El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-29

said, prepared the tlcKet Ior tle an u
ring candidates win Tue he saiJ an - Ot
scrafched. Medina, he said, started to
put the ballot in the DoX Wnen ne pro-
tested Later, he SAID, the tlcAel, WIN
a pencil. was handed TO MIN ana ne
testified that he put Ike A1deretes
name on the ticket and cratchseq Escaz
jeda's name. The witness Sdtu ne lVIu
Medina that he wanteqi rG va cen aid
11ybsn he first asked for ballot he
stated that when Medina tod MN ne
was there for the purpose OF ma aielhf
out tickets, he thought II was llSHI'
and gave him the ballot
anu Tedfua's sAIistake."
.sWhen Medina had the ticket folded
up said the witness 1 tOOh a. 1 -
rete He said: 1t was mistake told
him how could he make a m1stahe wren tI
he could read and write EnS4Ish. ne
safd mistakes often happen he lhSh
fciJ me to fix the ticket myself he
said all would have 70 90 was - l ~ :.
the scratches over Aderete name,
little. When called MeulHa 500 4etei q
man there said I did right he old not
say anything to Medina
On cross-examination the witness
said he could make out his own tlcket-
He said he called Mr.. Bulls attention
to the ticket so that ne WouId know
what they were doing there. Ihe W.T.
ness said that he said ne WanIeo ~
Mr. Alderete. An American, he stated,
asked him who he wanted 10 vote LOT
when he first walked in. he sald that
when he went to make out ms tlcAe
Tomas Medina followed him He said
he saw Medina mark out Alderete
name but did not say anything 70 MIN
until Medina gaze MN the oT R1Ii1 anu be
said was standing near the table, ana
ne called his attention to the ticket;
Medina he said, stated that ne had
only made a mistake in the name
He stated that he wanted to vote Tor
the entire anti-ring ticket, and he
r. E. Harris Testifies.
T E. Harris testified: L voted in
precinct s, East Ell PasO fire station
When 1 walked into the booth TO marx
my ticket some one walked into the
booth to my left. A man walked up be-
hind him. He said to the man in the
booth: Don't mark those names. Those
are the ring candidates. Scratch the
anti-ring candidates He seemed 10 De
pointing out names, because he said:
These are the ring candidates. Don't
on REORGANIZATION the witness
the man talking was the man voting
or not He said that the man who
made the remark was an American
George Pence testified he was Judge
of election at precinct No. s. Ballard
COIdweIL he said, he thought was
TThurmond-'Do you know. of any
electiOneering being done in that place
by COldwell and Medina"
Says Medina Was EIectiOneering.
Witness-"Y es, sir The boy, Medina,
who I had sworn in, was out two or
three times electioneer1ng- 1 warned
him and finally 1 discharged him
told him that was against the law 1
put in Hughes.
"Coldwen said the boy would stay
or there would be rough house. l
looked around for a policeman. but
could not find one.
Several times l got after Mr.. Cold
well for going into the booths when he
was not asked for
He was making votes in a room,
80 feet from the polling place. My
was called to that. l got up
and went back there and told him he
could not do that l told aim that was
a violation of the law.
At one time there We're two or three
people who were standing around Mr..
Coldweu in the back room. He was
making out the tickets on a table there
ON two or three occasions 1 called
he had butted in without being asked.
1 told him TO wait until a voter asked
him for help.
Ballard Col6weH would take the
from the voting booths, and out of
sight.
Why he Discharged Medina.
found him trying to influence voters,
and foOling with the tickets. Ballard
ColdWeu knew that 1 had demonstrated
with Medina. He heard the converse
I saw Medina eIectioneering for the
ring ticket. 1 heard one voter say that
he wanted to vote for Alderete and
This is the anti-ring ticket I
looked over his shoulder and saw
that he was voting the ring ticket 1
called him out and told him not to do
that any more. He claimed he made
a mistake I told him he was lying. L
the ticket.
q saw Medina go out in the streets
and talk to the voters. I cont think L
ever heard Coldweu tell anyone how to
vote. I told Medina that he could not
work for either ticket in his position.
Could Not Find Policeman.
when ColdwelI said there would be
a rough house if Medina was put out,
he remained. I looked for 4 policeman.
II I had found one 1 would have had
taken out of there.
"COldwen was as busy as a Dumble-
bee. He was making the tickets He
was scratching them all day He would
making out his ticket. He said as su-
pervisor he had right to go in the
booths"
Is CrOss-Examined.
On cross-examination the witness
stated that he was presiding judge and
ildQ DeGn SGlGCLeu Dg tuG anu
Ballard CoIdweu, he said, was the ring
supervisor. A man by the name OF
Bull ~. said, was the AMI ring super
visor. Tull, he said, W busy all the
time with the tally sheets Some times
he stated that he assisted voter in
making out his ticket. He sra ted at
that lin e a ring man would look to
see IF the ticket was made out cor
rectly. Coldwen, he stated, was max
ing out the tickets, and this be objected
to. The witness testified that Coldweu
to his knowledge had not marked
voters ticket otherwise than had been
requested.
At the time Coldwell went into the
back room, the witness stated that the
booths were not full. He testified that
he thought there was an object in go
ing to the back room. for the purpose
Of discussion, he stated
Medina, he said, was in the room and
as he was after some one who could
speak Spanish, he swore him in as an
interpreter.
Medina then, he said. began to act
as a supervisor or as an official
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