Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-04-02
Vote for Louis Cobo1ini for Mayor
CITY COUNCIL
IS EG0|NtD
JUDGE HOPKINS CHANGES eNDER
OF OFFICIAL BALLOT.
On netitaeA Of AAazes ESeStl-All
Candidates Net Party NemlAees
Must GO in Independent CelvmA,
Council Conforms to order.

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The regular meeting OF the city
council was very strenuous one.
The main point at issue was the in-
junction issued by District Judge
Hopkins. which was served severally.
upon the members OF the council
yesterday at noon, preventing the
printing of the ballot for today's
election as drawn up by the election
committee. and debating the form
in which the same shuold be printed
Alderman Blackshear and Crixell.
as well as City Attorney Russell. de-
nounced in very plain terms the
action as taken by the court in is
suing this injunction.
The authorizing of the lease Of
water carts owned by the city and
the consideration Of different claims
of the authority of Marshal Crixcll
10 appoint special police, and several
old bills of the city were the only
other matters before the council.
Alderman More enlivened the
meetings somewhat, as the bill con-
tinued to be. reported with these
poetic words: Nobody knows what
the city of Brownsville owes
Mr.. Stobart, superintendent of
the water and light department, hav-
ing informed the council that il
would be possible to lease the water
carts for cash in advance consid-
Grafton of $1,000 for the year, he
was instructed on motion Of Alder
man Scott, seconded by Alderman
More, to consumate such a lease,
with a provision that the water to
consumers would remain at the pres
ent figure and charges as made to
the cart men to also be specified
| The committee on elections.
! through their chairman, Alderman
Blackshear, filed the following re-
port:
'We your committee elected
by your honorable body to ar
range ballots for the election,
had. arranged a legal, clear and
intelligent ballot and had given
it to printers to print, when we
were enjoined before printing
very clear and legal ballot
and mandatory injunction
served on us TO print one not so
plain. but very confusing and
not caring to involve our good
city into an expensive and tire
some lawsuit, we submitted to
this extraordinary interference
with this citys affairs
w. S. BLACKSHEAR,
T. CRIXELL,
c. H. MORE.
Committee 4
In submitting this report, Alder
man Blackshear made a motion that
copy of the injunction which was
served, be filed with this report $50
that our grandchildren may see
what kind of country we were liv-
ing in
Attorney Russell stated that he
had agreed to the printing Of the
ballots as set forth by the election
committee.
Alderman CrixelI asked the mayor
if his name would be injured if il
appeared in the ''proper columns.
and further stated that to his kncwl-
edge, practically all of the signers tc
petitions Of candidates to run in
dependently, other than those nomi-
mated by the Independent party
were members of the Blue club anC
that it was his opinion the revised
printing of the ballots as required
by the injunction was being done
for no other purpose than to con
1
fuse the illiterate voters. That thi;
went to show that they did not wan
to give the Independent party {
square deal.
Alderman Blackshear. again TAX
ing the floor. stated that the com
mittee had received legal advice re
garding the making up of the bal
lot, with further the opinion of th'
attorney general of the state on tn
: matter and that he felt assured tha
the ballot as it was first ordere'
was legal in every sense of the word
He said further that the city wa
not free city, nor were the peopl