El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-03
OFFICIAL COUNT Of PRIMARY
VOTE MAKES BUT FEW CHANGES
Escajeda Given Majority of 88 Over Alderete- New
Executive Committee County Chairman, in Re
port to Committee, Says Many Officials of
Election Did Not Oh serve Proper Form.
lThe Official vote appears on page rs. J

The last official act of ". B Ware,
/ as county chairman of the Democratic
I executive committee, occurred when he
7 called the members OF that committee
Z together Saturday morning for the pur-
/ pose of canvassing the returns of the
! recent primaries and announcing the
names Of those who had been elected
/ in those primaries.
Before appointing the subcommittee
to go over the returns Of the % pre-
cincts, and make their report as to
their findings, Mr.. Ware dwelt on the
Importance Of electing delegates to the
different conventions which are sched-
uled to be held during the latter part
of the month. He urged those who
would attend the county convention to
see that these appointments were made
in order that FL PasO county might
| have a representation at the various
! district conventions. and the state con-
vention TO be held in san Antonio.
Mr. Ware then read his report to the
members of the executive committee in
which was sounded the keynote to the
suit which IL is said the ants will file
IN one of the district courts contesting
the primary election just closed. The
report in full follows:
Wares Report.
Ell Paso, Texas, Aug. 3, 1912.
Gentlemen Of the Committee:
I herewith submit to you the returns
of the election held on the 27th day
statement Of the vote as taken from
the returns. An examination Of the
returns will develop several irregu-
In No. / the poll list is not signed
by the clerk.
In No. the oath required to be
taken by the election officers does not
seem to have been administered until
the 29th day of July, 1912.
In No. 4 the oath required to be
taken by the officers does not appear
l. H.
Of July, 1912 and also i'll this precinct
the tally sheet is not certified by the
clerk who kept 1t, as required by law
In No. the certificate required by
law to be made by the clerk does not
appear on the poll list.
In No. Z it appears that the election
Judges and clerks were sworn on the
9TH day of July, 1912. Also in this
precinct the tally list is not certified
by the clerk as required by statute.
In No. the oath seems 10 have been
is not certified to by the presiding
judge, and in this precinct the tally
sheet is not certified as required by
law.
In No. 10 the oath seems to have been
signed by only three of the officers Of
the election and is not signed by the
presiding judge in accordance with
In No. Is the oath seems to have
been signed by the officers of the
election but is not signed by the pre-
sizing Judge as required Dy law
Also in this precinct S. c. McVey,
who was a candidate for executive
committeeman, was appointed asso-
ciate judge by the presiding officer
and acted as such contrary to the stat
utes.
In No. IS the poll list is not certi-
fled by the clerk OF the election as re-
CURED by law
In No. q no poll lists or tally
sheets have been returned to me and
there is nothing TO De guided by ex-
cept the return made by the officers
of the election.
In No. 22 the poll list is not certi-
fled as required by law.
In No. 25 the poll list is not certi-
fled as required by law.
Work Very Trying.
The ticket was unusually Ions and
the labor of holding the election was
very tedious and trying upon the cleo
ton officers and in many cases II be
came necessary to swear in additional
clerks to assist in counting the votes,
which has added largely 10 the expense
of holding the election and has caused
much confusion as to who was and
who was not entitled TO pay The eX-
pense Of the election will be consider