El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-05

event Furthermore. it Will give the
state an election law. If the legisla-
ture had provided for an election ia
1SIz and the supreme court should have
said the constitution meant 1914, the
state would have been without an cleo
ton law. And the same state of az
fairs would have existed if the Iegfs-
lature had provided for an election IN
1914 and n court had said there
should have been provision for an cleo
ton this year. So, IL would seem the
senate Dlu mas one merit at all e
But 1t is said, and this is the meat
IN the c~OcOanut, that governor Hunt
really is sincere in his desire for an
election this fall The sophisticated
idea n there has been and, sad 20
relate there still is, a belief that the
honorable George Washington Peter
had his fingers crossed when re recon-
nended legislation providing for the
1912 election.
The Governors Position.
But the friends OF the governor say
ne has been actuated by the highest
and most ~unselfish motives and that
the most altruistic brand of patriotism
was yelling up in a gubernatOrial
bosom when the message demanding
the passage OF an election law was
written; that he never had any intel-
ton of putting il up TO the legisla-
ture,' and then, when that body failed
to enact the Measure as he had reason
to expect II would do, go out to the
people and say the naughty, naughty
lawmakers did it all If he had any
such intention, the lawmakers are go
ing to hand il right back TO him; they
are going to leave II up to the governor
TO interpret the law, and If he really
thinks there should be ar election this
fail, he car call il and tax the con-
sequences at reelection
When he calls the elecuiOn-if he does
anybody who believes the cOnStitu-
ton is against that procedure, can
take the matter into court, where q
=rrlEnfan nnHnTnn En~MTTn~ #ha nn~maH
.Ould be rendered 1t is not believed,
however, that in the event of such ac-
ton by Mr.. Hunt such a proceeding
Democrats Don't Like II.
OF course the Democratic majority
does not feel kindly disposed toward
the proposition to provide for an cleo
ton this fall but it is a well known
fact that everybody supposed, prior to
the election last winter, that the first
set of officials WOuld hold office only
for the short term Since taking office,
however. DreeIectiOn promises seem to
have faded from the minds Of a good
many Of the Officebolders and now they
are saying they never, never supposed
anybody a thought Of such a thing
as an election IN lSlz
On the other hand, there are a
large number who nave persistently as
serted on numerous occasions Inat
there was a straightout understanding
that an election would be held at that
time and that if anybody tried to get
away from it, there would be all sorts
OF trouble.
So, it wiz be seen that this scheme
which is now on the tapis, is an ef-
fort to get from under" The COVER
nor and those who stand for the SEN
ate bill will at least be IN position to
point to their record, if the bill goes
through or not And this without re-
gard 10 the question of sincerity which
the wicked Republicans and even some
Of the Democrats have raised
Aside from the election law, there
is also considerable interest IN the pri-
mary law, which is to be one of the
fruits of this measure.
The question OF the adjournment OF
the legislature is considerably up in
the air. The prediction recently made
by a member OF tn eleg1slature, that
the two houses would complete their
work about the middle of the month,
is probably as good a guess as any A
proposition was made in the senate
the other day to adjourn tomorrow,
but it did not come formally before
the legislature.