been on so MANY
sues or so many questions thai -
would make a mistake NOT to nan ~
1I am sure that he Will be on our
Houston" meets IN
Delegates UninStructed.
me committee then came in with fts
,,ePoIl. recommending the following
lleLesales, Who We're selected: W II
22uIses; . b. Hudspeth. r. T. NeilI 7
H. LlhuseF. Maury Kemp. c. E. Eal1v
~ H. Burgess, p F Edwards. Georre
After these delegates were accs,+.-
\ emp suggester that the conve5tfo-,,
snouid decide whether it would send
mem instructed or not. Il believe -
ne" or the present presidential sitre--
.-OL, me 1act that we are so far ave-
rom the rest Of the state and know 81
Il1lg OF the various platforms. that ne
,nouio send them uninstructed. he
T.; b. Elfers made a motion that this
pc zone, r. l. Holiday seconded in 80
adjourned eii 'loh