Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-02

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Raymondville .. SO 13
San Benito ..... 20 so
IldIlIHBeH ...-.. n
Point Isabel ....... 0 20
OIihIlO ~
Blalack's Mill ... - !
Point Isabel, the enterprising lit
tie burg on the coast, as usual, cast
it's vote solid, against the bond issue
Olmito went solid for the issue. One
vote was thrown out at Raymond
vile, also one at Harlingen.
The excessive rains the past few
days all over the county probably
caused many voters to stay away
/ from the polls. However, had the
weather been more favorable, it is
not thought likely that the result
would have been changed. The re-
turns as shown indicate that it would
have been difficult to reach the re-
quired two-thirds majority, even un-
der favorable weather conditions.
Virtually No Election in City.
Except for the fact that the saloons
Of the city were closed yesterday, ii
was hard to realize from any visible
/ indications here that the citizens Of
Cameron county were passing upon
7 the question of whether or not the
county should issue bonds to the
amount Of s250,000 for good roads
Only sixty-three votes were cast III
the city. In fact there were only two
polling places in the city presided
over by election officers. These were
in precinct 4, at Clays bakery, and
in precinct at Obreros hall.
The vote in Brownsville was as
follows:
Precinct 4-For 2, against Al.
Precinct For 6, against IA.
Though voting boxes were placed
in precincts ). 6, s and 8, no election
officers showed up to hold the cleo
ton, nor, so far as known, did they
appear at the boxes at any time dur
/ ing the day At several Of the polls
citizens made attempts to get suf-
\ ficient voters to go to their precincts
and elect a presiding officer. but in
this they failed, either because Of the
rain or for other reasons.
When asked concerning the fail
ure Of the presiding judges 10 appear
at four Of the polling places, County
\ Clerk Joseph Webb stated that all
of them had been properly notified
and he could assign no reason, ex-
cept that it was probably lack Of in
\ terest in the bond election on their
part. Pursuing the matter further,
The Herald reporter found that one
presiding officer had moved out Of
4 the precinct TO which he had been
appointed, and was therefore in
eligible 10 preside over the box. An
other was out of town on business
A third was tied down TO his busi-
ness because of the first of the month
having arrived. The fourth lived in
a different precinct from that to
which he had been appointed and
was. therefore, also ineligible.
Many citizens asked their CON-
patriots where they could vote all
through the day, but each and every
one. almost, shook his head and
answered that he had been to the
polling place, found the box but no
presiding officer Probably few OF
them thought of the law giving the
right 10 several citizens to organize
at the polling places and elect their
presiding officers. 1t is said that
several men. desiring TO vote, even
went SO far as 10 90 out of their own
precinct. TO vote.
Raymondville's Ballot Box Arrived
Late.
Il The county clerks Office uninten-
tionally overlooked the fact that Ray
mondville had recently been created
a precinct. and failed to send that
: precinct the necessary box and sup
plies. The oversighted was attribut-
!: ed to the the fact that the county